Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita in Egypt
Egypt: Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita was 0.0099 animals per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in animals per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita in Egypt is 0.0099 animals per person, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 13.9% on the previous year and down 29.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita in Egypt peaked at 0.0232 animals per person in 1968 and was at its lowest, 0.0099 animals per person, in 2024.
That places Egypt 135th out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita in Egypt, year by year
| Year | animals per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0176 animals per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0174 animals per person | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 0.0172 animals per person | -1.2% |
| 1964 | 0.017 animals per person | -1.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0168 animals per person | -1.2% |
| 1966 | 0.0167 animals per person | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0165 animals per person | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 0.0232 animals per person | +40.6% |
| 1969 | 0.0214 animals per person | -7.4% |
| 1970 | 0.0218 animals per person | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 0.022 animals per person | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 0.0221 animals per person | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0222 animals per person | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0222 animals per person | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0221 animals per person | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 0.022 animals per person | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 0.0219 animals per person | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 0.0214 animals per person | -1.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0212 animals per person | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 0.0207 animals per person | -2.4% |
| 1981 | 0.0194 animals per person | -6.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0185 animals per person | -4.5% |
| 1983 | 0.0178 animals per person | -4.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0162 animals per person | -8.7% |
| 1985 | 0.0154 animals per person | -5.4% |
| 1986 | 0.0158 animals per person | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 0.0181 animals per person | +14.4% |
| 1988 | 0.0212 animals per person | +17.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0203 animals per person | -4.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0182 animals per person | -10.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0208 animals per person | +14.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0204 animals per person | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0217 animals per person | +6.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0227 animals per person | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0228 animals per person | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0209 animals per person | -8.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0206 animals per person | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0204 animals per person | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0189 animals per person | -7.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0202 animals per person | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0191 animals per person | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 0.015 animals per person | -21.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0148 animals per person | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0149 animals per person | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 0.015 animals per person | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0153 animals per person | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 0.015 animals per person | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0158 animals per person | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0161 animals per person | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0163 animals per person | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0158 animals per person | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0157 animals per person | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0148 animals per person | -5.8% |
| 2014 | 0.014 animals per person | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0135 animals per person | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0137 animals per person | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0153 animals per person | +11.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0108 animals per person | -29.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0129 animals per person | +18.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0114 animals per person | -11.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0117 animals per person | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0128 animals per person | +9.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0115 animals per person | -10.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0099 animals per person | -13.9% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 0.0099 animals per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.027 animals per person, 37% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 0.0099 animals per person is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0137 animals per person, 73% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita in Egypt changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +40.6% | 0.0165 animals per person | 0.0232 animals per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0182 animals per person | 0.0165 animals per person | 0.0232 animals per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0219 animals per person | 0.0212 animals per person | 0.0222 animals per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0183 animals per person | 0.0154 animals per person | 0.0212 animals per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0207 animals per person | 0.0182 animals per person | 0.0228 animals per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0161 animals per person | 0.0148 animals per person | 0.0202 animals per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0143 animals per person | 0.0108 animals per person | 0.0163 animals per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0115 animals per person | 0.0099 animals per person | 0.0128 animals per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 1.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0355 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 1.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.0355 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita in Egypt?
- Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita in Egypt was 0.0099 animals per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0232 animals per person in 1968.
- What is the lowest yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0099 animals per person in 2024.
- How does Egypt rank for yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita?
- Egypt ranks 135th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Animals slaughtered for meat Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.