Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Africa
Africa: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 140,810 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Africa recorded 140,810 An for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Africa peaked at 141,521 An in 2019 and was at its lowest, 74,296 An, in 1961.
Africa ranks 12th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Africa, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 74,296 An | — |
| 1962 | 79,483 An | +7.0% |
| 1963 | 76,993 An | -3.1% |
| 1964 | 83,639 An | +8.6% |
| 1965 | 93,702 An | +12.0% |
| 1966 | 88,309 An | -5.8% |
| 1967 | 92,258 An | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 96,155 An | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 94,676 An | -1.5% |
| 1970 | 107,939 An | +14.0% |
| 1971 | 123,588 An | +14.5% |
| 1972 | 125,997 An | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 129,913 An | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 119,935 An | -7.7% |
| 1975 | 119,380 An | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 112,538 An | -5.7% |
| 1977 | 116,649 An | +3.7% |
| 1978 | 104,969 An | -10.0% |
| 1979 | 113,185 An | +7.8% |
| 1980 | 111,503 An | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 123,868 An | +11.1% |
| 1982 | 104,055 An | -16.0% |
| 1983 | 105,897 An | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 79,710 An | -24.7% |
| 1985 | 85,491 An | +7.3% |
| 1986 | 82,854 An | -3.1% |
| 1987 | 87,205 An | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 94,529 An | +8.4% |
| 1989 | 99,758 An | +5.5% |
| 1990 | 106,568 An | +6.8% |
| 1991 | 100,583 An | -5.6% |
| 1992 | 97,835 An | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 98,868 An | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 100,250 An | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 101,694 An | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 103,041 An | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 102,363 An | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 103,719 An | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 105,303 An | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 108,240 An | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 115,288 An | +6.5% |
| 2002 | 116,199 An | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 119,545 An | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 121,682 An | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 121,783 An | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 119,860 An | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 124,788 An | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 129,903 An | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 131,848 An | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 132,607 An | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 134,542 An | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 133,708 An | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 133,183 An | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 131,743 An | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 133,046 An | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 140,406 An | +5.5% |
| 2017 | 141,474 An | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 139,217 An | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 141,521 An | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 139,577 An | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 138,716 An | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 140,009 An | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 140,650 An | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 140,810 An | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 86,612 An | 74,296 An | 96,155 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 117,409 An | 104,969 An | 129,913 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 97,487 An | 79,710 An | 123,868 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 102,022 An | 97,835 An | 106,568 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 120,914 An | 108,240 An | 131,848 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 136,145 An | 131,743 An | 141,521 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 139,952 An | 138,716 An | 140,810 An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Africa?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Africa was 140,810 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 141,521 An in 2019.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 74,296 An in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Africa ranks 12th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.