Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Argentina
Argentina: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 98,036 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Argentina is 98,036 An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 12.2% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Argentina peaked at 438,744 An in 1969 and was at its lowest, 86,902 An, in 2020.
That places Argentina 10th out of 83 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Argentina, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 150,977 An | — |
| 1962 | 209,016 An | +38.4% |
| 1963 | 290,000 An | +38.7% |
| 1964 | 438,724 An | +51.3% |
| 1965 | 374,116 An | -14.7% |
| 1966 | 365,449 An | -2.3% |
| 1967 | 369,244 An | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 411,768 An | +11.5% |
| 1969 | 438,744 An | +6.6% |
| 1970 | 423,290 An | -3.5% |
| 1971 | 375,359 An | -11.3% |
| 1972 | 403,649 An | +7.5% |
| 1973 | 282,705 An | -30.0% |
| 1974 | 159,050 An | -43.7% |
| 1975 | 164,017 An | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 215,223 An | +31.2% |
| 1977 | 244,921 An | +13.8% |
| 1978 | 279,658 An | +14.2% |
| 1979 | 257,320 An | -8.0% |
| 1980 | 190,859 An | -25.8% |
| 1981 | 202,613 An | +6.2% |
| 1982 | 231,000 An | +14.0% |
| 1983 | 231,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 231,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 203,000 An | -12.1% |
| 1986 | 169,000 An | -16.7% |
| 1987 | 188,000 An | +11.2% |
| 1988 | 193,000 An | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 193,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 200,000 An | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 210,000 An | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 220,000 An | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 230,000 An | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 230,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 230,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 230,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 230,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 207,000 An | -10.0% |
| 1999 | 253,000 An | +22.2% |
| 2000 | 253,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 253,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 254,000 An | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 255,000 An | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 211,079 An | -17.2% |
| 2005 | 219,387 An | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 237,750 An | +8.4% |
| 2007 | 230,215 An | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 195,892 An | -14.9% |
| 2009 | 178,804 An | -8.7% |
| 2010 | 150,286 An | -15.9% |
| 2011 | 130,804 An | -13.0% |
| 2012 | 107,522 An | -17.8% |
| 2013 | 97,319 An | -9.5% |
| 2014 | 103,497 An | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 88,765 An | -14.2% |
| 2016 | 90,622 An | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 97,157 An | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 111,908 An | +15.2% |
| 2019 | 103,326 An | -7.7% |
| 2020 | 86,902 An | -15.9% |
| 2021 | 106,963 An | +23.1% |
| 2022 | 96,542 An | -9.7% |
| 2023 | 87,345 An | -9.5% |
| 2024 | 98,036 An | +12.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 338,671 An | 150,977 An | 438,744 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 280,519 An | 159,050 An | 423,290 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 203,247 An | 169,000 An | 231,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 224,000 An | 200,000 An | 253,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 228,813 An | 178,804 An | 255,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 108,121 An | 88,765 An | 150,286 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 95,158 An | 86,902 An | 106,963 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 5.53 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 5.53 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Argentina?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Argentina was 98,036 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 Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 438,744 An in 1969.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 86,902 An in 2020.
- How does Argentina rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Argentina ranks 10th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Argentina 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.