Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Brazil
Brazil: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 169,737 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Brazil stood at 169,737 An.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Brazil peaked at 630,000 An in 1973 and was at its lowest, 49,682 An, in 1988.
That places Brazil 7th out of 83 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Brazil, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 441,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 446,000 An | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 463,000 An | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 475,000 An | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 492,000 An | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 498,000 An | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 488,000 An | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 492,000 An | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 485,000 An | -1.4% |
| 1970 | 480,000 An | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 480,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 490,000 An | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 630,000 An | +28.6% |
| 1974 | 506,000 An | -19.7% |
| 1975 | 484,076 An | -4.3% |
| 1976 | 559,522 An | +15.6% |
| 1977 | 391,308 An | -30.1% |
| 1978 | 428,206 An | +9.4% |
| 1979 | 427,814 An | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 351,006 An | -18.0% |
| 1981 | 310,225 An | -11.6% |
| 1982 | 240,074 An | -22.6% |
| 1983 | 193,827 An | -19.3% |
| 1984 | 248,027 An | +28.0% |
| 1985 | 194,817 An | -21.5% |
| 1986 | 118,482 An | -39.2% |
| 1987 | 63,340 An | -46.5% |
| 1988 | 49,682 An | -21.6% |
| 1989 | 58,144 An | +17.0% |
| 1990 | 51,273 An | -11.8% |
| 1991 | 97,282 An | +89.7% |
| 1992 | 156,707 An | +61.1% |
| 1993 | 165,691 An | +5.7% |
| 1994 | 140,526 An | -15.2% |
| 1995 | 119,798 An | -14.8% |
| 1996 | 109,082 An | -8.9% |
| 1997 | 110,000 An | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 118,000 An | +7.3% |
| 1999 | 127,000 An | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 141,000 An | +11.0% |
| 2001 | 161,000 An | +14.2% |
| 2002 | 161,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 161,500 An | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 162,000 An | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 162,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 164,600 An | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 165,000 An | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 165,200 An | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 166,200 An | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 169,200 An | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 168,000 An | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 177,000 An | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 177,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 169,642 An | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 167,043 An | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 162,489 An | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 161,801 An | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 164,887 An | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 168,891 An | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 173,205 An | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 169,005 An | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 171,619 An | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 171,559 An | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 169,737 An | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 475,556 An | 441,000 An | 498,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 487,693 An | 391,308 An | 630,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 182,762 An | 49,682 An | 351,006 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 119,536 An | 51,273 An | 165,691 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 160,950 An | 141,000 An | 166,200 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 168,595 An | 161,801 An | 177,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 171,025 An | 169,005 An | 173,205 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 6.09 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.09 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Brazil?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Brazil was 169,737 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 Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 630,000 An in 1973.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 49,682 An in 1988.
- How does Brazil rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Brazil ranks 7th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Brazil 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.