Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China, mainland
China, mainland: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 948,414 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China, mainland, 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 China, mainland is 948,414 An, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 38.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in China, mainland peaked at 1.61 million An in 2011 and was at its lowest, 180,000 An, in 1961.
China, mainland ranks 2nd of 83 countries on this measure, 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 China, mainland, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 180,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 186,000 An | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 190,000 An | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 206,000 An | +8.4% |
| 1965 | 221,000 An | +7.3% |
| 1966 | 237,000 An | +7.2% |
| 1967 | 240,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 243,000 An | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 249,000 An | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 261,000 An | +4.8% |
| 1971 | 289,000 An | +10.7% |
| 1972 | 298,000 An | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 310,000 An | +4.0% |
| 1974 | 322,000 An | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 333,000 An | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 339,000 An | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 343,000 An | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 343,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 337,000 An | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 334,000 An | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 333,000 An | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 329,000 An | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 335,000 An | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 340,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 360,000 An | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 380,000 An | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 415,000 An | +9.2% |
| 1988 | 420,000 An | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 435,000 An | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 450,000 An | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 480,000 An | +6.7% |
| 1992 | 533,000 An | +11.0% |
| 1993 | 486,000 An | -8.8% |
| 1994 | 964,800 An | +98.5% |
| 1995 | 1.15 million An | +19.3% |
| 1996 | 1.40 million An | +21.6% |
| 1997 | 1.27 million An | -9.1% |
| 1998 | 1.26 million An | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 1.36 million An | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 1.46 million An | +7.3% |
| 2001 | 1.54 million An | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 1.49 million An | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 1.57 million An | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 1.56 million An | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 1.57 million An | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 1.54 million An | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 1.51 million An | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 1.42 million An | -6.3% |
| 2009 | 1.45 million An | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 1.48 million An | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 1.61 million An | +8.4% |
| 2012 | 1.60 million An | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 1.49 million An | -6.7% |
| 2014 | 1.54 million An | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 1.34 million An | -13.0% |
| 2016 | 1.20 million An | -10.7% |
| 2017 | 929,125 An | -22.5% |
| 2018 | 921,031 An | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 1.00 million An | +8.6% |
| 2020 | 1.08 million An | +7.8% |
| 2021 | 1.00 million An | -6.9% |
| 2022 | 1.09 million An | +8.2% |
| 2023 | 967,162 An | -10.9% |
| 2024 | 948,414 An | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 216,889 An | 180,000 An | 249,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 317,500 An | 261,000 An | 343,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 368,100 An | 329,000 An | 435,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 935,880 An | 450,000 An | 1.40 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.51 million An | 1.42 million An | 1.57 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.31 million An | 921,031 An | 1.61 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.02 million An | 948,414 An | 1.09 million An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in China, mainland?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in China, mainland was 948,414 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 China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.61 million An in 2011.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 180,000 An in 1961.
- How does China, mainland rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- China, mainland ranks 2nd out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, mainland 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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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.