Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China (People’s Republic of)
China (People’s Republic of): 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 (People’s Republic of), 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 China (People’s Republic of) stood at 948,414 An.
Compared with earlier readings it 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 (People’s Republic of) peaked at 1.61 million An in 2011 and was at its lowest, 180,000 An, in 1961.
That places China (People’s Republic of) 2nd 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 China (People’s Republic of), 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 |
Countries ranked near China (People’s Republic of)
- 1 Kazakhstan 949,748 An compare
- 2 China, mainland 948,414 An compare
- 4 Mexico 548,184 An compare
- 5 Mongolia 526,414 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for China (People’s Republic of)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 6.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in China (People’s Republic of)?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in China (People’s Republic of) 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 (People’s Republic of)?
- 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 (People’s Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 180,000 An in 1961.
- How does China (People’s Republic of) rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- China (People’s Republic of) ranks 2nd out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in China (People’s Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China (People’s Republic of) 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.