Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Colombia
Colombia: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 26,753 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Colombia, 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 Colombia stood at 26,753 An.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 34.9% on the previous year and up 37.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Colombia peaked at 55,000 An in 1985 and was at its lowest, 19,458 An, in 2014.
Colombia ranks 21st of 83 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Colombia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 25,000 An | +25.0% |
| 1966 | 20,000 An | -20.0% |
| 1967 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 30,000 An | +50.0% |
| 1971 | 50,000 An | +66.7% |
| 1972 | 20,000 An | -60.0% |
| 1973 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 25,000 An | +25.0% |
| 1976 | 25,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 30,000 An | +20.0% |
| 1978 | 30,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 40,000 An | +33.3% |
| 1980 | 40,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 40,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 40,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 40,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 40,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 55,000 An | +37.5% |
| 1986 | 41,000 An | -25.5% |
| 1987 | 42,000 An | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 42,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 42,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 42,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 42,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 42,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 42,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 42,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 42,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 42,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 42,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 42,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 43,000 An | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 43,500 An | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 44,000 An | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 44,500 An | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 45,400 An | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 46,000 An | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 45,000 An | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 41,000 An | -8.9% |
| 2007 | 42,500 An | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 43,000 An | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 44,500 An | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 37,700 An | -15.3% |
| 2011 | 34,400 An | -8.8% |
| 2012 | 31,000 An | -9.9% |
| 2013 | 28,000 An | -9.7% |
| 2014 | 19,458 An | -30.5% |
| 2015 | 20,000 An | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 29,251 An | +46.3% |
| 2017 | 29,609 An | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 26,672 An | -9.9% |
| 2019 | 31,624 An | +18.6% |
| 2020 | 46,732 An | +47.8% |
| 2021 | 44,396 An | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 43,705 An | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 41,119 An | -5.9% |
| 2024 | 26,753 An | -34.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,556 An | 20,000 An | 25,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,000 An | 20,000 An | 50,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 42,200 An | 40,000 An | 55,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 42,100 An | 42,000 An | 43,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 43,940 An | 41,000 An | 46,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,771 An | 19,458 An | 37,700 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,541 An | 26,753 An | 46,732 An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0995 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 851.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.2113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agriculture share gdp 9.95 (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Colombia?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Colombia was 26,753 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 Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 55,000 An in 1985.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,458 An in 2014.
- How does Colombia rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Colombia ranks 21st out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia 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.