Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 31 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Eastern Africa, 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 Eastern Africa stood at 31 An. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Eastern Africa peaked at 196 An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 31 An, in 2023.
That places Eastern Africa 25th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 196 An | — |
| 1962 | 183 An | -6.6% |
| 1963 | 193 An | +5.5% |
| 1964 | 189 An | -2.1% |
| 1965 | 142 An | -24.9% |
| 1966 | 69 An | -51.4% |
| 1967 | 118 An | +71.0% |
| 1968 | 115 An | -2.5% |
| 1969 | 116 An | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 98 An | -15.5% |
| 1971 | 178 An | +81.6% |
| 1972 | 166 An | -6.7% |
| 1973 | 89 An | -46.4% |
| 1974 | 78 An | -12.4% |
| 1975 | 70 An | -10.3% |
| 1976 | 58 An | -17.1% |
| 1977 | 49 An | -15.5% |
| 1978 | 69 An | +40.8% |
| 1979 | 75 An | +8.7% |
| 1980 | 73 An | -2.7% |
| 1981 | 68 An | -6.8% |
| 1982 | 55 An | -19.1% |
| 1983 | 92 An | +67.3% |
| 1984 | 90 An | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 71 An | -21.1% |
| 1986 | 99 An | +39.4% |
| 1987 | 80 An | -19.2% |
| 1988 | 79 An | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 78 An | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 119 An | +52.6% |
| 1991 | 98 An | -17.6% |
| 1992 | 92 An | -6.1% |
| 1993 | 78 An | -15.2% |
| 1994 | 144 An | +84.6% |
| 1995 | 177 An | +22.9% |
| 1996 | 83 An | -53.1% |
| 1997 | 85 An | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 90 An | +5.9% |
| 1999 | 94 An | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 98 An | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 97 An | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 97 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 93 An | -4.1% |
| 2004 | 97 An | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 97 An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 97 An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 35 An | -63.9% |
| 2008 | 42 An | +20.0% |
| 2009 | 35 An | -16.7% |
| 2010 | 35 An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 36 An | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 36 An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 35 An | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 34 An | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 34 An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 34 An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 34 An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 32 An | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 32 An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 32 An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 32 An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 32 An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 31 An | -3.1% |
| 2024 | 31 An | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 146.78 An | 69 An | 196 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 93 An | 49 An | 178 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 78.5 An | 55 An | 99 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 106 An | 78 An | 177 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 78.8 An | 35 An | 98 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.2 An | 32 An | 36 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.6 An | 31 An | 32 An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Eastern Africa?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Eastern Africa was 31 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 196 An in 1961.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 31 An in 2023.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Eastern Africa ranks 25th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.