Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Germany
Germany: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 3,350 An in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Germany, 1961–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2022, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Germany stood at 3,350 An. That is the lowest value across all 62 years on record.
The figure is down 7.5% on the previous year and down 71.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Germany peaked at 100,000 An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 3,350 An, in 2022.
That places Germany 45th out of 83 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67,333 An | 46,000 An | 100,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 32,328 An | 26,392 An | 40,271 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,191 An | 25,694 An | 35,505 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,348 An | 16,721 An | 25,234 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,662 An | 9,315 An | 18,130 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,016 An | 5,113 An | 11,923 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,778 An | 3,350 An | 4,363 An | 3 |
Countries ranked near Germany
- 42 Serbia and Montenegro 4,000 An compare
- 43 Honduras 3,978 An compare
- 44 Mauritania 3,568 An compare
- 46 Georgia 3,174 An compare
- 47 Yugoslav SFR 1,853 An compare
- 48 Malaysia 1,717 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 527.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6813 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1786 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.8714 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.8714 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Germany?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Germany was 3,350 An in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 100,000 An in 1961.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,350 An in 2022.
- How does Germany rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Germany ranks 45th out of 83 countries with data for 2022.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 71.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Germany 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.