Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Iceland
Iceland: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 8,259 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Iceland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 8,259 An for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Iceland peaked at 15,360 An in 1982 and was at its lowest, 3,175 An, in 1970.
That places Iceland 36th out of 83 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Iceland, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,486 An | — |
| 1962 | 8,665 An | +15.7% |
| 1963 | 8,510 An | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 7,800 An | -8.3% |
| 1965 | 6,400 An | -17.9% |
| 1966 | 5,150 An | -19.5% |
| 1967 | 5,700 An | +10.7% |
| 1968 | 7,390 An | +29.6% |
| 1969 | 9,609 An | +30.0% |
| 1970 | 3,175 An | -67.0% |
| 1971 | 5,597 An | +76.3% |
| 1972 | 6,850 An | +22.4% |
| 1973 | 5,012 An | -26.8% |
| 1974 | 5,602 An | +11.8% |
| 1975 | 5,290 An | -5.6% |
| 1976 | 5,755 An | +8.8% |
| 1977 | 5,308 An | -7.8% |
| 1978 | 4,900 An | -7.7% |
| 1979 | 5,360 An | +9.4% |
| 1980 | 8,532 An | +59.2% |
| 1981 | 9,800 An | +14.9% |
| 1982 | 15,360 An | +56.7% |
| 1983 | 12,370 An | -19.5% |
| 1984 | 8,780 An | -29.0% |
| 1985 | 10,260 An | +16.9% |
| 1986 | 9,230 An | -10.0% |
| 1987 | 6,200 An | -32.8% |
| 1988 | 4,900 An | -21.0% |
| 1989 | 7,800 An | +59.2% |
| 1990 | 6,300 An | -19.2% |
| 1991 | 7,200 An | +14.3% |
| 1992 | 8,300 An | +15.3% |
| 1993 | 8,200 An | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 8,000 An | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 9,800 An | +22.5% |
| 1996 | 6,300 An | -35.7% |
| 1997 | 7,100 An | +12.7% |
| 1998 | 7,100 An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 9,600 An | +35.2% |
| 2000 | 10,000 An | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 9,500 An | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 9,600 An | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 8,300 An | -13.5% |
| 2004 | 7,682 An | -7.4% |
| 2005 | 6,713 An | -12.6% |
| 2006 | 7,154 An | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 7,609 An | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 8,582 An | +12.8% |
| 2009 | 8,050 An | -6.2% |
| 2010 | 6,679 An | -17.0% |
| 2011 | 7,040 An | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 11,279 An | +60.2% |
| 2013 | 9,758 An | -13.5% |
| 2014 | 9,026 An | -7.5% |
| 2015 | 7,739 An | -14.3% |
| 2016 | 7,889 An | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 8,977 An | +13.8% |
| 2018 | 7,614 An | -15.2% |
| 2019 | 9,287 An | +22.0% |
| 2020 | 9,306 An | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 7,469 An | -19.7% |
| 2022 | 8,640 An | +15.7% |
| 2023 | 8,140 An | -5.8% |
| 2024 | 8,259 An | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,412 An | 5,150 An | 9,609 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,285 An | 3,175 An | 6,850 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,323 An | 4,900 An | 15,360 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,790 An | 6,300 An | 9,800 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,319 An | 6,713 An | 10,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,529 An | 6,679 An | 11,279 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,363 An | 7,469 An | 9,306 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Iceland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0365 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 3,593 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8983 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0578 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 3.65 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.65 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Iceland?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Iceland was 8,259 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 Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 15,360 An in 1982.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,175 An in 1970.
- How does Iceland rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Iceland ranks 36th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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.