Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Italy
Italy: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 22,209 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Italy, 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 Italy stood at 22,209 An.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.0% on the previous year and down 47.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Italy peaked at 350,000 An in 1972 and was at its lowest, 18,609 An, in 2020.
That places Italy 24th out of 83 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Italy, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 283,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 301,000 An | +6.4% |
| 1963 | 285,000 An | -5.3% |
| 1964 | 258,039 An | -9.5% |
| 1965 | 243,668 An | -5.6% |
| 1966 | 244,654 An | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 239,800 An | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 256,000 An | +6.8% |
| 1969 | 294,800 An | +15.2% |
| 1970 | 316,000 An | +7.2% |
| 1971 | 321,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 350,000 An | +9.0% |
| 1973 | 302,000 An | -13.7% |
| 1974 | 268,000 An | -11.3% |
| 1975 | 301,000 An | +12.3% |
| 1976 | 310,000 An | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 308,960 An | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 319,830 An | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 313,210 An | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 281,930 An | -10.0% |
| 1981 | 260,510 An | -7.6% |
| 1982 | 231,830 An | -11.0% |
| 1983 | 239,400 An | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 255,570 An | +6.8% |
| 1985 | 272,150 An | +6.5% |
| 1986 | 262,550 An | -3.5% |
| 1987 | 257,110 An | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 252,330 An | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 258,380 An | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 259,400 An | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 259,330 An | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 275,815 An | +6.4% |
| 1993 | 275,607 An | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 268,405 An | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 260,522 An | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 248,000 An | -4.8% |
| 1997 | 240,044 An | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 227,180 An | -5.4% |
| 1999 | 227,323 An | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 234,900 An | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 280,500 An | +19.4% |
| 2002 | 198,900 An | -29.1% |
| 2003 | 191,000 An | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 199,488 An | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 136,213 An | -31.7% |
| 2006 | 165,797 An | +21.7% |
| 2007 | 98,921 An | -40.3% |
| 2008 | 97,648 An | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 84,063 An | -13.9% |
| 2010 | 67,005 An | -20.3% |
| 2011 | 62,237 An | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 72,387 An | +16.3% |
| 2013 | 53,234 An | -26.5% |
| 2014 | 42,482 An | -20.2% |
| 2015 | 35,368 An | -16.7% |
| 2016 | 42,793 An | +21.0% |
| 2017 | 26,780 An | -37.4% |
| 2018 | 19,008 An | -29.0% |
| 2019 | 22,575 An | +18.8% |
| 2020 | 18,609 An | -17.6% |
| 2021 | 19,647 An | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 19,731 An | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 18,984 An | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 22,209 An | +17.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 267,329 An | 239,800 An | 301,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 311,000 An | 268,000 An | 350,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 257,176 An | 231,830 An | 281,930 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 254,163 An | 227,180 An | 275,815 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 168,743 An | 84,063 An | 280,500 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 44,387 An | 19,008 An | 72,387 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,836 An | 18,609 An | 22,209 An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.07 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.07 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Italy?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Italy was 22,209 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 350,000 An in 1972.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,609 An in 2020.
- How does Italy rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Italy ranks 24th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Italy 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.