Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Jamaica
Jamaica: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 262 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Jamaica is 262 An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Jamaica peaked at 430 An in 1966 and was at its lowest, 262 An, in 2024.
Jamaica ranks 66th of 83 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 423 An | — |
| 1962 | 429 An | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 403 An | -6.1% |
| 1964 | 425 An | +5.5% |
| 1965 | 426 An | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 430 An | +0.9% |
| 1967 | 408 An | -5.1% |
| 1968 | 408 An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 400 An | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 340 An | -15.0% |
| 1971 | 350 An | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 337 An | -3.7% |
| 1973 | 330 An | -2.1% |
| 1974 | 325 An | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 320 An | -1.5% |
| 1976 | 315 An | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 310 An | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 310 An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 305 An | -1.6% |
| 1980 | 300 An | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 290 An | -3.3% |
| 1982 | 280 An | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 280 An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 280 An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 280 An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 280 An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 280 An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 290 An | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 290 An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 290 An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 290 An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 295 An | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 295 An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 295 An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 295 An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 295 An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 295 An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 295 An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 295 An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 295 An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 295 An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 295 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 295 An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 295 An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 295 An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 300 An | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 310 An | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 300 An | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 300 An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 300 An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 300 An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 300 An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 300 An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 290 An | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 284 An | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 279 An | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 278 An | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 270 An | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 269 An | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 267 An | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 266 An | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 265 An | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 263 An | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 262 An | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 416.89 An | 400 An | 430 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 324.2 An | 305 An | 350 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 285 An | 280 An | 300 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 294 An | 290 An | 295 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 298 An | 295 An | 310 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 287 An | 269 An | 300 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 264.6 An | 262 An | 267 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0874 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4057 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Jamaica?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Jamaica was 262 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 Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 430 An in 1966.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 262 An in 2024.
- How does Jamaica rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Jamaica ranks 66th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.