Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Japan
Japan: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 9,716 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Japan recorded 9,716 An for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.8% on the previous year and down 27.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Japan peaked at 135,322 An in 1962 and was at its lowest, 9,716 An, in 2024.
That places Japan 35th 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 Japan, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 126,380 An | — |
| 1962 | 135,322 An | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 116,973 An | -13.6% |
| 1964 | 89,375 An | -23.6% |
| 1965 | 77,719 An | -13.0% |
| 1966 | 51,138 An | -34.2% |
| 1967 | 55,974 An | +9.5% |
| 1968 | 64,282 An | +14.8% |
| 1969 | 47,513 An | -26.1% |
| 1970 | 39,809 An | -16.2% |
| 1971 | 33,450 An | -16.0% |
| 1972 | 24,497 An | -26.8% |
| 1973 | 17,160 An | -30.0% |
| 1974 | 15,860 An | -7.6% |
| 1975 | 19,382 An | +22.2% |
| 1976 | 21,553 An | +11.2% |
| 1977 | 19,351 An | -10.2% |
| 1978 | 16,090 An | -16.9% |
| 1979 | 14,152 An | -12.0% |
| 1980 | 12,579 An | -11.1% |
| 1981 | 12,894 An | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 14,089 An | +9.3% |
| 1983 | 15,233 An | +8.1% |
| 1984 | 16,204 An | +6.4% |
| 1985 | 16,742 An | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 17,168 An | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 14,915 An | -13.1% |
| 1988 | 12,466 An | -16.4% |
| 1989 | 13,203 An | +5.9% |
| 1990 | 13,596 An | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 13,912 An | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 15,032 An | +8.1% |
| 1993 | 17,369 An | +15.5% |
| 1994 | 20,200 An | +16.3% |
| 1995 | 21,800 An | +7.9% |
| 1996 | 19,000 An | -12.8% |
| 1997 | 21,000 An | +10.5% |
| 1998 | 20,000 An | -4.8% |
| 1999 | 19,000 An | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 18,000 An | -5.3% |
| 2001 | 18,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 18,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 19,039 An | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 19,267 An | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 18,630 An | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 17,046 An | -8.5% |
| 2007 | 15,548 An | -8.8% |
| 2008 | 15,003 An | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 14,575 An | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 14,169 An | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 11,924 An | -15.8% |
| 2012 | 12,273 An | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 13,592 An | +10.7% |
| 2014 | 13,474 An | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 12,466 An | -7.5% |
| 2016 | 10,240 An | -17.9% |
| 2017 | 9,807 An | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 9,761 An | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 10,297 An | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 10,291 An | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 11,367 An | +10.5% |
| 2022 | 11,198 An | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 10,098 An | -9.8% |
| 2024 | 9,716 An | -3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 84,964 An | 47,513 An | 135,322 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,130 An | 14,152 An | 39,809 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,549 An | 12,466 An | 17,168 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,091 An | 13,596 An | 21,800 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,311 An | 14,575 An | 19,267 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,800 An | 9,761 An | 14,169 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,534 An | 9,716 An | 11,367 An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0096 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 323.87 current US$ per person (2024)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Japan?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Japan was 9,716 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 135,322 An in 1962.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,716 An in 2024.
- How does Japan rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Japan ranks 35th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Japan 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.