Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Morocco
Morocco: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 13,896 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Morocco, 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 Morocco is 13,896 An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.9% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Morocco peaked at 47,050 An in 1981 and was at its lowest, 9,500 An, in 1961.
Morocco ranks 32nd of 83 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Morocco, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,500 An | — |
| 1962 | 13,000 An | +36.8% |
| 1963 | 10,500 An | -19.2% |
| 1964 | 11,500 An | +9.5% |
| 1965 | 13,200 An | +14.8% |
| 1966 | 11,000 An | -16.7% |
| 1967 | 11,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 14,000 An | +27.3% |
| 1969 | 15,000 An | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 23,400 An | +56.0% |
| 1971 | 31,669 An | +35.3% |
| 1972 | 35,587 An | +12.4% |
| 1973 | 39,700 An | +11.6% |
| 1974 | 32,000 An | -19.4% |
| 1975 | 30,000 An | -6.2% |
| 1976 | 29,000 An | -3.3% |
| 1977 | 33,000 An | +13.8% |
| 1978 | 22,000 An | -33.3% |
| 1979 | 30,000 An | +36.4% |
| 1980 | 36,500 An | +21.7% |
| 1981 | 47,050 An | +28.9% |
| 1982 | 31,700 An | -32.6% |
| 1983 | 30,800 An | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 16,780 An | -45.5% |
| 1985 | 14,200 An | -15.4% |
| 1986 | 15,000 An | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 17,000 An | +13.3% |
| 1988 | 20,000 An | +17.6% |
| 1989 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 20,800 An | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 20,800 An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 20,000 An | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 19,000 An | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 18,000 An | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 17,500 An | -2.8% |
| 1996 | 17,000 An | -2.9% |
| 1997 | 16,500 An | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 16,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 16,500 An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 16,500 An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 16,500 An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 15,500 An | -6.1% |
| 2003 | 16,500 An | +6.5% |
| 2004 | 16,500 An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 17,000 An | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 17,500 An | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 16,000 An | -8.6% |
| 2008 | 16,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 13,500 An | -15.6% |
| 2010 | 15,000 An | +11.1% |
| 2011 | 14,500 An | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 14,200 An | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 14,500 An | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 13,952 An | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 15,731 An | +12.8% |
| 2016 | 17,190 An | +9.3% |
| 2017 | 17,804 An | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 17,581 An | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 17,508 An | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 17,217 An | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 15,584 An | -9.5% |
| 2022 | 15,463 An | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 14,461 An | -6.5% |
| 2024 | 13,896 An | -3.9% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 13,896 An is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,919 An, 2.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Morocco changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +56.0% | 15,000 An | 23,400 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,078 An | 9,500 An | 15,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 30,636 An | 22,000 An | 39,700 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,903 An | 14,200 An | 47,050 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,260 An | 16,500 An | 20,800 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,150 An | 13,500 An | 17,500 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,797 An | 13,952 An | 17,804 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,324 An | 13,896 An | 17,217 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Morocco?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Morocco was 13,896 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 Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 47,050 An in 1981.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,500 An in 1961.
- How does Morocco rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Morocco ranks 32nd out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Morocco 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.