Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in New Zealand
New Zealand: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 0 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in New Zealand, 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 New Zealand is 0 An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in New Zealand peaked at 7,498 An in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0 An, in 2018.
New Zealand ranks 80th of 83 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 New Zealand, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 2,500 An | +25.0% |
| 1963 | 2,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,000 An | +20.0% |
| 1965 | 3,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,400 An | +13.3% |
| 1967 | 2,900 An | -14.7% |
| 1968 | 2,700 An | -6.9% |
| 1969 | 2,000 An | -25.9% |
| 1970 | 3,000 An | +50.0% |
| 1971 | 3,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 3,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 3,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 3,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,500 An | -16.7% |
| 1983 | 2,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,600 An | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 3,000 An | +15.4% |
| 1987 | 4,000 An | +33.3% |
| 1988 | 5,000 An | +25.0% |
| 1989 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 4,055 An | -18.9% |
| 1992 | 5,750 An | +41.8% |
| 1993 | 7,088 An | +23.3% |
| 1994 | 7,233 An | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 7,498 An | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 5,760 An | -23.2% |
| 1997 | 4,696 An | -18.5% |
| 1998 | 4,231 An | -9.9% |
| 1999 | 4,528 An | +7.0% |
| 2000 | 3,701 An | -18.3% |
| 2001 | 2,107 An | -43.1% |
| 2002 | 2,490 An | +18.2% |
| 2003 | 1,348 An | -45.9% |
| 2004 | 961 An | -28.7% |
| 2005 | 1,448 An | +50.7% |
| 2006 | 2,356 An | +62.7% |
| 2007 | 2,255 An | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 1,137 An | -49.6% |
| 2009 | 2,903 An | +155.3% |
| 2010 | 1,705 An | -41.3% |
| 2011 | 1,879 An | +10.2% |
| 2012 | 1,805 An | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 1,560 An | -13.6% |
| 2014 | 1,477 An | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 1,548 An | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 823 An | -46.8% |
| 2017 | 134 An | -83.7% |
| 2018 | 0 An | -100.0% |
| 2019 | 0 An | — |
| 2020 | 0 An | — |
| 2021 | 0 An | — |
| 2022 | 0 An | — |
| 2023 | 0 An | — |
| 2024 | 0 An | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,667 An | 2,000 An | 3,400 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,000 An | 3,000 An | 3,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,310 An | 2,500 An | 5,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,584 An | 4,055 An | 7,498 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,071 An | 961 An | 3,701 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,093 An | 0 An | 1,879 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 An | 0 An | 0 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 77 Madagascar 31 An compare
- 78 Czechia 24 An compare
- 79 Bulgaria 4 An compare
- 80 Albania 0 An
- 80 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 An compare
- 80 Luxembourg 0 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for New Zealand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -10.07 % change on previous year (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,976 current US$ per person (2023)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.16 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.0% (2023)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in New Zealand?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in New Zealand was 0 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 7,498 An in 1995.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 An in 2018.
- How does New Zealand rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- New Zealand ranks 80th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.