Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Paraguay
Paraguay: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 15,234 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Paraguay, 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 Paraguay is 15,234 An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 9.1% on the previous year and up 35.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Paraguay peaked at 80,600 An in 1968 and was at its lowest, 1,742 An, in 1992.
That places Paraguay 31st 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 Paraguay, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 15,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 15,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 25,900 An | +72.7% |
| 1965 | 11,000 An | -57.5% |
| 1966 | 28,000 An | +154.5% |
| 1967 | 50,500 An | +80.4% |
| 1968 | 80,600 An | +59.6% |
| 1969 | 56,400 An | -30.0% |
| 1970 | 35,900 An | -36.3% |
| 1971 | 23,500 An | -34.5% |
| 1972 | 27,500 An | +17.0% |
| 1973 | 39,900 An | +45.1% |
| 1974 | 20,700 An | -48.1% |
| 1975 | 11,800 An | -43.0% |
| 1976 | 9,600 An | -18.6% |
| 1977 | 3,960 An | -58.8% |
| 1978 | 3,960 An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,380 An | -39.9% |
| 1980 | 2,400 An | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 2,419 An | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 2,425 An | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 2,472 An | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 2,550 An | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 2,880 An | +12.9% |
| 1986 | 3,030 An | +5.2% |
| 1987 | 2,091 An | -31.0% |
| 1988 | 2,143 An | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 2,173 An | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 2,000 An | -8.0% |
| 1991 | 1,975 An | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 1,742 An | -11.8% |
| 1993 | 2,057 An | +18.1% |
| 1994 | 3,065 An | +49.0% |
| 1995 | 3,389 An | +10.6% |
| 1996 | 4,276 An | +26.2% |
| 1997 | 3,624 An | -15.2% |
| 1998 | 3,650 An | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 3,800 An | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 4,200 An | +10.5% |
| 2001 | 4,400 An | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 5,000 An | +13.6% |
| 2003 | 5,100 An | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 5,300 An | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 5,800 An | +9.4% |
| 2006 | 6,000 An | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 6,400 An | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 6,200 An | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 7,500 An | +21.0% |
| 2010 | 8,000 An | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 8,700 An | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 8,094 An | -7.0% |
| 2013 | 6,548 An | -19.1% |
| 2014 | 11,273 An | +72.2% |
| 2015 | 7,725 An | -31.5% |
| 2016 | 6,151 An | -20.4% |
| 2017 | 6,816 An | +10.8% |
| 2018 | 7,697 An | +12.9% |
| 2019 | 10,091 An | +31.1% |
| 2020 | 12,180 An | +20.7% |
| 2021 | 12,801 An | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 18,430 An | +44.0% |
| 2023 | 13,958 An | -24.3% |
| 2024 | 15,234 An | +9.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,044 An | 11,000 An | 80,600 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,920 An | 2,380 An | 39,900 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,458 An | 2,091 An | 3,030 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,958 An | 1,742 An | 4,276 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,590 An | 4,200 An | 7,500 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,110 An | 6,151 An | 11,273 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,521 An | 12,180 An | 18,430 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More agriculture & rural data for Paraguay
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1164 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 817.98 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5603 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2961 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 11.64 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 11.64 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Paraguay?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Paraguay was 15,234 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 Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 80,600 An in 1968.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,742 An in 1992.
- How does Paraguay rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Paraguay ranks 31st out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Paraguay 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.