Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Portugal
Portugal: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 68 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Portugal, 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 Portugal is 68 An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 26.1% on the previous year and down 97.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Portugal peaked at 18,418 An in 1964 and was at its lowest, 68 An, in 2024.
That places Portugal 73rd out of 83 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Portugal, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,434 An | — |
| 1962 | 15,535 An | -5.5% |
| 1963 | 16,665 An | +7.3% |
| 1964 | 18,418 An | +10.5% |
| 1965 | 15,627 An | -15.2% |
| 1966 | 12,990 An | -16.9% |
| 1967 | 9,624 An | -25.9% |
| 1968 | 8,673 An | -9.9% |
| 1969 | 9,460 An | +9.1% |
| 1970 | 10,518 An | +11.2% |
| 1971 | 13,174 An | +25.3% |
| 1972 | 10,961 An | -16.8% |
| 1973 | 9,142 An | -16.6% |
| 1974 | 6,753 An | -26.1% |
| 1975 | 6,004 An | -11.1% |
| 1976 | 5,647 An | -5.9% |
| 1977 | 4,084 An | -27.7% |
| 1978 | 4,965 An | +21.6% |
| 1979 | 5,955 An | +19.9% |
| 1980 | 5,835 An | -2.0% |
| 1981 | 5,763 An | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 6,141 An | +6.6% |
| 1983 | 8,460 An | +37.8% |
| 1984 | 9,439 An | +11.6% |
| 1985 | 8,685 An | -8.0% |
| 1986 | 7,660 An | -11.8% |
| 1987 | 7,434 An | -3.0% |
| 1988 | 6,481 An | -12.8% |
| 1989 | 6,916 An | +6.7% |
| 1990 | 5,846 An | -15.5% |
| 1991 | 5,544 An | -5.2% |
| 1992 | 6,302 An | +13.7% |
| 1993 | 4,567 An | -27.5% |
| 1994 | 3,958 An | -13.3% |
| 1995 | 3,445 An | -13.0% |
| 1996 | 4,386 An | +27.3% |
| 1997 | 3,324 An | -24.2% |
| 1998 | 3,590 An | +8.0% |
| 1999 | 2,723 An | -24.2% |
| 2000 | 2,263 An | -16.9% |
| 2001 | 2,764 An | +22.1% |
| 2002 | 1,945 An | -29.6% |
| 2003 | 1,665 An | -14.4% |
| 2004 | 1,397 An | -16.1% |
| 2005 | 1,413 An | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 1,222 An | -13.5% |
| 2007 | 1,248 An | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 978 An | -21.6% |
| 2009 | 907 An | -7.3% |
| 2010 | 774 An | -14.7% |
| 2011 | 1,085 An | +40.2% |
| 2012 | 3,069 An | +182.9% |
| 2013 | 3,031 An | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 2,879 An | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 3,081 An | +7.0% |
| 2016 | 1,064 An | -65.5% |
| 2017 | 1,163 An | +9.3% |
| 2018 | 935 An | -19.6% |
| 2019 | 865 An | -7.5% |
| 2020 | 406 An | -53.1% |
| 2021 | 458 An | +12.8% |
| 2022 | 94 An | -79.5% |
| 2023 | 92 An | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 68 An | -26.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,714 An | 8,673 An | 18,418 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,720 An | 4,084 An | 13,174 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,281 An | 5,763 An | 9,439 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,368 An | 2,723 An | 6,302 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,580 An | 907 An | 2,764 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,795 An | 774 An | 3,081 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 223.6 An | 68 An | 458 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Portugal?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Portugal was 68 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 18,418 An in 1964.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 68 An in 2024.
- How does Portugal rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Portugal ranks 73rd out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 97.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Portugal 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.