Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in South Africa
South Africa: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 6,820 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 6,820 An for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in South Africa peaked at 10,500 An in 2011 and was at its lowest, 5,000 An, in 1972.
That places South Africa 39th out of 83 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in South Africa, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 9,000 An | -10.0% |
| 1965 | 9,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 8,000 An | -11.1% |
| 1967 | 8,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 8,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 6,000 An | -25.0% |
| 1970 | 6,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 6,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 5,000 An | -16.7% |
| 1973 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 6,000 An | +20.0% |
| 1994 | 7,000 An | +16.7% |
| 1995 | 8,000 An | +14.3% |
| 1996 | 8,500 An | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 7,000 An | -17.6% |
| 1998 | 7,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 7,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 7,500 An | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 7,500 An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 7,500 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 7,500 An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 7,500 An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 7,394 An | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 7,500 An | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 7,600 An | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 7,600 An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 9,400 An | +23.7% |
| 2010 | 9,900 An | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 10,500 An | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 8,984 An | -14.4% |
| 2013 | 7,487 An | -16.7% |
| 2014 | 6,701 An | -10.5% |
| 2015 | 6,771 An | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 6,770 An | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 6,912 An | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 6,581 An | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 6,728 An | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 6,798 An | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 6,812 An | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 6,781 An | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 6,786 An | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 6,820 An | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,667 An | 6,000 An | 10,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,200 An | 5,000 An | 6,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,000 An | 5,000 An | 5,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,550 An | 5,000 An | 8,500 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,699 An | 7,394 An | 9,400 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,733 An | 6,581 An | 10,500 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,799 An | 6,781 An | 6,820 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 186.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.812 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3618 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in South Africa?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in South Africa was 6,820 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 South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 10,500 An in 2011.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,000 An in 1972.
- How does South Africa rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- South Africa ranks 39th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa 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.