Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in South America
South America: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 391,571 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in South America stood at 391,571 An.
That represents a change of up 4.5% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in South America peaked at 1.04 million An in 1969 and was at its lowest, 336,992 An, in 1988.
That places South America 9th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 South America, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 650,757 An | — |
| 1962 | 712,278 An | +9.5% |
| 1963 | 811,734 An | +14.0% |
| 1964 | 989,196 An | +21.9% |
| 1965 | 931,216 An | -5.9% |
| 1966 | 940,630 An | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 954,583 An | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 1.04 million An | +8.5% |
| 1969 | 1.04 million An | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 1.01 million An | -3.0% |
| 1971 | 971,882 An | -3.4% |
| 1972 | 989,004 An | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 1.00 million An | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 727,395 An | -27.6% |
| 1975 | 709,369 An | -2.5% |
| 1976 | 836,414 An | +17.9% |
| 1977 | 701,981 An | -16.1% |
| 1978 | 779,406 An | +11.0% |
| 1979 | 779,951 An | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 640,629 An | -17.9% |
| 1981 | 604,131 An | -5.7% |
| 1982 | 556,950 An | -7.8% |
| 1983 | 534,007 An | -4.1% |
| 1984 | 604,567 An | +13.2% |
| 1985 | 529,701 An | -12.4% |
| 1986 | 381,504 An | -28.0% |
| 1987 | 344,807 An | -9.6% |
| 1988 | 336,992 An | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 361,728 An | +7.3% |
| 1990 | 373,116 An | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 438,013 An | +17.4% |
| 1992 | 501,417 An | +14.5% |
| 1993 | 511,442 An | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 482,777 An | -5.6% |
| 1995 | 474,014 An | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 473,893 An | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 482,133 An | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 465,388 An | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 514,192 An | +10.5% |
| 2000 | 537,614 An | +4.6% |
| 2001 | 569,959 An | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 556,388 An | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 556,854 An | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 514,488 An | -7.6% |
| 2005 | 514,062 An | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 539,053 An | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 529,076 An | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 503,901 An | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 476,168 An | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 443,842 An | -6.8% |
| 2011 | 421,728 An | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 407,574 An | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 368,817 An | -9.5% |
| 2014 | 379,525 An | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 362,840 An | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 360,355 An | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 368,502 An | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 384,184 An | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 388,471 An | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 398,226 An | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 441,699 An | +10.9% |
| 2022 | 428,392 An | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 374,698 An | -12.5% |
| 2024 | 391,571 An | +4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 895,913 An | 650,757 An | 1.04 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 850,632 An | 701,981 An | 1.01 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 489,502 An | 336,992 An | 640,629 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 471,638 An | 373,116 An | 514,192 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 529,756 An | 476,168 An | 569,959 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 388,584 An | 360,355 An | 443,842 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 406,917 An | 374,698 An | 441,699 An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in South America?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in South America was 391,571 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 America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 million An in 1969.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 336,992 An in 1988.
- How does South America rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- South America ranks 9th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South America 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.