Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Switzerland
Switzerland: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 1,190 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Switzerland, 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 Switzerland is 1,190 An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.4% on the previous year and down 58.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Switzerland peaked at 17,659 An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1,140 An, in 2022.
Switzerland ranks 55th of 83 countries on this measure, 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 Switzerland, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,659 An | — |
| 1962 | 17,432 An | -1.3% |
| 1963 | 13,807 An | -20.8% |
| 1964 | 12,288 An | -11.0% |
| 1965 | 11,030 An | -10.2% |
| 1966 | 10,205 An | -7.5% |
| 1967 | 9,545 An | -6.5% |
| 1968 | 8,705 An | -8.8% |
| 1969 | 8,463 An | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 8,285 An | -2.1% |
| 1971 | 7,314 An | -11.7% |
| 1972 | 6,135 An | -16.1% |
| 1973 | 5,911 An | -3.7% |
| 1974 | 5,191 An | -12.2% |
| 1975 | 5,601 An | +7.9% |
| 1976 | 6,079 An | +8.5% |
| 1977 | 5,566 An | -8.4% |
| 1978 | 5,727 An | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 5,694 An | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 4,931 An | -13.4% |
| 1981 | 5,117 An | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 5,521 An | +7.9% |
| 1983 | 5,631 An | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 5,705 An | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 5,642 An | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 5,403 An | -4.2% |
| 1987 | 4,883 An | -9.6% |
| 1988 | 4,592 An | -6.0% |
| 1989 | 4,480 An | -2.4% |
| 1990 | 4,226 An | -5.7% |
| 1991 | 4,671 An | +10.5% |
| 1992 | 4,459 An | -4.5% |
| 1993 | 4,847 An | +8.7% |
| 1994 | 5,183 An | +6.9% |
| 1995 | 5,789 An | +11.7% |
| 1996 | 6,125 An | +5.8% |
| 1997 | 5,295 An | -13.6% |
| 1998 | 4,816 An | -9.0% |
| 1999 | 5,090 An | +5.7% |
| 2000 | 5,387 An | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 4,851 An | -9.9% |
| 2002 | 4,438 An | -8.5% |
| 2003 | 4,217 An | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 4,251 An | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 3,836 An | -9.8% |
| 2006 | 3,718 An | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 3,219 An | -13.4% |
| 2008 | 2,969 An | -7.8% |
| 2009 | 3,269 An | +10.1% |
| 2010 | 3,051 An | -6.7% |
| 2011 | 3,115 An | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 3,409 An | +9.4% |
| 2013 | 3,195 An | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 2,897 An | -9.3% |
| 2015 | 2,653 An | -8.4% |
| 2016 | 2,602 An | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 2,194 An | -15.7% |
| 2018 | 2,179 An | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 2,005 An | -8.0% |
| 2020 | 1,739 An | -13.3% |
| 2021 | 1,417 An | -18.5% |
| 2022 | 1,140 An | -19.5% |
| 2023 | 1,140 An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,190 An | +4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,126 An | 8,463 An | 17,659 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,150 An | 5,191 An | 8,285 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,190 An | 4,480 An | 5,705 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,050 An | 4,226 An | 6,125 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,016 An | 2,969 An | 5,387 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,730 An | 2,005 An | 3,409 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,325 An | 1,140 An | 1,739 An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0064 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 739.83 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8806 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agriculture share gdp 0.6446 (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Switzerland?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Switzerland was 1,190 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 17,659 An in 1961.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,140 An in 2022.
- How does Switzerland rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Switzerland ranks 55th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Switzerland 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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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.