Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Western Asia
Western Asia: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 8,227 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Western Asia, 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 Western Asia stood at 8,227 An.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.3% on the previous year and down 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Asia peaked at 47,000 An in 1973 and was at its lowest, 7,458 An, in 2023.
Western Asia ranks 23rd of 26 groups on this measure, 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 Western Asia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 46,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 46,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 43,000 An | -6.5% |
| 1964 | 41,000 An | -4.7% |
| 1965 | 42,000 An | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 42,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 42,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 41,000 An | -2.4% |
| 1969 | 40,000 An | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 39,000 An | -2.5% |
| 1971 | 37,000 An | -5.1% |
| 1972 | 36,000 An | -2.7% |
| 1973 | 47,000 An | +30.6% |
| 1974 | 33,000 An | -29.8% |
| 1975 | 31,000 An | -6.1% |
| 1976 | 30,000 An | -3.2% |
| 1977 | 30,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 30,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 28,000 An | -6.7% |
| 1980 | 27,000 An | -3.6% |
| 1981 | 27,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 27,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 26,000 An | -3.7% |
| 1984 | 25,000 An | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 22,000 An | -12.0% |
| 1986 | 21,000 An | -4.5% |
| 1987 | 21,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 21,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 19,500 An | -7.1% |
| 1990 | 19,000 An | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 19,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 18,331 An | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 18,381 An | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 18,415 An | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 18,478 An | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 18,477 An | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 18,486 An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 15,600 An | -15.6% |
| 1999 | 15,150 An | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 14,300 An | -5.6% |
| 2001 | 14,000 An | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 13,900 An | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 12,368 An | -11.0% |
| 2004 | 13,849 An | +12.0% |
| 2005 | 14,394 An | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 14,850 An | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 16,000 An | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 13,250 An | -17.2% |
| 2009 | 13,250 An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 12,250 An | -7.5% |
| 2011 | 12,125 An | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 11,237 An | -7.3% |
| 2013 | 10,150 An | -9.7% |
| 2014 | 9,666 An | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 9,596 An | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 9,121 An | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 9,039 An | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 8,185 An | -9.4% |
| 2019 | 7,876 An | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 7,775 An | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 7,766 An | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 7,556 An | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 7,458 An | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 8,227 An | +10.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42,556 An | 40,000 An | 46,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 34,100 An | 28,000 An | 47,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,650 An | 19,500 An | 27,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,932 An | 15,150 An | 19,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,016 An | 12,368 An | 16,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,924 An | 7,876 An | 12,250 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,756 An | 7,458 An | 8,227 An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Asia?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Asia was 8,227 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 47,000 An in 1973.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,458 An in 2023.
- How does Western Asia rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Western Asia ranks 23rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.