Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production is currently reported for 83 countries. The highest value is 180,716 t in China (People's Republic of); the lowest is 0 t in New Zealand.
The median across all reporting countries is 800 t, and the mean is 11,758 t.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Lithuania (up 2,290.0%), and the largest decrease in Bosnia and Herzegovina (down 100.0%).
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (People's Republic of) | 180,716 t | 2024 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 1 | China, mainland | 180,716 t | 2024 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 170,918 t | 2024 | up 85.1% | rising |
| 4 | Mexico | 70,664 t | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 5 | Mongolia | 61,158 t | 2024 | up 107.1% | rising |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 48,724 t | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 7 | Argentina | 22,304 t | 2024 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 8 | Brazil | 22,234 t | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 9 | Australia | 20,817 t | 2024 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 9 | Australia and New Zealand | 20,817 t | 2024 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 11 | Kyrgyzstan | 19,604 t | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 12 | Canada | 18,554 t | 2024 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 13 | USSR | 12,000 t | 1991 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Uruguay | 10,252 t | 2024 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Poland | 8,700 t | 2019 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 16 | Chile | 7,818 t | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 17 | Spain | 7,739 t | 2024 | down 32.9% | rising |
| 18 | Senegal | 7,089 t | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 19 | Romania | 6,660 t | 1990 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 20 | Uzbekistan | 6,395 t | 2024 | up 59.9% | rising |
| 21 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 5,775 t | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 22 | Italy | 5,767 t | 2019 | down 73.3% | falling |
| 23 | Ukraine | 5,700 t | 2024 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 24 | France | 5,674 t | 2017 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Haiti | 4,901 t | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 26 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 4,799 t | 1999 | up 78.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Japan | 4,092 t | 2024 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Colombia | 3,344 t | 2024 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 29 | Ireland | 3,279 t | 2017 | up 105.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Mali | 3,130 t | 2024 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Greece | 2,880 t | 1990 | unchanged | falling |
| 32 | Guatemala | 2,392 t | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 33 | Nicaragua | 1,930 t | 2023 | down 27.2% | rising |
| 34 | Morocco | 1,779 t | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 35 | Paraguay | 1,701 t | 2024 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Germany | 1,700 t | 2024 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Indonesia | 1,329 t | 2024 | down 42.6% | rising |
| 38 | South Africa | 1,236 t | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 39 | Chad | 1,199 t | 2024 | up 144.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Iceland | 982 t | 2024 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 41 | Niger | 803.03 t | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 42 | Serbia and Montenegro | 800 t | 2005 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Belgium | 700 t | 2022 | down 75.8% | falling |
| 44 | Tunisia | 557.65 t | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 45 | Philippines | 531.78 t | 2024 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Honduras | 497.22 t | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 47 | Mauritania | 446.54 t | 2024 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 378.16 t | 2017 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Sweden | 340 t | 2024 | down 66.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Switzerland | 287.86 t | 2024 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Georgia | 274.7 t | 2024 | up 205.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Yugoslav SFR | 270 t | 1991 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Slovenia | 255 t | 2019 | down 27.6% | rising |
| 54 | Lithuania | 239 t | 2019 | up 2,290.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Malaysia | 206.01 t | 2024 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Denmark | 206 t | 2019 | down 72.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Belarus | 200 t | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Finland | 181 t | 2024 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Burkina Faso | 167.74 t | 2024 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 60 | Hungary | 151 t | 2018 | up 586.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Czechoslovakia | 150 t | 1992 | down 62.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Cameroon | 147.49 t | 2024 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Cuba | 124.76 t | 2024 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Austria | 120 t | 2019 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Lesotho | 69.85 t | 2024 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 66 | Latvia | 60 t | 2019 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Malta | 59.17 t | 2017 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 68 | Papua New Guinea | 43.92 t | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 69 | Serbia | 43.67 t | 2024 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 70 | Jamaica | 39.33 t | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 71 | Slovak Republic | 21.24 t | 2017 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Guadeloupe | 16.25 t | 2006 | unchanged | falling |
| 73 | Portugal | 14 t | 2024 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Réunion | 14 t | 2006 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Algeria | 13.98 t | 2024 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Norway | 9 t | 2024 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Vanuatu | 8.9 t | 2024 | down 66.1% | rising |
| 78 | Madagascar | 5.29 t | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 79 | Czechia | 5 t | 2024 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Bulgaria | 0.7 t | 2006 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Luxembourg | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 81 | New Zealand | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 265,375 t
- Americas 166,732 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 81,967 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 45,862 t
- European Union (27) 33,777 t
- United States of America 0 t
- Western Asia 1,033 t
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.