Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production in Argentina
Argentina: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production was 22,304 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Argentina recorded 22,304 t for horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in 2024.
The figure is up 14.9% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Argentina peaked at 87,750 t in 1964 and was at its lowest, 18,791 t, in 2015.
Argentina ranks 7th of 83 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production in Argentina, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 27,520 t | — |
| 1962 | 38,979 t | +41.6% |
| 1963 | 58,000 t | +48.8% |
| 1964 | 87,750 t | +51.3% |
| 1965 | 81,911 t | -6.7% |
| 1966 | 64,499 t | -21.3% |
| 1967 | 68,022 t | +5.5% |
| 1968 | 70,013 t | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 81,000 t | +15.7% |
| 1970 | 85,461 t | +5.5% |
| 1971 | 76,571 t | -10.4% |
| 1972 | 82,855 t | +8.2% |
| 1973 | 58,711 t | -29.1% |
| 1974 | 32,128 t | -45.3% |
| 1975 | 35,652 t | +11.0% |
| 1976 | 46,666 t | +30.9% |
| 1977 | 52,737 t | +13.0% |
| 1978 | 53,500 t | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 55,619 t | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 41,274 t | -25.8% |
| 1981 | 44,018 t | +6.6% |
| 1982 | 50,000 t | +13.6% |
| 1983 | 50,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 50,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 42,818 t | -14.4% |
| 1986 | 35,924 t | -16.1% |
| 1987 | 40,881 t | +13.8% |
| 1988 | 42,000 t | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 42,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 43,500 t | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 45,600 t | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 47,800 t | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 50,000 t | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 49,919 t | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 48,026 t | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 47,336 t | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 47,229 t | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 43,527 t | -7.8% |
| 1999 | 55,000 t | +26.4% |
| 2000 | 54,955 t | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 49,829 t | -9.3% |
| 2002 | 55,500 t | +11.4% |
| 2003 | 55,600 t | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 46,000 t | -17.3% |
| 2005 | 48,000 t | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 52,000 t | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 50,200 t | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 39,509 t | -21.3% |
| 2009 | 37,712 t | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 32,407 t | -14.1% |
| 2011 | 29,023 t | -10.4% |
| 2012 | 21,297 t | -26.6% |
| 2013 | 19,990 t | -6.1% |
| 2014 | 20,344 t | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 18,791 t | -7.6% |
| 2016 | 19,976 t | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 22,452 t | +12.4% |
| 2018 | 25,934 t | +15.5% |
| 2019 | 24,498 t | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 20,189 t | -17.6% |
| 2021 | 24,159 t | +19.7% |
| 2022 | 22,091 t | -8.6% |
| 2023 | 19,415 t | -12.1% |
| 2024 | 22,304 t | +14.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64,188 t | 27,520 t | 87,750 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 57,990 t | 32,128 t | 85,461 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 43,892 t | 35,924 t | 50,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 47,794 t | 43,500 t | 55,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 48,930 t | 37,712 t | 55,600 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,471 t | 18,791 t | 32,407 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,632 t | 19,415 t | 24,159 t | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Argentina?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Argentina was 22,304 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest horse meat, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 87,750 t in 1964.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,791 t in 2015.
- How does Argentina rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — production?
- Argentina ranks 7th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Argentina data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production. 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.