Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production in Madagascar
Madagascar: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production was 5.29 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Madagascar stood at 5.29 t.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Madagascar peaked at 15 t in 1968 and was at its lowest, 3.67 t, in 1985.
Madagascar ranks 78th of 83 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14.4 t | — |
| 1962 | 12.45 t | -13.5% |
| 1963 | 13.95 t | +12.0% |
| 1964 | 13.35 t | -4.3% |
| 1965 | 13.8 t | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 7.35 t | -46.7% |
| 1967 | 13.95 t | +89.8% |
| 1968 | 15 t | +7.5% |
| 1969 | 14.4 t | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 12.45 t | -13.5% |
| 1971 | 12.15 t | -2.4% |
| 1972 | 12.3 t | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 10.35 t | -15.9% |
| 1974 | 9.45 t | -8.7% |
| 1975 | 9 t | -4.8% |
| 1976 | 7.5 t | -16.7% |
| 1977 | 6.6 t | -12.0% |
| 1978 | 9.9 t | +50.0% |
| 1979 | 10.8 t | +9.1% |
| 1980 | 10.5 t | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 9.45 t | -10.0% |
| 1982 | 8.75 t | -7.4% |
| 1983 | 7.35 t | -16.0% |
| 1984 | 7 t | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 3.67 t | -47.6% |
| 1986 | 8.57 t | +133.5% |
| 1987 | 5.25 t | -38.7% |
| 1988 | 5.08 t | -3.2% |
| 1989 | 4.9 t | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 5.08 t | +3.7% |
| 1991 | 4.9 t | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 4.72 t | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 4.38 t | -7.2% |
| 1994 | 14.7 t | +235.6% |
| 1995 | 9.97 t | -32.2% |
| 1996 | 4.9 t | -50.9% |
| 1997 | 5.08 t | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 5.42 t | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 5.6 t | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 5.95 t | +6.3% |
| 2001 | 5.78 t | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 5.78 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5.78 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5.78 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 5.78 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 6.13 t | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 6.13 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 7.35 t | +19.9% |
| 2009 | 6.13 t | -16.6% |
| 2010 | 6.13 t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6.3 t | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 6.3 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 6.13 t | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 5.92 t | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 5.89 t | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 5.92 t | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 5.89 t | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 5.66 t | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 5.62 t | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 5.6 t | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 5.53 t | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 5.44 t | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 5.36 t | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 5.29 t | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.18 t | 7.35 t | 15 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 10.05 t | 6.6 t | 12.45 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.05 t | 3.67 t | 10.5 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.47 t | 4.38 t | 14.7 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.06 t | 5.78 t | 7.35 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.98 t | 5.62 t | 6.3 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.44 t | 5.29 t | 5.6 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Madagascar
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.217 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 130.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.671 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 21.7 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 21.7 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Madagascar?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Madagascar was 5.29 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 15 t in 1968.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.67 t in 1985.
- How does Madagascar rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — production?
- Madagascar ranks 78th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.