Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production in Mexico
Mexico: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production was 70,664 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Mexico stood at 70,664 t.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Mexico peaked at 88,078 t in 2005 and was at its lowest, 42,925 t, in 1961.
Mexico ranks 4th of 83 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production in Mexico, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 42,925 t | — |
| 1962 | 43,050 t | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 43,175 t | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 43,300 t | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 43,430 t | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 43,550 t | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 43,680 t | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 43,930 t | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 44,190 t | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 44,820 t | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 45,450 t | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 46,044 t | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 46,143 t | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 46,193 t | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 46,313 t | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 46,400 t | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 46,681 t | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 46,878 t | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 46,997 t | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 47,254 t | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 57,914 t | +22.6% |
| 1982 | 58,100 t | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 59,400 t | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 60,600 t | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 61,900 t | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 64,500 t | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 66,800 t | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 69,300 t | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 70,560 t | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 72,450 t | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 74,350 t | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 76,350 t | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 76,860 t | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 77,870 t | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 78,870 t | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 79,380 t | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 80,729 t | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 82,945 t | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 78,876 t | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 80,436 t | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 82,576 t | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 83,881 t | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 84,047 t | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 86,322 t | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 88,078 t | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 79,128 t | -10.2% |
| 2007 | 79,380 t | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 80,587 t | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 81,749 t | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 83,200 t | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 83,350 t | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 83,350 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 83,500 t | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 80,922 t | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 78,622 t | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 77,502 t | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 74,988 t | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 71,947 t | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 71,772 t | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 72,127 t | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 72,142 t | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 71,447 t | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 71,056 t | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 70,664 t | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43,470 t | 42,925 t | 44,190 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 46,192 t | 44,820 t | 46,997 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 61,633 t | 47,254 t | 70,560 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 77,868 t | 72,450 t | 82,945 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 82,618 t | 79,128 t | 88,078 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 78,915 t | 71,772 t | 83,500 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 71,487 t | 70,664 t | 72,142 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 1 China (People’s Republic of) 180,716 t compare
- 1 China, mainland 180,716 t compare
- 3 Kazakhstan 170,918 t compare
- 5 Mongolia 61,158 t compare
- 6 Russian Federation 48,724 t compare
- 7 Argentina 22,304 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 3.88 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.88 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Mexico?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Mexico was 70,664 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 Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 88,078 t in 2005.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 42,925 t in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — production?
- Mexico ranks 4th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.