Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production in Mongolia
Mongolia: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production was 61,158 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production in Mongolia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Mongolia stood at 61,158 t.
The figure is down 23.1% on the previous year and up 107.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Mongolia peaked at 105,881 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 19,800 t, in 1994.
That places Mongolia 5th out of 83 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Mongolia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 21,000 t | -19.2% |
| 1963 | 23,000 t | +9.5% |
| 1964 | 24,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1965 | 25,300 t | +5.4% |
| 1966 | 24,200 t | -4.3% |
| 1967 | 26,500 t | +9.5% |
| 1968 | 24,400 t | -7.9% |
| 1969 | 23,000 t | -5.7% |
| 1970 | 22,800 t | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 22,000 t | -3.5% |
| 1972 | 24,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1973 | 24,700 t | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 29,000 t | +17.4% |
| 1975 | 30,500 t | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 29,500 t | -3.3% |
| 1977 | 34,000 t | +15.3% |
| 1978 | 37,300 t | +9.7% |
| 1979 | 31,800 t | -14.7% |
| 1980 | 29,000 t | -8.8% |
| 1981 | 27,500 t | -5.2% |
| 1982 | 26,500 t | -3.6% |
| 1983 | 27,100 t | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 27,400 t | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 29,500 t | +7.7% |
| 1986 | 29,862 t | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 29,505 t | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 27,536 t | -6.7% |
| 1989 | 29,492 t | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 30,700 t | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 36,400 t | +18.6% |
| 1992 | 38,500 t | +5.8% |
| 1993 | 23,500 t | -39.0% |
| 1994 | 19,800 t | -15.7% |
| 1995 | 22,700 t | +14.6% |
| 1996 | 38,600 t | +70.0% |
| 1997 | 39,800 t | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 40,000 t | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 45,500 t | +13.8% |
| 2000 | 40,000 t | -12.1% |
| 2001 | 32,500 t | -18.8% |
| 2002 | 39,000 t | +20.0% |
| 2003 | 26,000 t | -33.3% |
| 2004 | 40,000 t | +53.8% |
| 2005 | 40,400 t | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 31,900 t | -21.0% |
| 2007 | 29,000 t | -9.1% |
| 2008 | 38,100 t | +31.4% |
| 2009 | 35,582 t | -6.6% |
| 2010 | 23,047 t | -35.2% |
| 2011 | 25,474 t | +10.5% |
| 2012 | 31,082 t | +22.0% |
| 2013 | 29,760 t | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 29,535 t | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 50,642 t | +71.5% |
| 2016 | 41,734 t | -17.6% |
| 2017 | 41,787 t | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 57,193 t | +36.9% |
| 2019 | 70,812 t | +23.8% |
| 2020 | 105,881 t | +49.5% |
| 2021 | 64,553 t | -39.0% |
| 2022 | 80,774 t | +25.1% |
| 2023 | 79,531 t | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 61,158 t | -23.1% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 61,158 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,329 t, 46.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 61,158 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 930.54 t, 65.7× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,156 t | 21,000 t | 26,500 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 28,560 t | 22,000 t | 37,300 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,340 t | 26,500 t | 29,862 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,550 t | 19,800 t | 45,500 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 35,248 t | 26,000 t | 40,400 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 40,107 t | 23,047 t | 70,812 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 78,379 t | 61,158 t | 105,881 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More agriculture & rural data for Mongolia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 30.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0894 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 635.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5968 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2885 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Mongolia?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Mongolia was 61,158 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 105,881 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,800 t in 1994.
- How does Mongolia rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — production?
- Mongolia ranks 5th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 107.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.