Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production in Tunisia
Tunisia: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production was 557.65 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Tunisia stood at 557.65 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Tunisia peaked at 878 t in 1965 and was at its lowest, 350 t, in 1980.
Tunisia ranks 44th of 83 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 742 t | — |
| 1962 | 742 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 742 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 755 t | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 878 t | +16.3% |
| 1966 | 600 t | -31.7% |
| 1967 | 790 t | +31.7% |
| 1968 | 580 t | -26.6% |
| 1969 | 580 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 620 t | +6.9% |
| 1971 | 810 t | +30.6% |
| 1972 | 800 t | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 790 t | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 770 t | -2.5% |
| 1975 | 650 t | -15.6% |
| 1976 | 580 t | -10.8% |
| 1977 | 600 t | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 680 t | +13.3% |
| 1979 | 660 t | -2.9% |
| 1980 | 350 t | -47.0% |
| 1981 | 370 t | +5.7% |
| 1982 | 370 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 380 t | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 400 t | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 400 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 410 t | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 410 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 420 t | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 420 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 427 t | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 434 t | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 440 t | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 442.37 t | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 450 t | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 451.4 t | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 455.42 t | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 459.47 t | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 463.51 t | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 467.54 t | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 471.55 t | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 475.43 t | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 477.09 t | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 480.63 t | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 475.4 t | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 472.02 t | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 476.07 t | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 481.42 t | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 487.15 t | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 492.95 t | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 498.71 t | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 500 t | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 500 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 550 t | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 539.73 t | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 528.08 t | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 529.84 t | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 532.36 t | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 535.96 t | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 539.92 t | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 543.94 t | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 548.36 t | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 551.25 t | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 554.45 t | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 557.65 t | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 712.11 t | 580 t | 878 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 696 t | 580 t | 810 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 393 t | 350 t | 420 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 449.07 t | 427 t | 467.54 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 478.97 t | 471.55 t | 492.95 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 525.46 t | 498.71 t | 550 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 551.13 t | 543.94 t | 557.65 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
- 41 Niger 803.03 t compare
- 42 Serbia and Montenegro 800 t compare
- 43 Belgium 700 t compare
- 45 Philippines 531.78 t compare
- 46 Honduras 497.22 t compare
- 47 Mauritania 446.54 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Tunisia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 18.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1029 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 479.33 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5867 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.293 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 10.29 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 10.29 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Tunisia?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Tunisia was 557.65 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 Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 878 t in 1965.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 350 t in 1980.
- How does Tunisia rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — production?
- Tunisia ranks 44th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tunisia 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.