Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production was 11,636 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Western Africa stood at 11,636 t.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Western Africa peaked at 11,711 t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2,930 t, in 1961.
Western Africa ranks 17th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,930 t | — |
| 1962 | 3,095 t | +5.6% |
| 1963 | 3,410 t | +10.2% |
| 1964 | 4,150 t | +21.7% |
| 1965 | 4,415 t | +6.4% |
| 1966 | 4,808 t | +8.9% |
| 1967 | 4,840 t | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 5,212 t | +7.7% |
| 1969 | 5,198 t | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 5,430 t | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 5,678 t | +4.6% |
| 1972 | 5,698 t | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 5,248 t | -7.9% |
| 1974 | 5,410 t | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 5,612 t | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 5,822 t | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 5,975 t | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 6,139 t | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 5,987 t | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 5,808 t | -3.0% |
| 1981 | 5,802 t | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 5,490 t | -5.4% |
| 1983 | 5,671 t | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 4,829 t | -14.9% |
| 1985 | 5,809 t | +20.3% |
| 1986 | 5,748 t | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 6,062 t | +5.5% |
| 1988 | 6,636 t | +9.5% |
| 1989 | 7,289 t | +9.8% |
| 1990 | 7,974 t | +9.4% |
| 1991 | 8,241 t | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 7,984 t | -3.1% |
| 1993 | 8,098 t | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 8,229 t | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 8,323 t | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 8,489 t | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 8,637 t | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 8,788 t | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 8,955 t | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 9,253 t | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 9,962 t | +7.7% |
| 2002 | 10,174 t | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 10,434 t | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 10,810 t | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 10,766 t | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 10,334 t | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 10,947 t | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 11,416 t | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 11,648 t | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 11,409 t | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 11,618 t | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 11,708 t | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 11,696 t | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 11,688 t | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 11,644 t | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 11,606 t | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 11,711 t | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 11,407 t | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 11,636 t | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 11,269 t | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 11,348 t | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 11,437 t | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 11,600 t | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 11,636 t | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,229 t | 2,930 t | 5,212 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,700 t | 5,248 t | 6,139 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,914 t | 4,829 t | 7,289 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,372 t | 7,974 t | 8,955 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,574 t | 9,253 t | 11,648 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,612 t | 11,407 t | 11,711 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,458 t | 11,269 t | 11,636 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Western Africa?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Western Africa was 11,636 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 11,711 t in 2017.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,930 t in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — production?
- Western Africa ranks 17th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Africa 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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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.