Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Europe
Europe: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 454,828 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Europe is 454,828 An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 19.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Europe peaked at 1.30 million An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 434,968 An, in 1991.
That places Europe 8th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Europe, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.30 million An | — |
| 1962 | 1.21 million An | -6.9% |
| 1963 | 1.13 million An | -7.0% |
| 1964 | 1.12 million An | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 1.03 million An | -7.6% |
| 1966 | 938,428 An | -9.3% |
| 1967 | 859,650 An | -8.4% |
| 1968 | 885,305 An | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 940,979 An | +6.3% |
| 1970 | 946,368 An | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 913,339 An | -3.5% |
| 1972 | 874,118 An | -4.3% |
| 1973 | 741,963 An | -15.1% |
| 1974 | 697,673 An | -6.0% |
| 1975 | 754,269 An | +8.1% |
| 1976 | 806,278 An | +6.9% |
| 1977 | 832,350 An | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 818,332 An | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 790,229 An | -3.4% |
| 1980 | 732,153 An | -7.3% |
| 1981 | 664,528 An | -9.2% |
| 1982 | 633,752 An | -4.6% |
| 1983 | 648,769 An | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 673,541 An | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 692,042 An | +2.7% |
| 1986 | 610,498 An | -11.8% |
| 1987 | 580,768 An | -4.9% |
| 1988 | 536,332 An | -7.7% |
| 1989 | 520,235 An | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 501,110 An | -3.7% |
| 1991 | 434,968 An | -13.2% |
| 1992 | 882,910 An | +103.0% |
| 1993 | 864,675 An | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 831,095 An | -3.9% |
| 1995 | 839,261 An | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 851,560 An | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 915,694 An | +7.5% |
| 1998 | 892,142 An | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 824,285 An | -7.6% |
| 2000 | 817,394 An | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 879,260 An | +7.6% |
| 2002 | 767,735 An | -12.7% |
| 2003 | 743,731 An | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 770,073 An | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 688,473 An | -10.6% |
| 2006 | 672,342 An | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 601,456 An | -10.5% |
| 2008 | 590,502 An | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 588,164 An | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 617,821 An | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 590,450 An | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 625,798 An | +6.0% |
| 2013 | 585,708 An | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 565,597 An | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 539,343 An | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 553,983 An | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 529,543 An | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 479,561 An | -9.4% |
| 2019 | 475,576 An | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 481,632 An | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 460,788 An | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 448,878 An | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 456,005 An | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 454,828 An | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.05 million An | 859,650 An | 1.30 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 817,492 An | 697,673 An | 946,368 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 629,262 An | 520,235 An | 732,153 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 783,770 An | 434,968 An | 915,694 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 711,913 An | 588,164 An | 879,260 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 556,338 An | 475,576 An | 625,798 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 460,426 An | 448,878 An | 481,632 An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Europe?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Europe was 454,828 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.30 million An in 1961.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 434,968 An in 1991.
- How does Europe rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Europe ranks 8th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. 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.