Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 111,210 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in European Union (27), 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 European Union (27) is 111,210 An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 38.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in European Union (27) peaked at 1.17 million An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 111,210 An, in 2024.
European Union (27) ranks 13th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.17 million An | — |
| 1962 | 1.09 million An | -6.8% |
| 1963 | 1.04 million An | -5.2% |
| 1964 | 1.04 million An | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 971,042 An | -6.4% |
| 1966 | 880,215 An | -9.4% |
| 1967 | 798,944 An | -9.2% |
| 1968 | 822,883 An | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 875,602 An | +6.4% |
| 1970 | 889,602 An | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 863,519 An | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 821,496 An | -4.9% |
| 1973 | 698,238 An | -15.0% |
| 1974 | 656,460 An | -6.0% |
| 1975 | 709,899 An | +8.1% |
| 1976 | 750,312 An | +5.7% |
| 1977 | 760,803 An | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 760,261 An | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 744,069 An | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 683,199 An | -8.2% |
| 1981 | 603,424 An | -11.7% |
| 1982 | 554,904 An | -8.0% |
| 1983 | 575,884 An | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 608,101 An | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 634,846 An | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 560,468 An | -11.7% |
| 1987 | 537,433 An | -4.1% |
| 1988 | 501,486 An | -6.7% |
| 1989 | 485,141 An | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 472,092 An | -2.7% |
| 1991 | 404,980 An | -14.2% |
| 1992 | 424,043 An | +4.7% |
| 1993 | 419,008 An | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 420,096 An | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 394,879 An | -6.0% |
| 1996 | 393,122 An | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 399,530 An | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 382,436 An | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 382,522 An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 417,016 An | +9.0% |
| 2001 | 464,273 An | +11.3% |
| 2002 | 351,762 An | -24.2% |
| 2003 | 325,552 An | -7.5% |
| 2004 | 320,177 An | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 258,326 An | -19.3% |
| 2006 | 283,195 An | +9.6% |
| 2007 | 221,577 An | -21.8% |
| 2008 | 215,590 An | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 207,623 An | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 203,126 An | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 221,603 An | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 257,848 An | +16.4% |
| 2013 | 208,070 An | -19.3% |
| 2014 | 180,958 An | -13.0% |
| 2015 | 187,037 An | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 189,616 An | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 158,070 An | -16.6% |
| 2018 | 139,234 An | -11.9% |
| 2019 | 131,973 An | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 126,744 An | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 119,412 An | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 118,040 An | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 113,915 An | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 111,210 An | -2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 965,284 An | 798,944 An | 1.17 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 765,466 An | 656,460 An | 889,602 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 574,489 An | 485,141 An | 683,199 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 409,271 An | 382,436 An | 472,092 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 306,509 An | 207,623 An | 464,273 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 187,754 An | 131,973 An | 257,848 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 117,864 An | 111,210 An | 126,744 An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in European Union (27)?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in European Union (27) was 111,210 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 European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.17 million An in 1961.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 111,210 An in 2024.
- How does European Union (27) rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- European Union (27) ranks 13th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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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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.