Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Finland
Finland: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 632 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Finland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Finland recorded 632 An for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
The figure is down 5.8% on the previous year and down 60.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Finland peaked at 20,000 An in 1965 and was at its lowest, 200 An, in 2005.
That places Finland 60th out of 83 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Finland, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,400 An | — |
| 1962 | 11,900 An | -11.2% |
| 1963 | 14,600 An | +22.7% |
| 1964 | 17,300 An | +18.5% |
| 1965 | 20,000 An | +15.6% |
| 1966 | 19,600 An | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 16,800 An | -14.3% |
| 1968 | 16,200 An | -3.6% |
| 1969 | 15,400 An | -4.9% |
| 1970 | 14,700 An | -4.5% |
| 1971 | 14,200 An | -3.4% |
| 1972 | 12,600 An | -11.3% |
| 1973 | 8,500 An | -32.5% |
| 1974 | 6,000 An | -29.4% |
| 1975 | 6,100 An | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 4,700 An | -23.0% |
| 1977 | 4,100 An | -12.8% |
| 1978 | 3,800 An | -7.3% |
| 1979 | 3,100 An | -18.4% |
| 1980 | 3,000 An | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 3,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,700 An | -10.0% |
| 1983 | 2,600 An | -3.7% |
| 1984 | 2,800 An | +7.7% |
| 1985 | 3,200 An | +14.3% |
| 1986 | 2,900 An | -9.4% |
| 1987 | 2,900 An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,300 An | -20.7% |
| 1989 | 2,500 An | +8.7% |
| 1990 | 2,600 An | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 3,100 An | +19.2% |
| 1992 | 4,100 An | +32.3% |
| 1993 | 3,800 An | -7.3% |
| 1994 | 3,300 An | -13.2% |
| 1995 | 1,500 An | -54.5% |
| 1996 | 1,700 An | +13.3% |
| 1997 | 1,400 An | -17.6% |
| 1998 | 1,700 An | +21.4% |
| 1999 | 1,500 An | -11.8% |
| 2000 | 1,400 An | -6.7% |
| 2001 | 1,350 An | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 1,100 An | -18.5% |
| 2003 | 686 An | -37.6% |
| 2004 | 330 An | -51.9% |
| 2005 | 200 An | -39.4% |
| 2006 | 920 An | +360.0% |
| 2007 | 880 An | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 770 An | -12.5% |
| 2009 | 833 An | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 1,257 An | +50.9% |
| 2011 | 1,675 An | +33.3% |
| 2012 | 1,795 An | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 1,861 An | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 1,616 An | -13.2% |
| 2015 | 1,490 An | -7.8% |
| 2016 | 1,070 An | -28.2% |
| 2017 | 1,230 An | +15.0% |
| 2018 | 1,060 An | -13.8% |
| 2019 | 870 An | -17.9% |
| 2020 | 675 An | -22.4% |
| 2021 | 657 An | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 729 An | +11.0% |
| 2023 | 671 An | -8.0% |
| 2024 | 632 An | -5.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,133 An | 11,900 An | 20,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,780 An | 3,100 An | 14,700 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,790 An | 2,300 An | 3,200 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,470 An | 1,400 An | 4,100 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 846.9 An | 200 An | 1,400 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,392 An | 870 An | 1,861 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 672.8 An | 632 An | 729 An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0261 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Finland?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Finland was 632 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 Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 20,000 An in 1965.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 An in 2005.
- How does Finland rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Finland ranks 60th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Finland 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.