Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in France
France: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 20,000 An in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in France, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2017, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in France stood at 20,000 An.
The figure is up 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in France peaked at 352,000 An in 1964 and was at its lowest, 15,000 An, in 2009.
France ranks 26th of 83 countries 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 France, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 333,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 325,000 An | -2.4% |
| 1963 | 330,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 352,000 An | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 330,000 An | -6.2% |
| 1966 | 295,000 An | -10.6% |
| 1967 | 233,000 An | -21.0% |
| 1968 | 227,000 An | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 248,000 An | +9.3% |
| 1970 | 231,000 An | -6.9% |
| 1971 | 215,000 An | -6.9% |
| 1972 | 180,000 An | -16.3% |
| 1973 | 150,000 An | -16.7% |
| 1974 | 151,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 158,500 An | +5.0% |
| 1976 | 158,900 An | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 154,200 An | -3.0% |
| 1978 | 148,700 An | -3.6% |
| 1979 | 141,300 An | -5.0% |
| 1980 | 125,000 An | -11.5% |
| 1981 | 110,500 An | -11.6% |
| 1982 | 102,600 An | -7.1% |
| 1983 | 97,600 An | -4.9% |
| 1984 | 100,400 An | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 96,700 An | -3.7% |
| 1986 | 70,000 An | -27.6% |
| 1987 | 68,000 An | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 56,900 An | -16.3% |
| 1989 | 50,000 An | -12.1% |
| 1990 | 46,285 An | -7.4% |
| 1991 | 47,892 An | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 44,282 An | -7.5% |
| 1993 | 40,238 An | -9.1% |
| 1994 | 35,800 An | -11.0% |
| 1995 | 33,900 An | -5.3% |
| 1996 | 38,000 An | +12.1% |
| 1997 | 38,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 37,000 An | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 34,000 An | -8.1% |
| 2000 | 39,000 An | +14.7% |
| 2001 | 45,000 An | +15.4% |
| 2002 | 37,000 An | -17.8% |
| 2003 | 28,400 An | -23.2% |
| 2004 | 24,500 An | -13.7% |
| 2005 | 21,631 An | -11.7% |
| 2006 | 19,467 An | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 17,800 An | -8.6% |
| 2008 | 16,200 An | -9.0% |
| 2009 | 15,000 An | -7.4% |
| 2010 | 17,000 An | +13.3% |
| 2011 | 17,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 19,000 An | +11.8% |
| 2013 | 21,000 An | +10.5% |
| 2014 | 20,000 An | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 297,000 An | 227,000 An | 352,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 168,860 An | 141,300 An | 231,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 87,770 An | 50,000 An | 125,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 39,540 An | 33,900 An | 47,892 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,400 An | 15,000 An | 45,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,250 An | 17,000 An | 21,000 An | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in France?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in France was 20,000 An in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 352,000 An in 1964.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,000 An in 2009.
- How does France rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- France ranks 26th out of 83 countries with data for 2017.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this France 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.