Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Ireland
Ireland: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 12,746 An in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Ireland, 1961–2017
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 Ireland is 12,746 An, measured in 2017.
The figure is down 10.5% on the previous year and up 99.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Ireland peaked at 17,000 An in 2013 and was at its lowest, 220 An, in 1990.
Ireland ranks 33rd 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 Ireland, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,300 An | — |
| 1962 | 7,400 An | +124.2% |
| 1963 | 8,300 An | +12.2% |
| 1964 | 11,200 An | +34.9% |
| 1965 | 11,400 An | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 11,400 An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 14,300 An | +25.4% |
| 1968 | 12,800 An | -10.5% |
| 1969 | 8,400 An | -34.4% |
| 1970 | 8,900 An | +6.0% |
| 1971 | 8,100 An | -9.0% |
| 1972 | 7,000 An | -13.6% |
| 1973 | 8,000 An | +14.3% |
| 1974 | 7,000 An | -12.5% |
| 1975 | 10,000 An | +42.9% |
| 1976 | 10,200 An | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 13,800 An | +35.3% |
| 1978 | 8,000 An | -42.0% |
| 1979 | 7,000 An | -12.5% |
| 1980 | 9,500 An | +35.7% |
| 1981 | 11,000 An | +15.8% |
| 1982 | 9,800 An | -10.9% |
| 1983 | 8,100 An | -17.3% |
| 1984 | 7,074 An | -12.7% |
| 1985 | 6,286 An | -11.1% |
| 1986 | 2,666 An | -57.6% |
| 1987 | 2,000 An | -25.0% |
| 1988 | 2,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,200 An | -40.0% |
| 1990 | 220 An | -81.7% |
| 1991 | 600 An | +172.7% |
| 1992 | 2,000 An | +233.3% |
| 1993 | 2,100 An | +5.0% |
| 1994 | 2,200 An | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 2,000 An | -9.1% |
| 1996 | 2,800 An | +40.0% |
| 1997 | 5,200 An | +85.7% |
| 1998 | 2,800 An | -46.2% |
| 1999 | 4,000 An | +42.9% |
| 2000 | 6,000 An | +50.0% |
| 2001 | 6,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 8,800 An | +46.7% |
| 2003 | 8,000 An | -9.1% |
| 2004 | 8,300 An | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 8,000 An | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 6,600 An | -17.5% |
| 2007 | 6,400 An | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 6,500 An | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 6,600 An | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 8,000 An | +21.2% |
| 2011 | 12,000 An | +50.0% |
| 2012 | 16,500 An | +37.5% |
| 2013 | 17,000 An | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 13,586 An | -20.1% |
| 2015 | 14,240 An | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 14,238 An | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 12,746 An | -10.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,833 An | 3,300 An | 14,300 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,800 An | 7,000 An | 13,800 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,963 An | 1,200 An | 11,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,392 An | 220 An | 5,200 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,120 An | 6,000 An | 8,800 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,539 An | 8,000 An | 17,000 An | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Ireland?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Ireland was 12,746 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 Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 17,000 An in 2013.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 220 An in 1990.
- How does Ireland rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Ireland ranks 33rd out of 83 countries with data for 2017.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 99.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ireland 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.