Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 64,098 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Northern 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 Northern Europe is 64,098 An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.9% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Northern Europe peaked at 98,405 An in 1982 and was at its lowest, 35,219 An, in 1990.
Northern Europe ranks 17th of 26 groups on this measure, 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 Northern Europe, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 80,836 An | — |
| 1962 | 80,205 An | -0.8% |
| 1963 | 86,637 An | +8.0% |
| 1964 | 96,388 An | +11.3% |
| 1965 | 92,658 An | -3.9% |
| 1966 | 86,733 An | -6.4% |
| 1967 | 85,068 An | -1.9% |
| 1968 | 80,957 An | -4.8% |
| 1969 | 74,614 An | -7.8% |
| 1970 | 65,866 An | -11.7% |
| 1971 | 63,305 An | -3.9% |
| 1972 | 61,638 An | -2.6% |
| 1973 | 52,486 An | -14.8% |
| 1974 | 49,033 An | -6.6% |
| 1975 | 55,169 An | +12.5% |
| 1976 | 71,836 An | +30.2% |
| 1977 | 95,928 An | +33.5% |
| 1978 | 78,800 An | -17.9% |
| 1979 | 65,503 An | -16.9% |
| 1980 | 70,140 An | +7.1% |
| 1981 | 83,123 An | +18.5% |
| 1982 | 98,405 An | +18.4% |
| 1983 | 89,492 An | -9.1% |
| 1984 | 79,353 An | -11.3% |
| 1985 | 70,201 An | -11.5% |
| 1986 | 57,614 An | -17.9% |
| 1987 | 50,558 An | -12.2% |
| 1988 | 41,173 An | -18.6% |
| 1989 | 41,070 An | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 35,219 An | -14.2% |
| 1991 | 36,691 An | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 45,502 An | +24.0% |
| 1993 | 45,469 An | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 44,328 An | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 44,118 An | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 40,901 An | -7.3% |
| 1997 | 43,593 An | +6.6% |
| 1998 | 41,703 An | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 47,222 An | +13.2% |
| 2000 | 49,238 An | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 48,567 An | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 51,882 An | +6.8% |
| 2003 | 47,762 An | -7.9% |
| 2004 | 45,929 An | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 43,000 An | -6.4% |
| 2006 | 43,209 An | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 42,347 An | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 48,810 An | +15.3% |
| 2009 | 50,247 An | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 52,806 An | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 59,173 An | +12.1% |
| 2012 | 67,779 An | +14.5% |
| 2013 | 66,315 An | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 61,706 An | -7.0% |
| 2015 | 63,144 An | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 64,466 An | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 64,423 An | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 61,023 An | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 61,648 An | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 60,127 An | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 58,104 An | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 61,741 An | +6.3% |
| 2023 | 68,861 An | +11.5% |
| 2024 | 64,098 An | -6.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 84,900 An | 74,614 An | 96,388 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 65,956 An | 49,033 An | 95,928 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 68,113 An | 41,070 An | 98,405 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 42,475 An | 35,219 An | 47,222 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 47,099 An | 42,347 An | 51,882 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 62,248 An | 52,806 An | 67,779 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 62,586 An | 58,104 An | 68,861 An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Northern Europe?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Northern Europe was 64,098 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 Northern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 98,405 An in 1982.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 35,219 An in 1990.
- How does Northern Europe rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Northern Europe ranks 17th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern 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.