Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Poland
Poland: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 21,231 An in 2019. ▼ Falling
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Poland, 1961–2019
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 Poland is 21,231 An, measured in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.9% on the previous year and down 47.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Poland peaked at 79,508 An in 1985 and was at its lowest, 14,000 An, in 1992.
That places Poland 25th out of 83 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 59 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Poland, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 55,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 42,000 An | -23.6% |
| 1963 | 37,500 An | -10.7% |
| 1964 | 38,300 An | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 27,000 An | -29.5% |
| 1966 | 21,600 An | -20.0% |
| 1967 | 38,000 An | +75.9% |
| 1968 | 43,900 An | +15.5% |
| 1969 | 52,800 An | +20.3% |
| 1970 | 73,900 An | +40.0% |
| 1971 | 72,700 An | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 61,800 An | -15.0% |
| 1973 | 52,200 An | -15.5% |
| 1974 | 54,100 An | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 58,500 An | +8.1% |
| 1976 | 73,000 An | +24.8% |
| 1977 | 78,560 An | +7.6% |
| 1978 | 74,790 An | -4.8% |
| 1979 | 77,130 An | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 62,700 An | -18.7% |
| 1981 | 31,186 An | -50.3% |
| 1982 | 38,019 An | +21.9% |
| 1983 | 61,449 An | +61.6% |
| 1984 | 67,747 An | +10.2% |
| 1985 | 79,508 An | +17.4% |
| 1986 | 63,606 An | -20.0% |
| 1987 | 52,830 An | -16.9% |
| 1988 | 37,519 An | -29.0% |
| 1989 | 29,088 An | -22.5% |
| 1990 | 16,675 An | -42.7% |
| 1991 | 17,318 An | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 14,000 An | -19.2% |
| 1993 | 15,000 An | +7.1% |
| 1994 | 22,000 An | +46.7% |
| 1995 | 15,000 An | -31.8% |
| 1996 | 17,000 An | +13.3% |
| 1997 | 19,000 An | +11.8% |
| 1998 | 25,000 An | +31.6% |
| 1999 | 33,400 An | +33.6% |
| 2000 | 45,000 An | +34.7% |
| 2001 | 36,000 An | -20.0% |
| 2002 | 30,000 An | -16.7% |
| 2003 | 34,000 An | +13.3% |
| 2004 | 25,669 An | -24.5% |
| 2005 | 33,239 An | +29.5% |
| 2006 | 33,508 An | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 39,608 An | +18.2% |
| 2008 | 33,166 An | -16.3% |
| 2009 | 40,031 An | +20.7% |
| 2010 | 45,510 An | +13.7% |
| 2011 | 41,729 An | -8.3% |
| 2012 | 38,196 An | -8.5% |
| 2013 | 29,769 An | -22.1% |
| 2014 | 23,364 An | -21.5% |
| 2015 | 29,995 An | +28.4% |
| 2016 | 29,299 An | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 26,311 An | -10.2% |
| 2018 | 23,821 An | -9.5% |
| 2019 | 21,231 An | -10.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 39,567 An | 21,600 An | 55,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 67,668 An | 52,200 An | 78,560 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 52,365 An | 29,088 An | 79,508 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,439 An | 14,000 An | 33,400 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 35,022 An | 25,669 An | 45,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 30,922 An | 21,231 An | 45,510 An | 10 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Poland?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Poland was 21,231 An in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 79,508 An in 1985.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,000 An in 1992.
- How does Poland rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Poland ranks 25th out of 83 countries with data for 2019.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Poland 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.