Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Sweden
Sweden: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 1,230 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Sweden, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 1,230 An for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.8% on the previous year and down 66.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Sweden peaked at 27,730 An in 1964 and was at its lowest, 1,120 An, in 2022.
That places Sweden 54th 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 Sweden, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,353 An | — |
| 1962 | 21,815 An | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 23,240 An | +6.5% |
| 1964 | 27,730 An | +19.3% |
| 1965 | 24,806 An | -10.5% |
| 1966 | 21,925 An | -11.6% |
| 1967 | 17,407 An | -20.6% |
| 1968 | 14,300 An | -17.8% |
| 1969 | 12,200 An | -14.7% |
| 1970 | 10,865 An | -10.9% |
| 1971 | 8,649 An | -20.4% |
| 1972 | 8,221 An | -4.9% |
| 1973 | 6,112 An | -25.7% |
| 1974 | 5,761 An | -5.7% |
| 1975 | 6,790 An | +17.9% |
| 1976 | 9,140 An | +34.6% |
| 1977 | 10,914 An | +19.4% |
| 1978 | 11,584 An | +6.1% |
| 1979 | 11,279 An | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 10,431 An | -7.5% |
| 1981 | 10,572 An | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 10,621 An | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 10,643 An | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 9,835 An | -7.6% |
| 1985 | 10,717 An | +9.0% |
| 1986 | 9,103 An | -15.1% |
| 1987 | 8,878 An | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 7,929 An | -10.7% |
| 1989 | 7,586 An | -4.3% |
| 1990 | 7,418 An | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 7,494 An | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 8,677 An | +15.8% |
| 1993 | 8,487 An | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 8,873 An | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 7,725 An | -12.9% |
| 1996 | 6,841 An | -11.4% |
| 1997 | 6,748 An | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 6,333 An | -6.1% |
| 1999 | 6,052 An | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 5,447 An | -10.0% |
| 2001 | 5,135 An | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 5,438 An | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 5,300 An | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 5,041 An | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 3,521 An | -30.2% |
| 2006 | 3,020 An | -14.2% |
| 2007 | 2,996 An | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 3,387 An | +13.1% |
| 2009 | 3,760 An | +11.0% |
| 2010 | 3,845 An | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 4,332 An | +12.7% |
| 2012 | 4,150 An | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 4,010 An | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 3,650 An | -9.0% |
| 2015 | 4,100 An | +12.3% |
| 2016 | 4,800 An | +17.1% |
| 2017 | 5,000 An | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 1,860 An | -62.8% |
| 2020 | 1,530 An | -17.7% |
| 2021 | 1,200 An | -21.6% |
| 2022 | 1,120 An | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 1,130 An | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 1,230 An | +8.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,531 An | 12,200 An | 27,730 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,932 An | 5,761 An | 11,584 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,632 An | 7,586 An | 10,717 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,465 An | 6,052 An | 8,873 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,304 An | 2,996 An | 5,447 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,972 An | 1,860 An | 5,000 An | 9 |
| 2020s | 1,242 An | 1,120 An | 1,530 An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.015 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 949.09 current US$ per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Sweden?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Sweden was 1,230 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 27,730 An in 1964.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,120 An in 2022.
- How does Sweden rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Sweden ranks 54th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sweden 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.