Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 37,496 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is 37,496 An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 10.8% on the previous year and up 24.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 52,000 An in 1977 and was at its lowest, 12,000 An, in 1990.
That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 15th out of 83 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 15,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 15,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 15,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 15,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 15,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 20,000 An | +33.3% |
| 1968 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 34,000 An | +70.0% |
| 1977 | 52,000 An | +52.9% |
| 1978 | 39,000 An | -25.0% |
| 1979 | 27,000 An | -30.8% |
| 1980 | 28,000 An | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 39,000 An | +39.3% |
| 1982 | 52,000 An | +33.3% |
| 1983 | 49,000 An | -5.8% |
| 1984 | 44,300 An | -9.6% |
| 1985 | 33,550 An | -24.3% |
| 1986 | 27,550 An | -17.9% |
| 1987 | 24,550 An | -10.9% |
| 1988 | 17,550 An | -28.5% |
| 1989 | 15,150 An | -13.7% |
| 1990 | 12,000 An | -20.8% |
| 1991 | 12,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 12,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 12,500 An | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 14,000 An | +12.0% |
| 1995 | 15,000 An | +7.1% |
| 1996 | 16,000 An | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 16,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 17,000 An | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 19,500 An | +14.7% |
| 2000 | 20,000 An | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 21,000 An | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 20,000 An | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 25,142 An | +25.7% |
| 2009 | 26,070 An | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 26,975 An | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 27,859 An | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 28,724 An | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 29,570 An | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 30,173 An | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 32,064 An | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 33,008 An | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 33,944 An | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 34,872 An | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 35,793 An | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 34,870 An | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 35,178 An | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 35,280 An | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 42,031 An | +19.1% |
| 2024 | 37,496 An | -10.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +70.0% | 20,000 An | 34,000 An |
| 1977 | +52.9% | 34,000 An | 52,000 An |
| 1981 | +39.3% | 28,000 An | 39,000 An |
| 1967 | +33.3% | 15,000 An | 20,000 An |
| 1982 | +33.3% | 39,000 An | 52,000 An |
| 1979 | -30.8% | 39,000 An | 27,000 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,667 An | 15,000 An | 20,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,200 An | 20,000 An | 52,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,065 An | 15,150 An | 52,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,600 An | 12,000 An | 19,500 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,221 An | 20,000 An | 26,070 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,298 An | 26,975 An | 35,793 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,971 An | 34,870 An | 42,031 An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 37,496 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 52,000 An in 1977.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,000 An in 1990.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 15th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 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.