Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Western Europe
Western Europe: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 22,250 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Europe stood at 22,250 An. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.5% on the previous year and down 47.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Europe peaked at 575,136 An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 22,250 An, in 2024.
Western Europe ranks 21st of 26 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Western Europe, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 575,136 An | — |
| 1962 | 534,198 An | -7.1% |
| 1963 | 503,968 An | -5.7% |
| 1964 | 520,374 An | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 484,125 An | -7.0% |
| 1966 | 425,546 An | -12.1% |
| 1967 | 342,233 An | -19.6% |
| 1968 | 338,149 An | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 360,086 An | +6.5% |
| 1970 | 331,776 An | -7.9% |
| 1971 | 303,046 An | -8.7% |
| 1972 | 251,051 An | -17.2% |
| 1973 | 208,944 An | -16.8% |
| 1974 | 211,325 An | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 225,750 An | +6.8% |
| 1976 | 241,425 An | +6.9% |
| 1977 | 246,223 An | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 239,035 An | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 226,945 An | -5.1% |
| 1980 | 207,527 An | -8.6% |
| 1981 | 190,672 An | -8.1% |
| 1982 | 174,928 An | -8.3% |
| 1983 | 171,324 An | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 178,178 An | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 173,461 An | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 131,561 An | -24.2% |
| 1987 | 123,730 An | -6.0% |
| 1988 | 110,564 An | -10.6% |
| 1989 | 97,947 An | -11.4% |
| 1990 | 91,551 An | -6.5% |
| 1991 | 85,532 An | -6.6% |
| 1992 | 81,879 An | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 78,488 An | -4.1% |
| 1994 | 75,291 An | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 73,067 An | -3.0% |
| 1996 | 79,868 An | +9.3% |
| 1997 | 83,807 An | +4.9% |
| 1998 | 82,481 An | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 77,213 An | -6.4% |
| 2000 | 86,993 An | +12.7% |
| 2001 | 93,772 An | +7.8% |
| 2002 | 72,986 An | -22.2% |
| 2003 | 59,573 An | -18.4% |
| 2004 | 53,811 An | -9.7% |
| 2005 | 49,683 An | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 44,947 An | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 44,700 An | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 40,419 An | -9.6% |
| 2009 | 39,228 An | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 41,462 An | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 44,209 An | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 45,889 An | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 46,183 An | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 42,571 An | -7.8% |
| 2015 | 42,620 An | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 39,231 An | -8.0% |
| 2017 | 37,434 An | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 36,277 An | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 34,261 An | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 31,575 An | -7.8% |
| 2021 | 29,416 An | -6.8% |
| 2022 | 27,673 An | -5.9% |
| 2023 | 24,589 An | -11.1% |
| 2024 | 22,250 An | -9.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 453,757 An | 338,149 An | 575,136 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 248,552 An | 208,944 An | 331,776 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 155,989 An | 97,947 An | 207,527 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 80,918 An | 73,067 An | 91,551 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 58,611 An | 39,228 An | 93,772 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,014 An | 34,261 An | 46,183 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,101 An | 22,250 An | 31,575 An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Europe?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Europe was 22,250 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 575,136 An in 1961.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,250 An in 2024.
- How does Western Europe rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Western Europe ranks 21st out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western 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.