Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production was 11,627 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production in Northern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Northern Europe recorded 11,627 t for horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.7% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Northern Europe peaked at 25,823 t in 1964 and was at its lowest, 7,001 t, in 1990.
Northern Europe ranks 18th 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 — Production in Northern Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,769 t | — |
| 1962 | 21,208 t | -2.6% |
| 1963 | 22,628 t | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 25,823 t | +14.1% |
| 1965 | 25,167 t | -2.5% |
| 1966 | 23,430 t | -6.9% |
| 1967 | 22,571 t | -3.7% |
| 1968 | 20,426 t | -9.5% |
| 1969 | 18,276 t | -10.5% |
| 1970 | 16,767 t | -8.3% |
| 1971 | 15,333 t | -8.6% |
| 1972 | 14,247 t | -7.1% |
| 1973 | 12,025 t | -15.6% |
| 1974 | 10,844 t | -9.8% |
| 1975 | 12,635 t | +16.5% |
| 1976 | 15,646 t | +23.8% |
| 1977 | 19,045 t | +21.7% |
| 1978 | 16,627 t | -12.7% |
| 1979 | 13,908 t | -16.4% |
| 1980 | 14,701 t | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 16,408 t | +11.6% |
| 1982 | 17,551 t | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 16,272 t | -7.3% |
| 1984 | 14,616 t | -10.2% |
| 1985 | 13,121 t | -10.2% |
| 1986 | 10,690 t | -18.5% |
| 1987 | 9,886 t | -7.5% |
| 1988 | 8,133 t | -17.7% |
| 1989 | 7,854 t | -3.4% |
| 1990 | 7,001 t | -10.9% |
| 1991 | 7,416 t | +5.9% |
| 1992 | 9,359 t | +26.2% |
| 1993 | 9,208 t | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 9,013 t | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 8,575 t | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 8,094 t | -5.6% |
| 1997 | 8,847 t | +9.3% |
| 1998 | 8,090 t | -8.6% |
| 1999 | 9,071 t | +12.1% |
| 2000 | 9,458 t | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 9,290 t | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 10,101 t | +8.7% |
| 2003 | 9,107 t | -9.8% |
| 2004 | 8,815 t | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 8,208 t | -6.9% |
| 2006 | 8,069 t | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 7,950 t | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 8,849 t | +11.3% |
| 2009 | 9,290 t | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 10,279 t | +10.6% |
| 2011 | 11,801 t | +14.8% |
| 2012 | 13,606 t | +15.3% |
| 2013 | 13,053 t | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 11,918 t | -8.7% |
| 2015 | 12,129 t | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 12,402 t | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 12,017 t | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 11,195 t | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 11,028 t | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 10,607 t | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 10,360 t | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 11,086 t | +7.0% |
| 2023 | 12,328 t | +11.2% |
| 2024 | 11,627 t | -5.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,366 t | 18,276 t | 25,823 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,708 t | 10,844 t | 19,045 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,923 t | 7,854 t | 17,551 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,467 t | 7,001 t | 9,359 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,914 t | 7,950 t | 10,101 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,943 t | 10,279 t | 13,606 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,202 t | 10,360 t | 12,328 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Northern Europe?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Northern Europe was 11,627 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest horse meat, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Northern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 25,823 t in 1964.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,001 t in 1990.
- How does Northern Europe rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — production?
- Northern Europe ranks 18th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. 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 — Production. 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.