Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production was 6,830 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 6,830 t for horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 6.9% on the previous year and down 42.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Western Europe peaked at 170,977 t in 1961 and was at its lowest, 6,830 t, in 2024.
Western Europe ranks 19th of 26 groups on this measure, 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 — Production in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 170,977 t | — |
| 1962 | 158,956 t | -7.0% |
| 1963 | 152,247 t | -4.2% |
| 1964 | 153,495 t | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 144,406 t | -5.9% |
| 1966 | 128,159 t | -11.3% |
| 1967 | 106,157 t | -17.2% |
| 1968 | 104,652 t | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 110,848 t | +5.9% |
| 1970 | 100,593 t | -9.3% |
| 1971 | 89,202 t | -11.3% |
| 1972 | 74,127 t | -16.9% |
| 1973 | 61,418 t | -17.1% |
| 1974 | 61,911 t | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 63,932 t | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 66,744 t | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 67,324 t | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 65,026 t | -3.4% |
| 1979 | 60,921 t | -6.3% |
| 1980 | 56,501 t | -7.3% |
| 1981 | 49,168 t | -13.0% |
| 1982 | 45,357 t | -7.8% |
| 1983 | 44,455 t | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 47,559 t | +7.0% |
| 1985 | 46,513 t | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 34,712 t | -25.4% |
| 1987 | 32,899 t | -5.2% |
| 1988 | 28,772 t | -12.5% |
| 1989 | 25,605 t | -11.0% |
| 1990 | 24,469 t | -4.4% |
| 1991 | 24,131 t | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 22,585 t | -6.4% |
| 1993 | 21,806 t | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 20,792 t | -4.7% |
| 1995 | 20,190 t | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 21,491 t | +6.4% |
| 1997 | 22,759 t | +5.9% |
| 1998 | 22,681 t | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 21,434 t | -5.5% |
| 2000 | 23,794 t | +11.0% |
| 2001 | 24,748 t | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 19,681 t | -20.5% |
| 2003 | 16,372 t | -16.8% |
| 2004 | 14,900 t | -9.0% |
| 2005 | 13,823 t | -7.2% |
| 2006 | 11,401 t | -17.5% |
| 2007 | 11,521 t | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 11,232 t | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 10,350 t | -7.9% |
| 2010 | 11,562 t | +11.7% |
| 2011 | 12,620 t | +9.2% |
| 2012 | 12,713 t | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 12,603 t | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 11,778 t | -6.5% |
| 2015 | 11,731 t | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 10,872 t | -7.3% |
| 2017 | 10,428 t | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 10,150 t | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 9,809 t | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 9,738 t | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 9,027 t | -7.3% |
| 2022 | 8,435 t | -6.6% |
| 2023 | 7,334 t | -13.1% |
| 2024 | 6,830 t | -6.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 136,655 t | 104,652 t | 170,977 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 71,120 t | 60,921 t | 100,593 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 41,154 t | 25,605 t | 56,501 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,234 t | 20,190 t | 24,469 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,782 t | 10,350 t | 24,748 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,427 t | 9,809 t | 12,713 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,273 t | 6,830 t | 9,738 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Western Europe?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — production in Western Europe was 6,830 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 170,977 t in 1961.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,830 t in 2024.
- How does Western Europe rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — production?
- Western Europe ranks 19th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.0%. 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 — 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.