Horse meat, fresh or chilled β Yield/Carcass Weight by country
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...
What the numbers show
Horse meat, fresh or chilled β Yield/Carcass Weight is currently reported for 82 countries. The highest value is 448 kg/An in Germany; the lowest is 80 kg/An in Cuba.
The median across all reporting countries is 188 kg/An, and the mean is 196.66 kg/An.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Germany (up 69.7%), and the largest decrease in Yugoslav SFR (down 34.2%).
Horse meat, fresh or chilled β Yield/Carcass Weight: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 448 kg/An | 2022 | up 69.7% | rising |
| 2 | Japan | 421 kg/An | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 3 | Poland | 410 kg/An | 2019 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 4 | Lithuania | 362 kg/An | 2019 | up 63.1% | rising |
| 5 | Belgium | 317 kg/An | 2018 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 6 | Slovak Republic | 300 kg/An | 2017 | unchanged | falling |
| 6 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 300 kg/An | 1999 | up 22.4% | falling |
| 8 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 286 kg/An | 2022 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 8 | Finland | 286 kg/An | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 10 | France | 284 kg/An | 2017 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 10 | Latvia | 284 kg/An | 2019 | up 28.5% | flat |
| 12 | Hungary | 277 kg/An | 2018 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 13 | Spain | 276 kg/An | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 13 | Sweden | 276 kg/An | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 15 | Norway | 273 kg/An | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 16 | New Zealand | 269 kg/An | 2017 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 17 | Ireland | 257 kg/An | 2017 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 18 | Italy | 255 kg/An | 2019 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 19 | Denmark | 253 kg/An | 2019 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 20 | Serbia | 244 kg/An | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 21 | Australia | 243 kg/An | 2024 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 21 | Australia and New Zealand | 243 kg/An | 2024 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 23 | Switzerland | 242 kg/An | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 24 | Uruguay | 230 kg/An | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 25 | Argentina | 228 kg/An | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 25 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 228 kg/An | 2017 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 27 | Ukraine | 226 kg/An | 2024 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 27 | RΓ©union | 226 kg/An | 2006 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 29 | Slovenia | 219 kg/An | 2019 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 30 | Austria | 213 kg/An | 2019 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 31 | Chile | 210 kg/An | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 32 | Czechia | 208 kg/An | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 33 | Lesotho | 207 kg/An | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 34 | Portugal | 206 kg/An | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 35 | Haiti | 200 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Luxembourg | 200 kg/An | 2023 | down 22.5% | flat |
| 35 | Serbia and Montenegro | 200 kg/An | 2005 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Czechoslovakia | 200 kg/An | 1992 | unchanged | flat |
| 39 | Malta | 193 kg/An | 2017 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 40 | China | 191 kg/An | 2024 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 40 | China, mainland | 191 kg/An | 2024 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 185 kg/An | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 43 | South Africa | 181 kg/An | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 43 | Russian Federation | 181 kg/An | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 45 | Greece | 180 kg/An | 1990 | unchanged | flat |
| 45 | Kazakhstan | 180 kg/An | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 45 | Romania | 180 kg/An | 1990 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Canada | 178 kg/An | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 175 kg/An | 2006 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 50 | Indonesia | 170 kg/An | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 50 | Madagascar | 170 kg/An | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 52 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 154 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Burkina Faso | 152 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 54 | Jamaica | 150 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Papua New Guinea | 150 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Vanuatu | 150 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Yugoslav SFR | 146 kg/An | 1991 | down 34.2% | rising |
| 58 | Algeria | 133 kg/An | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 59 | Belarus | 132 kg/An | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 60 | Brazil | 131 kg/An | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 61 | Mexico | 129 kg/An | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 62 | Morocco | 128 kg/An | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 63 | Guatemala | 126 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | Colombia | 125 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | Honduras | 125 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | Mauritania | 125 kg/An | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 64 | Senegal | 125 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | Guadeloupe | 125 kg/An | 2006 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Kyrgyzstan | 124 kg/An | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 70 | Niger | 122 kg/An | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 71 | Malaysia | 120 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | Iceland | 119 kg/An | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 73 | Mongolia | 116 kg/An | 2024 | up 39.8% | falling |
| 74 | Paraguay | 112 kg/An | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 75 | Nicaragua | 107 kg/An | 2023 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 76 | Cameroon | 102 kg/An | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 77 | Mali | 100 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Chad | 100 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 79 | Philippines | 88 kg/An | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 80 | Georgia | 87 kg/An | 2024 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 81 | Tunisia | 81 kg/An | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 82 | Cuba | 80 kg/An | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Europe 307 kg/An
- Southern Europe 279 kg/An
- European Union (27) 304 kg/An
- Oceania 242 kg/An
- United States of America 250 kg/An
- Europe 210 kg/An
- Northern Europe 181 kg/An
- Eastern Europe 198 kg/An
- Northern America 178 kg/An
- Caribbean 192 kg/An
- World 168 kg/An
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 153 kg/An
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.