Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Africa
Africa: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 118 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2024, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Africa stood at 118 kg/An.
That represents a change of down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Africa peaked at 128 kg/An in 1982 and was at its lowest, 99 kg/An, in 1975.
Africa ranks 24th of 26 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 112 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 113 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 115 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 114 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 110 kg/An | -3.5% |
| 1966 | 111 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1967 | 109 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1968 | 109 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 109 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 108 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 106 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 1972 | 105 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 106 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 105 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 99 kg/An | -5.7% |
| 1976 | 109 kg/An | +10.1% |
| 1977 | 117 kg/An | +7.3% |
| 1978 | 117 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 119 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 124 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 1981 | 125 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 128 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 121 kg/An | -5.5% |
| 1984 | 123 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 122 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 122 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 122 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 123 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 123 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 122 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 126 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 125 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 126 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 127 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 128 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 127 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 127 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 127 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 127 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 127 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 126 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 126 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 125 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 126 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 125 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 125 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 125 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 125 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 125 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 125 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 124 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 123 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 122 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 123 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 121 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 121 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 119 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 119 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 118 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 119 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 118 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 118 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 118 kg/An | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 111.33 kg/An | 109 kg/An | 115 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 109.1 kg/An | 99 kg/An | 119 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 123.3 kg/An | 121 kg/An | 128 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 126.3 kg/An | 122 kg/An | 128 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 125.7 kg/An | 125 kg/An | 127 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 122.2 kg/An | 119 kg/An | 125 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 118.2 kg/An | 118 kg/An | 119 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Africa?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Africa was 118 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 128 kg/An in 1982.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 99 kg/An in 1975.
- How does Africa rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Africa ranks 24th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight. 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.