Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Canada
Canada: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 178 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Canada is 178 kg/An, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Canada peaked at 243 kg/An in 1964 and was at its lowest, 173 kg/An, in 2020.
Canada ranks 48th of 82 countries 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 — Yield/Carcass Weight in Canada, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 236 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 242 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 242 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 243 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 242 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 238 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1967 | 237 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 238 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 238 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 238 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 237 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 239 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 240 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 239 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 241 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 240 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 240 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 241 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 235 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 235 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 228 kg/An | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 233 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 230 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 230 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 200 kg/An | -13.0% |
| 1986 | 204 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 202 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 201 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 203 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 205 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 206 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 204 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 204 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 204 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 204 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 206 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 204 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 205 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 205 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 205 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 205 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 205 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 205 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 205 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 205 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 205 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 205 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 200 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 208 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 205 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 213 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 213 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 213 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 212 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 212 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 190 kg/An | -10.4% |
| 2017 | 192 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 190 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 186 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 173 kg/An | -7.0% |
| 2021 | 180 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 180 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 181 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 178 kg/An | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 239.56 kg/An | 236 kg/An | 243 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 239 kg/An | 235 kg/An | 241 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 216.6 kg/An | 200 kg/An | 235 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 204.7 kg/An | 204 kg/An | 206 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 204.8 kg/An | 200 kg/An | 208 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 202.6 kg/An | 186 kg/An | 213 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 178.4 kg/An | 173 kg/An | 181 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Canada?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Canada was 178 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 Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 243 kg/An in 1964.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 173 kg/An in 2020.
- How does Canada rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Canada ranks 48th out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada 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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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.