Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in China
China: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 191 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
China recorded 191 kg/An for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
The figure is up 51.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in China peaked at 235 kg/An in 2022 and was at its lowest, 120 kg/An, in 1961.
China ranks 40th of 82 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in China, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 120 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 126 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 147 kg/An | +16.7% |
| 2016 | 161 kg/An | +9.5% |
| 2017 | 176 kg/An | +9.3% |
| 2018 | 191 kg/An | +8.5% |
| 2019 | 205 kg/An | +7.3% |
| 2020 | 220 kg/An | +7.3% |
| 2021 | 191 kg/An | -13.2% |
| 2022 | 235 kg/An | +23.0% |
| 2023 | 191 kg/An | -18.7% |
| 2024 | 191 kg/An | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 120 kg/An | 120 kg/An | 120 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 120 kg/An | 120 kg/An | 120 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 120 kg/An | 120 kg/An | 120 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 120 kg/An | 120 kg/An | 120 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 120 kg/An | 120 kg/An | 120 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 148.6 kg/An | 120 kg/An | 205 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 205.6 kg/An | 191 kg/An | 235 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 39 Malta 193 kg/An compare
- 40 China, mainland 191 kg/An compare
- 42 Uzbekistan 185 kg/An compare
- 43 Russian Federation 181 kg/An compare
- 43 South Africa 181 kg/An compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in China?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in China was 191 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 China?
- The highest recorded value was 235 kg/An in 2022.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 120 kg/An in 1961.
- How does China rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- China ranks 40th out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.