Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Denmark
Denmark: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 253 kg/An in 2019. ▼ Falling
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Denmark, 1961–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2019, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Denmark stood at 253 kg/An.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.5% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Denmark peaked at 400 kg/An in 1973 and was at its lowest, 219 kg/An, in 2018.
Denmark ranks 19th of 82 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 59 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Denmark, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 326 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 350 kg/An | +7.4% |
| 1963 | 325 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 1964 | 317 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 325 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 300 kg/An | -7.7% |
| 1967 | 333 kg/An | +11.0% |
| 1968 | 267 kg/An | -19.8% |
| 1969 | 350 kg/An | +31.1% |
| 1970 | 350 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 350 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 267 kg/An | -23.7% |
| 1973 | 400 kg/An | +49.8% |
| 1974 | 350 kg/An | -12.5% |
| 1975 | 301 kg/An | -14.0% |
| 1976 | 300 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 307 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 300 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 279 kg/An | -7.0% |
| 1985 | 301 kg/An | +7.9% |
| 1986 | 300 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 303 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 303 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 294 kg/An | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 303 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 349 kg/An | +15.2% |
| 1992 | 300 kg/An | -14.0% |
| 1993 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 306 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 286 kg/An | -6.5% |
| 1996 | 286 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 310 kg/An | +8.4% |
| 1998 | 269 kg/An | -13.2% |
| 1999 | 296 kg/An | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 280 kg/An | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 292 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 300 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 296 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 300 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 276 kg/An | -8.0% |
| 2007 | 280 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 269 kg/An | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 263 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 265 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 244 kg/An | -7.9% |
| 2012 | 300 kg/An | +23.0% |
| 2013 | 254 kg/An | -15.3% |
| 2014 | 238 kg/An | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 229 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 239 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 236 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 219 kg/An | -7.2% |
| 2019 | 253 kg/An | +15.5% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 253 kg/An is below the median for high income countries, which is 254 kg/An, 100% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Denmark's 253 kg/An is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 244 kg/An, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Denmark changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +49.8% | 267 kg/An | 400 kg/An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 321.44 kg/An | 267 kg/An | 350 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 321.8 kg/An | 267 kg/An | 400 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 298.7 kg/An | 279 kg/An | 307 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 300.5 kg/An | 269 kg/An | 349 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 285.6 kg/An | 263 kg/An | 300 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 247.7 kg/An | 219 kg/An | 300 kg/An | 10 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Denmark
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 37.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0117 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 900.07 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7939 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Denmark?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Denmark was 253 kg/An in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 400 kg/An in 1973.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 219 kg/An in 2018.
- How does Denmark rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Denmark ranks 19th out of 82 countries with data for 2019.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Denmark 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.