Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Europe
Europe: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 210 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Europe recorded 210 kg/An for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Europe peaked at 257 kg/An in 1991 and was at its lowest, 198 kg/An, in 2017.
That places Europe 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 234 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 231 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1963 | 237 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 240 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 241 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 238 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 234 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1968 | 231 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1969 | 230 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 226 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 222 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 214 kg/An | -3.6% |
| 1973 | 213 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 220 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 217 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 218 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 219 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 219 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 238 kg/An | +8.7% |
| 1980 | 242 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 232 kg/An | -4.1% |
| 1982 | 211 kg/An | -9.1% |
| 1983 | 218 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 223 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 227 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 223 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 225 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 222 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 217 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 1990 | 242 kg/An | +11.5% |
| 1991 | 257 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 1992 | 204 kg/An | -20.6% |
| 1993 | 203 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 203 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 199 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 199 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 202 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 202 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 204 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 204 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 207 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 205 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 203 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 207 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 206 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 211 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 201 kg/An | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 208 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 214 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 210 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 216 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 214 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 216 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 209 kg/An | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 218 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 213 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 198 kg/An | -7.0% |
| 2018 | 211 kg/An | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 210 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 210 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 211 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 210 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 209 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 210 kg/An | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 235.11 kg/An | 230 kg/An | 241 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 220.6 kg/An | 213 kg/An | 238 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 224 kg/An | 211 kg/An | 242 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 211.5 kg/An | 199 kg/An | 257 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 206.6 kg/An | 201 kg/An | 214 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 211.5 kg/An | 198 kg/An | 218 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 210 kg/An | 209 kg/An | 211 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Europe?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Europe was 210 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 257 kg/An in 1991.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 198 kg/An in 2017.
- How does Europe rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Europe ranks 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe 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.