Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 304 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in European Union (27), 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 European Union (27) stood at 304 kg/An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in European Union (27) peaked at 304 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 215 kg/An, in 1973.
European Union (27) ranks 2nd of 26 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 239 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 237 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1963 | 241 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 244 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 244 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 240 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1967 | 237 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 234 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1969 | 233 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 229 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 223 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 1972 | 216 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 1973 | 215 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 223 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 219 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 221 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 224 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 222 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 219 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1980 | 228 kg/An | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 221 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 1982 | 219 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 225 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 230 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 232 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 228 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 229 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 225 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 221 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 220 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 233 kg/An | +5.9% |
| 1992 | 234 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 231 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 231 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 228 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 228 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 233 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 236 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 238 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 232 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 236 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 239 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 236 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 248 kg/An | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 253 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 252 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 260 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 261 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 270 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 275 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 267 kg/An | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 256 kg/An | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 277 kg/An | +8.2% |
| 2014 | 267 kg/An | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 274 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 273 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 278 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 288 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 292 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 302 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 297 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 293 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 300 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 304 kg/An | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 238.78 kg/An | 233 kg/An | 244 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 221.1 kg/An | 215 kg/An | 229 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 225.8 kg/An | 219 kg/An | 232 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 231.2 kg/An | 220 kg/An | 238 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 248.7 kg/An | 232 kg/An | 270 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 274.7 kg/An | 256 kg/An | 292 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 299.2 kg/An | 293 kg/An | 304 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in European Union (27)?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in European Union (27) was 304 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 European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 304 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 215 kg/An in 1973.
- How does European Union (27) rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- European Union (27) ranks 2nd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.