Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in France
France: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 284 kg/An in 2017. ▼ Falling
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in France, 1961–2017
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 France is 284 kg/An, measured in 2017.
The figure is down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in France peaked at 330 kg/An in 1967 and was at its lowest, 271 kg/An, in 2001.
France ranks 10th of 82 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in France, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 306 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 311 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 315 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 307 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 312 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 317 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 330 kg/An | +4.1% |
| 1968 | 329 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 321 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 315 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 1971 | 305 kg/An | -3.2% |
| 1972 | 305 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 304 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 304 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 295 kg/An | -3.0% |
| 1976 | 295 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 299 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 293 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 1979 | 290 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 298 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 276 kg/An | -7.4% |
| 1982 | 277 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 280 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 284 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 290 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 286 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 294 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 289 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 287 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 289 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 292 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 292 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 291 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 285 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 292 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 289 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 284 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 281 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 285 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 279 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 271 kg/An | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 276 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 282 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 280 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 289 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 286 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 287 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 284 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 300 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 276 kg/An | -8.0% |
| 2011 | 294 kg/An | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 279 kg/An | -5.1% |
| 2013 | 276 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 282 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 283 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 284 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 284 kg/An | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 316.44 kg/An | 306 kg/An | 330 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 300.5 kg/An | 290 kg/An | 315 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 286.1 kg/An | 276 kg/An | 298 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 288 kg/An | 281 kg/An | 292 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 283.4 kg/An | 271 kg/An | 300 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 282.25 kg/An | 276 kg/An | 294 kg/An | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in France?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in France was 284 kg/An in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 330 kg/An in 1967.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 271 kg/An in 2001.
- How does France rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- France ranks 10th out of 82 countries with data for 2017.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this France 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.