Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Germany
Germany: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 448 kg/An in 2022. ▲ Rising
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Germany, 1961–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2022, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Germany stood at 448 kg/An. That is the highest value across all 62 years on record.
The figure is up 8.2% on the previous year and up 69.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Germany peaked at 448 kg/An in 2022 and was at its lowest, 225 kg/An, in 1996.
Germany ranks 1st of 82 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 62 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Germany, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 256 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 248 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 1963 | 253 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 256 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 253 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1966 | 245 kg/An | -3.2% |
| 1967 | 234 kg/An | -4.5% |
| 1968 | 233 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 233 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 233 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 228 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 1972 | 229 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 232 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 228 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 239 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 1976 | 242 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 238 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 249 kg/An | +4.6% |
| 1979 | 227 kg/An | -8.8% |
| 1980 | 237 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 1981 | 239 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 246 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 245 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 251 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 253 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 241 kg/An | -4.7% |
| 1987 | 241 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 237 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 234 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 235 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 273 kg/An | +16.2% |
| 1992 | 261 kg/An | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 267 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 264 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 251 kg/An | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 225 kg/An | -10.4% |
| 1997 | 244 kg/An | +8.4% |
| 1998 | 270 kg/An | +10.7% |
| 1999 | 272 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 273 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 241 kg/An | -11.7% |
| 2002 | 264 kg/An | +9.5% |
| 2003 | 264 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 273 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 265 kg/An | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 264 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 264 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 264 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 264 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 264 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 264 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 264 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 264 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 264 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 250 kg/An | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 264 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 264 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 264 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 264 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 413 kg/An | +56.4% |
| 2021 | 414 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 448 kg/An | +8.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 245.67 kg/An | 233 kg/An | 256 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 234.5 kg/An | 227 kg/An | 249 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 242.4 kg/An | 234 kg/An | 253 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 256.2 kg/An | 225 kg/An | 273 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 263.6 kg/An | 241 kg/An | 273 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 262.6 kg/An | 250 kg/An | 264 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 425 kg/An | 413 kg/An | 448 kg/An | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Germany?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Germany was 448 kg/An in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 448 kg/An in 2022.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 225 kg/An in 1996.
- How does Germany rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Germany ranks 1st out of 82 countries with data for 2022.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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.