Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Iceland
Iceland: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 119 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Iceland, 1961–2024
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 Iceland is 119 kg/An, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 6.2% on the previous year and down 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Iceland peaked at 187 kg/An in 1970 and was at its lowest, 92 kg/An, in 1982.
That places Iceland 72nd out of 82 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom 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 Iceland, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 143 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 135 kg/An | -5.6% |
| 1963 | 130 kg/An | -3.7% |
| 1964 | 123 kg/An | -5.4% |
| 1965 | 134 kg/An | +8.9% |
| 1966 | 144 kg/An | +7.5% |
| 1967 | 140 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 1968 | 116 kg/An | -17.1% |
| 1969 | 132 kg/An | +13.8% |
| 1970 | 187 kg/An | +41.7% |
| 1971 | 137 kg/An | -26.7% |
| 1972 | 111 kg/An | -19.0% |
| 1973 | 132 kg/An | +18.9% |
| 1974 | 136 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 121 kg/An | -11.0% |
| 1976 | 113 kg/An | -6.6% |
| 1977 | 124 kg/An | +9.7% |
| 1978 | 146 kg/An | +17.7% |
| 1979 | 142 kg/An | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 137 kg/An | -3.5% |
| 1981 | 137 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 92 kg/An | -32.8% |
| 1983 | 105 kg/An | +14.1% |
| 1984 | 105 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 105 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 105 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 105 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 105 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 100 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 1990 | 101 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 101 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 100 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 100 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 101 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 101 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 101 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 102 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 112 kg/An | +9.8% |
| 1999 | 111 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 110 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 111 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 106 kg/An | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 109 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 115 kg/An | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 114 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 119 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 124 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 117 kg/An | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 126 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 120 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 125 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 133 kg/An | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 133 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 133 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 122 kg/An | -8.3% |
| 2016 | 124 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 118 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 123 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 117 kg/An | -4.9% |
| 2020 | 115 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 111 kg/An | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 110 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 112 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 119 kg/An | +6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 133 kg/An | 116 kg/An | 144 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 134.9 kg/An | 111 kg/An | 187 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 109.6 kg/An | 92 kg/An | 137 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 103 kg/An | 100 kg/An | 112 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 115.1 kg/An | 106 kg/An | 126 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 124.8 kg/An | 117 kg/An | 133 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 113.4 kg/An | 110 kg/An | 119 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Iceland?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Iceland was 119 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 Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 187 kg/An in 1970.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 92 kg/An in 1982.
- How does Iceland rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Iceland ranks 72nd out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iceland 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.