Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Ireland
Ireland: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 257 kg/An in 2017. ▼ Falling
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Ireland, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 257 kg/An for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Ireland peaked at 344 kg/An in 1976 and was at its lowest, 221 kg/An, in 1989.
That places Ireland 17th out of 82 countries with data for 2017, putting it 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 Ireland, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 309 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 286 kg/An | -7.4% |
| 1963 | 277 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 1964 | 290 kg/An | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 297 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 286 kg/An | -3.7% |
| 1967 | 313 kg/An | +9.4% |
| 1968 | 301 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 1969 | 297 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 314 kg/An | +5.7% |
| 1971 | 303 kg/An | -3.5% |
| 1972 | 307 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 290 kg/An | -5.5% |
| 1974 | 298 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 308 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 344 kg/An | +11.7% |
| 1977 | 253 kg/An | -26.5% |
| 1978 | 335 kg/An | +32.4% |
| 1979 | 282 kg/An | -15.8% |
| 1980 | 287 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 253 kg/An | -11.8% |
| 1982 | 253 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 262 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 270 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 250 kg/An | -7.4% |
| 1986 | 251 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 330 kg/An | +31.5% |
| 1988 | 227 kg/An | -31.2% |
| 1989 | 221 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 1990 | 223 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 227 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 230 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 243 kg/An | +5.7% |
| 1994 | 250 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 250 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 250 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 260 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 250 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 250 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 250 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 250 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 250 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 250 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 250 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 250 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 250 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 250 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 250 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 250 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 250 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 250 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 261 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 259 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 258 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 257 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 257 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 257 kg/An | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 295.11 kg/An | 277 kg/An | 313 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 303.4 kg/An | 253 kg/An | 344 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 260.4 kg/An | 221 kg/An | 330 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 243.3 kg/An | 223 kg/An | 260 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 250 kg/An | 250 kg/An | 250 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 256.12 kg/An | 250 kg/An | 261 kg/An | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Ireland?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Ireland was 257 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 Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 344 kg/An in 1976.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 221 kg/An in 1989.
- How does Ireland rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Ireland ranks 17th out of 82 countries with data for 2017.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ireland 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.