Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Italy
Italy: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 255 kg/An in 2019. ▲ Rising
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Italy, 1961–2019
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 Italy is 255 kg/An, measured in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.9% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Italy peaked at 296 kg/An in 2018 and was at its lowest, 155 kg/An, in 1967.
Italy ranks 18th of 82 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 59 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 163 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 157 kg/An | -3.7% |
| 1963 | 164 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 170 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 167 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 158 kg/An | -5.4% |
| 1967 | 155 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 1968 | 155 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 162 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 161 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 163 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 160 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 165 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 171 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 172 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 180 kg/An | +4.7% |
| 1977 | 186 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 185 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 183 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 185 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 185 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 193 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 1983 | 200 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 202 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 203 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 207 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 211 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 211 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 210 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 220 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 224 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 225 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 219 kg/An | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 217 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 215 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 217 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 221 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 222 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 222 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 216 kg/An | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 225 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 229 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 230 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 241 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 244 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 247 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 253 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 252 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 256 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 267 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 266 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 250 kg/An | -6.0% |
| 2013 | 285 kg/An | +14.0% |
| 2014 | 257 kg/An | -9.8% |
| 2015 | 282 kg/An | +9.7% |
| 2016 | 274 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 291 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 296 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 255 kg/An | -13.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 161.22 kg/An | 155 kg/An | 170 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 172.6 kg/An | 160 kg/An | 186 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 200.7 kg/An | 185 kg/An | 211 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 220.2 kg/An | 215 kg/An | 225 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 239.3 kg/An | 216 kg/An | 256 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 272.3 kg/An | 250 kg/An | 296 kg/An | 10 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Italy?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Italy was 255 kg/An in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 296 kg/An in 2018.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 155 kg/An in 1967.
- How does Italy rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Italy ranks 18th out of 82 countries with data for 2019.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.