Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Japan
Japan: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 421 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2024, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Japan stood at 421 kg/An.
That represents a change of down 3.4% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Japan peaked at 436 kg/An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 184 kg/An, in 1962.
Japan ranks 2nd of 82 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Japan, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 185 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 184 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 189 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 196 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 257 kg/An | +31.1% |
| 1966 | 256 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 231 kg/An | -9.8% |
| 1968 | 239 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 1969 | 255 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 1970 | 269 kg/An | +5.5% |
| 1971 | 311 kg/An | +15.6% |
| 1972 | 288 kg/An | -7.4% |
| 1973 | 266 kg/An | -7.6% |
| 1974 | 270 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 273 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 285 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 313 kg/An | +9.8% |
| 1978 | 309 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 304 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1980 | 297 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 1981 | 304 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 330 kg/An | +8.6% |
| 1983 | 341 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 341 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 324 kg/An | -5.0% |
| 1986 | 335 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 335 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 341 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 352 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 348 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 353 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 355 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 364 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 377 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 387 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 391 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 380 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 392 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 385 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 389 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 339 kg/An | -12.9% |
| 2002 | 392 kg/An | +15.6% |
| 2003 | 392 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 373 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 383 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 384 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 391 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 403 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 393 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 415 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 408 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 399 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 402 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 399 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 410 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 358 kg/An | -12.7% |
| 2017 | 399 kg/An | +11.5% |
| 2018 | 394 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 398 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 391 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 400 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 435 kg/An | +8.8% |
| 2023 | 436 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 421 kg/An | -3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 221.33 kg/An | 184 kg/An | 257 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 288.8 kg/An | 266 kg/An | 313 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 330 kg/An | 297 kg/An | 352 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 373.2 kg/An | 348 kg/An | 392 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 383.9 kg/An | 339 kg/An | 403 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 398.2 kg/An | 358 kg/An | 415 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 416.6 kg/An | 391 kg/An | 436 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Japan?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Japan was 421 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 436 kg/An in 2023.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 184 kg/An in 1962.
- How does Japan rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Japan ranks 2nd out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan 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.