Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Malta
Malta: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 193 kg/An in 2017. ▲ Rising
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Malta, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2017, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Malta stood at 193 kg/An.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Malta peaked at 211 kg/An in 2001 and was at its lowest, 86 kg/An, in 1985.
That places Malta 39th out of 82 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 170 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 174 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 168 kg/An | -3.4% |
| 1965 | 166 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1966 | 121 kg/An | -27.1% |
| 1967 | 176 kg/An | +45.5% |
| 1968 | 151 kg/An | -14.2% |
| 1969 | 172 kg/An | +13.9% |
| 1970 | 161 kg/An | -6.4% |
| 1971 | 159 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 174 kg/An | +9.4% |
| 1973 | 119 kg/An | -31.6% |
| 1974 | 155 kg/An | +30.3% |
| 1975 | 176 kg/An | +13.5% |
| 1976 | 171 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 1977 | 149 kg/An | -12.9% |
| 1978 | 157 kg/An | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 137 kg/An | -12.7% |
| 1980 | 138 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 114 kg/An | -17.4% |
| 1982 | 108 kg/An | -5.3% |
| 1983 | 92 kg/An | -14.8% |
| 1984 | 87 kg/An | -5.4% |
| 1985 | 86 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 92 kg/An | +7.0% |
| 1987 | 92 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 92 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 91 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 90 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 96 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 1992 | 120 kg/An | +25.0% |
| 1993 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 100 kg/An | -16.7% |
| 1995 | 88 kg/An | -12.0% |
| 1996 | 92 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 109 kg/An | +18.5% |
| 1998 | 112 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 120 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 172 kg/An | +43.3% |
| 2001 | 211 kg/An | +22.7% |
| 2002 | 209 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 196 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 2004 | 185 kg/An | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 201 kg/An | +8.6% |
| 2006 | 181 kg/An | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 185 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 183 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 183 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 190 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 187 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 190 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 190 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 190 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 195 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 192 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 193 kg/An | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 163.11 kg/An | 121 kg/An | 176 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 155.8 kg/An | 119 kg/An | 176 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 99.2 kg/An | 86 kg/An | 138 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 104.7 kg/An | 88 kg/An | 120 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 190.6 kg/An | 172 kg/An | 211 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 190.88 kg/An | 187 kg/An | 195 kg/An | 8 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 40 China (People’s Republic of) 191 kg/An compare
- 40 China, mainland 191 kg/An compare
- 42 Uzbekistan 185 kg/An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Malta?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Malta was 193 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 Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 211 kg/An in 2001.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 86 kg/An in 1985.
- How does Malta rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Malta ranks 39th out of 82 countries with data for 2017.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta 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.