Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in New Zealand
New Zealand: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 269 kg/An in 2017. ▲ Rising
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in New Zealand, 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 New Zealand stood at 269 kg/An.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in New Zealand peaked at 295 kg/An in 2000 and was at its lowest, 170 kg/An, in 1961.
New Zealand ranks 16th of 82 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 170 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 256 kg/An | +50.6% |
| 1994 | 263 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 252 kg/An | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 259 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 268 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 260 kg/An | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 259 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 295 kg/An | +13.9% |
| 2001 | 266 kg/An | -9.8% |
| 2002 | 262 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 269 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 267 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 271 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 269 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 265 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 265 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 259 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 259 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 264 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 267 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 260 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 264 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 267 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 270 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 269 kg/An | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 170 kg/An | 170 kg/An | 170 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 170 kg/An | 170 kg/An | 170 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 170 kg/An | 170 kg/An | 170 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 232.7 kg/An | 170 kg/An | 268 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 268.8 kg/An | 259 kg/An | 295 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 265 kg/An | 259 kg/An | 270 kg/An | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in New Zealand?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in New Zealand was 269 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 295 kg/An in 2000.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 170 kg/An in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- New Zealand ranks 16th out of 82 countries with data for 2017.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.