Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Northern America
Northern America: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 178 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Northern America, 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 Northern America stood at 178 kg/An.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Northern America peaked at 248 kg/An in 1975 and was at its lowest, 173 kg/An, in 2020.
Northern America ranks 11th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Northern America, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 243 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 247 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 247 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 246 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 246 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 245 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 245 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 245 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 245 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 245 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 245 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 245 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 247 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 247 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 248 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 248 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 248 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 248 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 247 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 247 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 244 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 245 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 242 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 242 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 229 kg/An | -5.4% |
| 1986 | 234 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 235 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 235 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 237 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 237 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 236 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 237 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 234 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 232 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 232 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 233 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 227 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 226 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 229 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 229 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 224 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 231 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 232 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 224 kg/An | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 228 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 229 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 216 kg/An | -5.7% |
| 2008 | 200 kg/An | -7.4% |
| 2009 | 208 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 205 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 213 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 213 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 213 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 212 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 212 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 190 kg/An | -10.4% |
| 2017 | 192 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 190 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 186 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 173 kg/An | -7.0% |
| 2021 | 180 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 180 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 181 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 178 kg/An | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 245.44 kg/An | 243 kg/An | 247 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 246.8 kg/An | 245 kg/An | 248 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 239 kg/An | 229 kg/An | 247 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 232.3 kg/An | 226 kg/An | 237 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 222.1 kg/An | 200 kg/An | 232 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 202.6 kg/An | 186 kg/An | 213 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 178.4 kg/An | 173 kg/An | 181 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
More agriculture & rural data for Northern America
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate -2.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate -3.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 2.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 4.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -6.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate 3.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield, annual growth rate -2.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -1.58 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Northern America?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Northern America was 178 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 Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 248 kg/An in 1975.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 173 kg/An in 2020.
- How does Northern America rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Northern America ranks 11th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern America 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
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.