Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 181 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Northern Europe, 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 Europe stood at 181 kg/An.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and down 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Northern Europe peaked at 272 kg/An in 1965 and was at its lowest, 176 kg/An, in 2020.
Northern Europe ranks 10th 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 Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 269 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 264 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 1963 | 261 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1964 | 268 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 272 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 270 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 265 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 1968 | 252 kg/An | -4.9% |
| 1969 | 245 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 255 kg/An | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 242 kg/An | -5.1% |
| 1972 | 231 kg/An | -4.5% |
| 1973 | 229 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 221 kg/An | -3.5% |
| 1975 | 229 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 218 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 1977 | 199 kg/An | -8.7% |
| 1978 | 211 kg/An | +6.0% |
| 1979 | 212 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 210 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 197 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 1982 | 178 kg/An | -9.6% |
| 1983 | 182 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 184 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 187 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 186 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 196 kg/An | +5.4% |
| 1988 | 198 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 191 kg/An | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 199 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 202 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 206 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 203 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 203 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 194 kg/An | -4.4% |
| 1996 | 198 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 203 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 194 kg/An | -4.4% |
| 1999 | 192 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 192 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 191 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 195 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 191 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 192 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 191 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 187 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 188 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 181 kg/An | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 185 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 195 kg/An | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 199 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 201 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 197 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 193 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 192 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 192 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 187 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 183 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 179 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 176 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 178 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 180 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 179 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 181 kg/An | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 262.89 kg/An | 245 kg/An | 272 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 224.7 kg/An | 199 kg/An | 255 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 190.9 kg/An | 178 kg/An | 210 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 199.4 kg/An | 192 kg/An | 206 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 189.3 kg/An | 181 kg/An | 195 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 191.8 kg/An | 179 kg/An | 201 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 178.8 kg/An | 176 kg/An | 181 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Northern Europe?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Northern Europe was 181 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 272 kg/An in 1965.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 176 kg/An in 2020.
- How does Northern Europe rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Northern Europe ranks 10th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern Europe 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.