Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Norway
Norway: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 273 kg/An in 2024. ▬ Flat
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Norway, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Norway recorded 273 kg/An for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
The figure is up 3.8% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Norway peaked at 296 kg/An in 1967 and was at its lowest, 240 kg/An, in 1986.
Norway ranks 15th of 82 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Norway, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 275 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 275 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 277 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 274 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 276 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 276 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 296 kg/An | +7.2% |
| 1968 | 293 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 294 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 269 kg/An | -8.5% |
| 1971 | 274 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 275 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 274 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 272 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 277 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 264 kg/An | -4.7% |
| 1977 | 257 kg/An | -2.7% |
| 1978 | 254 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 252 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 250 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 249 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 249 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 246 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 248 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 248 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 240 kg/An | -3.2% |
| 1987 | 248 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 250 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 252 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 251 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 251 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 249 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 252 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 256 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 259 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 257 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 256 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 257 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 256 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 260 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 263 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 264 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 265 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 268 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 269 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 269 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 273 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 272 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 275 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 272 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 268 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 271 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 269 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 276 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 279 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 281 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 288 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 279 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 287 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 281 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 289 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 263 kg/An | -9.0% |
| 2023 | 263 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 273 kg/An | +3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 281.78 kg/An | 274 kg/An | 296 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 266.8 kg/An | 252 kg/An | 277 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 248 kg/An | 240 kg/An | 252 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 254.4 kg/An | 249 kg/An | 259 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 267.8 kg/An | 260 kg/An | 275 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 277 kg/An | 268 kg/An | 288 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 273.8 kg/An | 263 kg/An | 289 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Norway?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Norway was 273 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 Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 296 kg/An in 1967.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 240 kg/An in 1986.
- How does Norway rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Norway ranks 15th out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Norway 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.