Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Portugal
Portugal: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 206 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Portugal is 206 kg/An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.6% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Portugal peaked at 228 kg/An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 124 kg/An, in 1992.
That places Portugal 34th out of 82 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 152 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 154 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1963 | 152 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1964 | 157 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 156 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 158 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 166 kg/An | +5.1% |
| 1968 | 165 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 163 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 164 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 161 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 160 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 163 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 169 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 173 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 175 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 169 kg/An | -3.4% |
| 1978 | 166 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 163 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 168 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 165 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 166 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 166 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 165 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 164 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 163 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 156 kg/An | -4.3% |
| 1988 | 160 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 154 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 1990 | 157 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 156 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 124 kg/An | -20.5% |
| 1993 | 168 kg/An | +35.5% |
| 1994 | 164 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 164 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 159 kg/An | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 162 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 167 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 172 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 164 kg/An | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 174 kg/An | +6.1% |
| 2002 | 175 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 174 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 175 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 172 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 173 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 160 kg/An | -7.5% |
| 2008 | 161 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 164 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 163 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 164 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 177 kg/An | +7.9% |
| 2013 | 180 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 188 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 197 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 198 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 192 kg/An | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 193 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 213 kg/An | +10.4% |
| 2020 | 195 kg/An | -8.5% |
| 2021 | 190 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 202 kg/An | +6.3% |
| 2023 | 228 kg/An | +12.9% |
| 2024 | 206 kg/An | -9.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 158.11 kg/An | 152 kg/An | 166 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 166.3 kg/An | 160 kg/An | 175 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 162.7 kg/An | 154 kg/An | 168 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 159.3 kg/An | 124 kg/An | 172 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 169.2 kg/An | 160 kg/An | 175 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 186.5 kg/An | 163 kg/An | 213 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 204.2 kg/An | 190 kg/An | 228 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 31 Chile 210 kg/An compare
- 32 Czechia 208 kg/An compare
- 33 Lesotho 207 kg/An compare
- 35 Czechoslovakia 200 kg/An compare
- 35 Haiti 200 kg/An compare
- 35 Luxembourg 200 kg/An compare
- 35 Serbia and Montenegro 200 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Portugal?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Portugal was 206 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 228 kg/An in 2023.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 124 kg/An in 1992.
- How does Portugal rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Portugal ranks 34th out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.