Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in South America
South America: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 173 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
South America recorded 173 kg/An for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.2% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in South America peaked at 191 kg/An in 1988 and was at its lowest, 117 kg/An, in 1961.
That places South America 12th out of 26 groups 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 South America, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 117 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 123 kg/An | +5.1% |
| 1963 | 134 kg/An | +8.9% |
| 1964 | 144 kg/An | +7.5% |
| 1965 | 146 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 130 kg/An | -11.0% |
| 1967 | 135 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 132 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 1969 | 139 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 145 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 143 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1972 | 144 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 133 kg/An | -7.6% |
| 1974 | 125 kg/An | -6.0% |
| 1975 | 133 kg/An | +6.4% |
| 1976 | 133 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 142 kg/An | +6.8% |
| 1978 | 139 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 1979 | 147 kg/An | +5.8% |
| 1980 | 142 kg/An | -3.4% |
| 1981 | 148 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 159 kg/An | +7.4% |
| 1983 | 164 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 158 kg/An | -3.7% |
| 1985 | 162 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 169 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 183 kg/An | +8.3% |
| 1988 | 191 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 189 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 191 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 187 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 180 kg/An | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 178 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 182 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 182 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 181 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 181 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 179 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 183 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 182 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 173 kg/An | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 182 kg/An | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 180 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 178 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 180 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 181 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 180 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 171 kg/An | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 171 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 171 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 172 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 163 kg/An | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 161 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 163 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 169 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 170 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 174 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 176 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 175 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 169 kg/An | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 175 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 173 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 166 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 173 kg/An | +4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 133.33 kg/An | 117 kg/An | 146 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 138.4 kg/An | 125 kg/An | 147 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 166.5 kg/An | 142 kg/An | 191 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 182.4 kg/An | 178 kg/An | 191 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 177.8 kg/An | 171 kg/An | 182 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 169.4 kg/An | 161 kg/An | 176 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 171.2 kg/An | 166 kg/An | 175 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in South America?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in South America was 173 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 191 kg/An in 1988.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 117 kg/An in 1961.
- How does South America rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- South America ranks 12th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South 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.
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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.