Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Spain
Spain: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 276 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Spain recorded 276 kg/An for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Spain peaked at 276 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 142 kg/An, in 1964.
Spain ranks 13th of 82 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Spain, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 143 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 147 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 145 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 142 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 1965 | 149 kg/An | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 151 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 156 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 158 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 151 kg/An | -4.4% |
| 1970 | 151 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 152 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 163 kg/An | +7.2% |
| 1973 | 163 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 161 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 157 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 1976 | 156 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 162 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 162 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 157 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 1980 | 160 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 151 kg/An | -5.6% |
| 1982 | 152 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 146 kg/An | -3.9% |
| 1984 | 148 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 145 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 1986 | 146 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 158 kg/An | +8.2% |
| 1988 | 161 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 158 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 165 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 1991 | 168 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 178 kg/An | +6.0% |
| 1993 | 178 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 182 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 192 kg/An | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 189 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 200 kg/An | +5.8% |
| 1998 | 199 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 202 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 194 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 190 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 189 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 198 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 196 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 189 kg/An | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 191 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 200 kg/An | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 206 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 214 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 228 kg/An | +6.5% |
| 2011 | 225 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 215 kg/An | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 229 kg/An | +6.5% |
| 2014 | 240 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 245 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 243 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 248 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 249 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 264 kg/An | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 262 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 262 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 257 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 274 kg/An | +6.6% |
| 2024 | 276 kg/An | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 149.11 kg/An | 142 kg/An | 158 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 158.4 kg/An | 151 kg/An | 163 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 152.5 kg/An | 145 kg/An | 161 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 185.3 kg/An | 165 kg/An | 202 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 196.7 kg/An | 189 kg/An | 214 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 238.6 kg/An | 215 kg/An | 264 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 266.2 kg/An | 257 kg/An | 276 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Spain?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Spain was 276 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 276 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 142 kg/An in 1964.
- How does Spain rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Spain ranks 13th out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.