Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Sweden
Sweden: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 276 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Sweden, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 276 kg/An for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Sweden peaked at 357 kg/An in 1968 and was at its lowest, 241 kg/An, in 1979.
Sweden ranks 13th of 82 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Sweden, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 348 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 349 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 343 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1964 | 341 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 347 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 354 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 350 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 357 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 350 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 342 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 338 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 336 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 323 kg/An | -3.9% |
| 1974 | 314 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 1975 | 301 kg/An | -4.1% |
| 1976 | 276 kg/An | -8.3% |
| 1977 | 255 kg/An | -7.6% |
| 1978 | 242 kg/An | -5.1% |
| 1979 | 241 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 249 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 1981 | 246 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 249 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 251 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 248 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 251 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 254 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 257 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 258 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 258 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 260 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 270 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 264 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 268 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 270 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 273 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 276 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 274 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 268 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 281 kg/An | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 275 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 273 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 276 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 264 kg/An | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 275 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 278 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 284 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 284 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 282 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 287 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 286 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 307 kg/An | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 289 kg/An | -5.9% |
| 2013 | 274 kg/An | -5.2% |
| 2014 | 274 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 273 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 283 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 283 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 280 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 242 kg/An | -13.6% |
| 2021 | 292 kg/An | +20.7% |
| 2022 | 268 kg/An | -8.2% |
| 2023 | 274 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 276 kg/An | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 348.78 kg/An | 341 kg/An | 357 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 296.8 kg/An | 241 kg/An | 342 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 252.1 kg/An | 246 kg/An | 258 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 270.4 kg/An | 260 kg/An | 281 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 277.8 kg/An | 264 kg/An | 287 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 283.22 kg/An | 273 kg/An | 307 kg/An | 9 |
| 2020s | 270.4 kg/An | 242 kg/An | 292 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Sweden?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Sweden 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 357 kg/An in 1968.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 241 kg/An in 1979.
- How does Sweden rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Sweden ranks 13th out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sweden 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.