Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Switzerland
Switzerland: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 242 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 242 kg/An for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Switzerland peaked at 295 kg/An in 1968 and was at its lowest, 202 kg/An, in 1962.
That places Switzerland 23rd out of 82 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 280 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 202 kg/An | -27.9% |
| 1963 | 218 kg/An | +7.9% |
| 1964 | 244 kg/An | +11.9% |
| 1965 | 240 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 281 kg/An | +17.1% |
| 1967 | 289 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 295 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 295 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 287 kg/An | -2.7% |
| 1971 | 289 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 288 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 284 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 285 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 272 kg/An | -4.6% |
| 1976 | 275 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 262 kg/An | -4.7% |
| 1978 | 260 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 262 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 257 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 256 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 267 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 1983 | 244 kg/An | -8.6% |
| 1984 | 268 kg/An | +9.8% |
| 1985 | 266 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 260 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 1987 | 251 kg/An | -3.5% |
| 1988 | 282 kg/An | +12.4% |
| 1989 | 272 kg/An | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 287 kg/An | +5.5% |
| 1991 | 276 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 1992 | 265 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 275 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 293 kg/An | +6.5% |
| 1995 | 269 kg/An | -8.2% |
| 1996 | 279 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 285 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 274 kg/An | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 235 kg/An | -14.2% |
| 2000 | 235 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 235 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 246 kg/An | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 244 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 249 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 252 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 245 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 248 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 246 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 245 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 245 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 249 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 250 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 234 kg/An | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 239 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 245 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 237 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 240 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 234 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 240 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 243 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 255 kg/An | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 254 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 237 kg/An | -6.7% |
| 2024 | 242 kg/An | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 260.44 kg/An | 202 kg/An | 295 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 276.4 kg/An | 260 kg/An | 289 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 262.3 kg/An | 244 kg/An | 282 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 273.8 kg/An | 235 kg/An | 293 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 244.5 kg/An | 235 kg/An | 252 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 241.3 kg/An | 234 kg/An | 250 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 246.2 kg/An | 237 kg/An | 255 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Switzerland?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Switzerland was 242 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 295 kg/An in 1968.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 202 kg/An in 1962.
- How does Switzerland rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Switzerland ranks 23rd out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.