Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Western Europe
Western Europe: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 307 kg/An in 2024. ▬ Flat
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2024, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Western Europe stood at 307 kg/An.
The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Western Europe peaked at 310 kg/An in 1967 and was at its lowest, 254 kg/An, in 2006.
That places Western Europe 1st out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 297 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 298 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 302 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 295 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 298 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 301 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 310 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 309 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 308 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 303 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1971 | 294 kg/An | -3.0% |
| 1972 | 295 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 294 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 293 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 283 kg/An | -3.4% |
| 1976 | 276 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 1977 | 273 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 272 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 268 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 272 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 258 kg/An | -5.1% |
| 1982 | 259 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 259 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 267 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 268 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 264 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 266 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 260 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 261 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 267 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 282 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 1992 | 276 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 278 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 276 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 276 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 269 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 272 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 275 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 278 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 274 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 264 kg/An | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 270 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 275 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 277 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 278 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 254 kg/An | -8.6% |
| 2007 | 258 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 278 kg/An | +7.8% |
| 2009 | 264 kg/An | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 279 kg/An | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 285 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 277 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 273 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 277 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 275 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 277 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 279 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 280 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 286 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 308 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 2021 | 307 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 305 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 298 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 307 kg/An | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 302 kg/An | 295 kg/An | 310 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 285.1 kg/An | 268 kg/An | 303 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 263.4 kg/An | 258 kg/An | 272 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 274.9 kg/An | 267 kg/An | 282 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 269.2 kg/An | 254 kg/An | 278 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 278.8 kg/An | 273 kg/An | 286 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 305 kg/An | 298 kg/An | 308 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Western Europe?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Western Europe was 307 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 310 kg/An in 1967.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 254 kg/An in 2006.
- How does Western Europe rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Western Europe ranks 1st out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.