Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in World
World: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 168 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in World, 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 World stood at 168 kg/An.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in World peaked at 182 kg/An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 150 kg/An, in 2007.
That places World 15th out of 26 regions 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 World, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 182 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 179 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 180 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 181 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 182 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 173 kg/An | -4.9% |
| 1967 | 171 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 169 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 172 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 172 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 169 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 166 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 163 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1974 | 166 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 169 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 170 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 176 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 174 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 180 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 180 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 176 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 1982 | 172 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 173 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 174 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 176 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 179 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 181 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 180 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 179 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 182 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 177 kg/An | -2.7% |
| 1992 | 168 kg/An | -5.1% |
| 1993 | 170 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 161 kg/An | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 158 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 155 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 158 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 158 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 158 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 157 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 158 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 157 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 157 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 155 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 155 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 155 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 150 kg/An | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 152 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 151 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 153 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 153 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 154 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 151 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 150 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 163 kg/An | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 162 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 162 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 166 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 171 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 170 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 181 kg/An | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 169 kg/An | -6.6% |
| 2024 | 168 kg/An | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 176.56 kg/An | 169 kg/An | 182 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 170.5 kg/An | 163 kg/An | 180 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 177 kg/An | 172 kg/An | 181 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 164.5 kg/An | 155 kg/An | 182 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 154.7 kg/An | 150 kg/An | 158 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 158.5 kg/An | 150 kg/An | 171 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 171.6 kg/An | 168 kg/An | 181 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in World?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in World was 168 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 182 kg/An in 1961.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 150 kg/An in 2007.
- How does World rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- World ranks 15th out of 26 regions with data for 2024.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this World 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.