List of countries by meat consumption

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Average daily meat consumption per person, measured in grams per person per day.
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Meat supply per person

This is a list of countries by meat consumption. Meat is animal tissue, often muscle, that is eaten as food. [1]

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Accuracy

The figures tabulated below do not represent per capita amounts of meat eaten by humans. Instead, they represent FAO figures for carcass mass availability (with "carcass mass" for poultry estimated as ready-to-cook mass), [2] divided by population. The amount eaten by humans differs from carcass mass availability because the latter does not account for losses, which include bones, losses in retail and food service or home preparation (including trim and cooking), spoilage and "downstream" waste, and amounts consumed by pets (compare dressed weight). [3] [4] [5] As an example of the difference, for 2002, when the FAO figure for US per capita meat consumption was 124.48 kg (274 lb 7 oz), the USDA estimate of US per capita loss-adjusted meat consumption was 62.6 kg (138 lb). [6]

Additionally, the 2002 FAO study was potentially misleading for countries with high levels of meat export compared to their population, as it relied on production data using full carcass mass availability, whereas exports generally contain less bones, cartilage and other things not typically used for human consumption. For example, the FAO (2002) figure for Denmark, which has one of the highest meat export rates compared to its population, was 145.9 kg (322 lb) (highest in the world). More recent FAO figures (2009) have taken the earlier discrepancy into account, resulting in a significantly lower 95.2 kg (210 lb) for Denmark (13th in the world). [7] [8] When further adjusted for loss, calculations by DTU Fødevareinstituttet suggest the actual consumption was 48 kg (106 lb) per adult. [8]

Meat consumption by country/region

Countries by meat consumption per capita per year
Country/Dependencykg/person (2002) [9] [note 1] kg/person (2009) [10] kg/person (2017) [11] kg/person (2020) [12]
Flag of Albania.svg Albania 38.244.141.7847.51
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 18.419.520.3218.06
Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa 24.926.8
Flag of Angola.svg Angola 2522.423.4323.49
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda 5684.374.5672.05
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 79.798.3112.17109.39
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 27.745.841.9645.64
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 108.2111.5114.26121.61
Flag of Austria.svg Austria 94.110284.9487.23
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 15.93233.9134.08
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas 123.6109.587.9367.05
Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 70.7
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 3.144.274.04
Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados 88.774.587.9371.38
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus 58.678.481.5781.47
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 86.176.954.1965.78
Flag of Belize.svg Belize 74.742.541.0741.09
Flag of Benin.svg Benin 16.220.916.8220.24
Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 3
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 5059.181.9871.40
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 21.427.940.9836.03
Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana 27.326.224.4824.44
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 82.485.399.3677.32
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 69.45357.0358.32
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso 11.214.812.7512.00
Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi 3.55.2
Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia 13.916.612.6712.34
Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 14.412.712.2711.98
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 108.194.390.0982.63
Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde 26.346.131.9332.18
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Côte d'Ivoire 11.313.311.2212.38
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic 2833.532.1335.90
Flag of Chad.svg Chad 14.31311.5626.48
Flag of Chile.svg Chile 66.474.186.6383.17
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 52.458.261.760.60
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 33.946.557.8455.91
Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros 7.613.4
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Republic of the Congo 13.313.439.3440.11
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo 4.85.3
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 40.451.151.0653.56
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 49.966.375.1975.30
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 32.249.460.2455.48
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus 131.378.176.8772.83
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 77.383.480.4382.79
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 145.995.276.8770.83
Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti 17.123.715.3915.04
Flag of Dominica.svg Dominica 67.168.660.4955.03
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic 37.853.752.0355.25
Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 4556.446.0445.22
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 22.525.628.5126.29
Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 21.428.333.5430.52
Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea 7.77.7
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 67.459.663.4363.64
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 7.98.57.25.40
Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 39.138.841.1643.85
Flag of Finland.svg Finland 67.474.875.3876.70
Flag of France.svg France 101.186.777.9783.05
Flag of France.svg French Guiana 13.214.6
Flag of French Polynesia.svg French Polynesia 112.2101.989.6896.09
Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon 4666.458.2459.21
Flag of The Gambia.svg The Gambia 5.28.17.827.82
Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 2625.531.9731.83
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 82.188.180.587.79
Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 9.913.913.8213.73
Flag of Greece.svg Greece 78.774.868.6571.70
Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada 976157.1559.40
Flag of France.svg Guadeloupe 12.713.6
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 23.828.835.736.39
Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea 6.58.612.0413.05
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau 1316.216.3917.29
Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana 31.83945.2445.22
Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti 15.315.617.5917.61
Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg Honduras 24.734.332.9633.09
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 137.08
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 100.77679.7479.73
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 84.886.289.9391.02
Flag of India.svg India 3.954.324.516.08
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 8.311.612.4211.70
Flag of Iran.svg Iran 23.136.337.7835.98
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 106.387.976.8576.85
Flag of Israel.svg Israel 97.19697.8297.02
Flag of Italy.svg Italy 90.490.777.5280.96
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 56.859.158.9658.97
Flag of Japan.svg Japan 45.945.949.3449.33
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 29.84235.3137.91
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 44.862.664.4964.89
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 14.316.715.2615.94
Flag of Kiribati.svg Kiribati 32.138.529.2929.96
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 60.2119.267.4667.12
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan 3936.930.2130.46
Flag of Laos.svg Laos 1521.324.6330.41
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 45.761.568.7268.73
Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 63.158.829.5223.97
Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho 15.418.327.1319.89
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia 7.910.418.3718.27
Flag of Libya.svg Libya 28.633.5
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 49.578.281.2581.28
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 141.7107.980.0880.08
Flag of Macau.svg Macao 103.15
Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar 17.614.713.2412.34
Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi 5.18.310.9620.34
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 50.952.353.1252.90
Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 16.621.620.2220.61
Flag of Mali.svg Mali 1922.223.4623.68
Flag of Malta.svg Malta 86.984.581.182.06
Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania 29.929.731.2531.06
Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius 39.649.450.9550.90
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 58.663.867.5464.88
Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova 22.726.838.12
Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia 108.882.187.988.38
Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro 57.776.3973.01
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 20.630.134.6235.12
Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 5.67.88.289.39
Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar 10.732.144.6958.25
Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 3428.331.7630.53
Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal 109.913.7913.55
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 89.385.564.575.82
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg Netherlands Antilles 73.391
Flags of New Caledonia.svg New Caledonia 76.672.673.1668.61
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 142.1106.487.95100.90
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua 14.925.330.7730.82
Flag of Niger.svg Niger 11.225.68.7412.75
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 8.68.87.337.15
Flag of Norway.svg Norway 61.76667.6267.47
Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea 10.813.413.67
Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia 35.440.836.62
Flag of Oman.svg Oman 49.843.3443.34
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 12.314.716.0116.87
Flag of Panama.svg Panama 54.563.564.6765.02
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea 73
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 70.341.942.3554.07
Flag of Peru.svg Peru 34.520.823.7824.41
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 31.133.636.637.04
Flag of Poland.svg Poland 78.176.988.6788.71
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal 91.193.490.9994.07
Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 90.5
Flag of France.svg Reunion 46.8
Flag of Romania.svg Romania 54.564.767.8763.92
Flag of Russia.svg Russia 5169.285.9587.81
Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda 4.46.57.939.08
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis 99.370.887.3182.51
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia 124.193.691.8290.90
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 79.191.493.3891.05
Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa 82.687.297.7696.68
Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg Sao Tome and Principe 9.616.514.8314.18
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 44.654.449.1754.13
Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 17.715.815.214.13
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 45.25653.49
Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles 51.135.6
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone 6.17.38.558.23
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 71.1
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 67.460.458.2559.35
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 8888.373.1476.40
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands 9.711.911.7511.74
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 3958.662.4960.03
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 4854.155.8970.71
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 118.697100.26
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 6.66.36.59.04
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 2119.120.9721.39
Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname 40.347.544.3242.40
Flag of Eswatini.svg Swaziland 34.226.925.75
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 76.180.274.0477.07
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 72.974.766.167.54
Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Syria 21.222.8
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan 77.57
Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan 8.714.714.7316.47
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 27.925.828.9627.37
Flag of East Timor.svg Timor-Leste 41.333.831.2931.51
Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 109.6
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo 8.511.712.112.58
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 57.847.775.568.66
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 25.525.928.4528.36
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 19.325.339.9738.87
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan 41.758.655.7360.22
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 11.71111.559.69
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 32.348.548.4946.92
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 74.473.868.5962.03
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 79.684.279.8679.90
Flag of the United States.svg United States 124.8120.2121124.11
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 98.691.693.887.3
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan 20.728.435.3934.41
Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu 32.635.438.3236.03
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 56.676.836.1240.94
Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 28.649.964.6863.34
Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen 14.717.912.5116.86
Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 11.912.314.1913.12
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 15.221.317.6117.67

See also

Notes

  1. These are the original numbers reported by the FAO in 2002. They were changed by the FAO in later updates [10] (following the same standardized system they used in 2009)

References

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