Here are the top ten meat consumer countries in the world, based on the total meat consumption per capita per year, according to data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as of 2021:
- United States – 97.9 kg
- Australia – 93.9 kg
- Israel – 93.0 kg
- Argentina – 89.4 kg
- Canada – 88.4 kg
- Brazil – 83.2 kg
- Kuwait – 80.0 kg
- New Zealand – 78.2 kg
- Uruguay – 77.8 kg
- Chile – 76.0 kg
Top Ten Meat Consumer Countries 2016 |
| Rank | Country | Kilograms/capita , 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 97.1 |
| 2 | Australia | 94.8 |
| 3 | Argentina | 86.1 |
| 4 | Uruguay | 81 |
| 5 | Israel | 80.3 |
| 6 | Brazil | 77.2 |
| 7 | Chile | 71.6 |
| 8 | Canada | 70 |
| 9 | New Zealand | 67.5 |
| 10 | Russia | 59.5 |
| 11 | Korea | 55.7 |
| 12 | Malaysia | 54.2 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 53.8 |
| 14 | Paraguay | 52.1 |
| 15 | Viet Nam | 52.1 |
| 16 | South Africa | 50.3 |
| 17 | China (People’s Republic of) | 50 |
| 18 | Mexico | 47.7 |
| 19 | Peru | 47.7 |
| 20 | Kazakhstan | 43.8 |
| 21 | Colombia | 43.6 |
| 22 | Ukraine | 40.4 |
| 23 | Japan | 36.2 |
| 24 | World | 34.3 |
| 25 | BRICS | 32.3 |
| 26 | Turkey | 30.3 |
| 27 | Iran | 29.5 |
| 28 | Philippines | 29.2 |
| 29 | Thailand | 22.8 |
| 30 | Egypt | 20.1 |
| 31 | Algeria | 17.3 |
| 32 | Haiti | 14.1 |
| 33 | Zambia | 13.6 |
| 34 | Pakistan | 12.8 |
| 35 | Indonesia | 11.2 |
| 36 | Ghana | 9 |
| 37 | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.2 |
| 38 | Mozambique | 7.2 |
| 39 | Tanzania | 6.8 |
| 40 | Nigeria | 5.9 |
| 41 | Ethiopia | 4.1 |
| 42 | Bangladesh | 3.3 |
| 43 | India | 3.1 |
| 44 | Sudan | 0 |
Source :https://data.oecd.org/agroutput/meat-consumption.htm
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