Meat Consumed
Produced by the SASI group (Sheffield) and Mark Newman (Michigan)
Meat, as shown here, refers to all
animal products that are consumed
by people.
Meat consumption per person is
highest in Western European
territories. Nine of the top ten meat
consuming populations live in Western
Europe. The anomaly in this ranking
is New Zealand, a territory that is
famous for its high ratio of sheep to
people and the production of lamb.
The most meat is consumed in China,
a quarter of the world total. A fifth
of the world population lives in China,
eating on average 510 calories of meat
per person, which is above the world
average of 432 calories of meat per
person.
Territory size shows the proportion of worldwide meat
(including animal products) consumption that occurs
there.
MOST AND LEAST MEAT CONSUMED
calories of meat consumed per person per day
MEAT CONSUMED PER PERSON PER DAY
200
Japan
Western Europe
North America
400
South America
600
Eastern Asia
800
Middle East
1000
Eastern Europe
1200
Asia Pacific
Value
80
69
66
65
62
60
56
47
44
44
Southern Asia
Territory
Equatorial Guinea
Bangladesh
Sierra Leone
Liberia
Guinea
Rwanda
Malawi
Dem Republic Congo
Burundi
Mozambique
Northern Africa
Rank
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
Southeastern Africa
Value
1334
1303
1259
1256
1224
1195
1151
1135
1126
1124
Central Africa
Territory
France
New Zealand
Denmark
Austria
Iceland
Finland
Belgium
Netherlands
Ireland
Norway
meat consumed in calories
per person per day
Land area
Technical notes
• Data are from the United Nations Environment
Programme, 2005.
• Meat, as defined here, includes edible animal
products such as cheese and milk.
• See website for further information.
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
0
“I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he is unable to have a chicken in his pot every
Sunday.”
Henri de Bourbon, 1598
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