How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and USSR?

31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of.... Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Botswana vs USSR: Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of...

Botswana

349.08 million tonnes

in 2023

USSR

356.64 million tonnes

in 1991

Botswana rank

117th

USSR rank

114th

Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... over time

Botswana
USSR

How they compare

USSR currently reports 356.64 million tonnes against 349.08 million tonnes in Botswana, a difference of 7.55 million tonnes.

Across all 31 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.

Botswana ranks 117th and USSR ranks 114th of 192 countries.

USSR has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Botswana	USSR	Difference	Ahead
1960s	112.14 million tonnes	147.34 million tonnes	35.20 million tonnes	USSR
1970s	110.97 million tonnes	229.27 million tonnes	118.30 million tonnes	USSR
1980s	91.39 million tonnes	315.00 million tonnes	223.61 million tonnes	USSR
1990s	174.54 million tonnes	369.56 million tonnes	195.03 million tonnes	USSR

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of..., Botswana or USSR?: USSR, at 356.64 million tonnes against 349.08 million tonnes in Botswana as of 1991.
What is the difference in global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... between Botswana and USSR?: 7.55 million tonnes, with USSR ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and USSR?: 31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do Botswana and USSR rank globally for global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of...?: Botswana ranks 117th and USSR ranks 114th of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of.... Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of...
Unit: tonnes
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 192 places, 10,214 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Hypothetical global meat demand if everyone in the world ate the same quantity as the average citizen of a given country.