Brazil vs Samoa: Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of...

Brazil
846.15 million tonnes
in 2023
Samoa
896.29 million tonnes
in 2023
Brazil rank
14th
Samoa rank
11th

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

  • Brazil
  • Samoa
0200.0M400.0M600.0M800.0M196119922023

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 896.29 million tonnes against 846.15 million tonnes in Brazil, a difference of 50.14 million tonnes.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 17 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 14th and Samoa ranks 11th of 191 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 1 and Samoa in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Samoa Difference Ahead
1960s 94.31 million tonnes 95.88 million tonnes 1.57 million tonnes Samoa
1970s 133.89 million tonnes 135.45 million tonnes 1.57 million tonnes Samoa
1980s 202.22 million tonnes 239.58 million tonnes 37.35 million tonnes Samoa
1990s 363.67 million tonnes 370.75 million tonnes 7.08 million tonnes Samoa
2000s 527.24 million tonnes 502.10 million tonnes 25.14 million tonnes Brazil
2010s 723.55 million tonnes 775.50 million tonnes 51.95 million tonnes Samoa
2020s 811.95 million tonnes 838.31 million tonnes 26.35 million tonnes Samoa

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..., Brazil or Samoa?
Samoa, at 896.29 million tonnes against 846.15 million tonnes in Brazil as of 2023.
What is the difference in global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... between Brazil and Samoa?
50.14 million tonnes, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Samoa?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Brazil and Samoa rank globally for global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of...?
Brazil ranks 14th and Samoa ranks 11th of 191 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.

Individual pages

About this data

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

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