Australia vs Ireland: Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita
Australia
0.3195 animals per person
in 2024
Ireland
0.3531 animals per person
in 2024
Australia rank
5th
Ireland rank
3rd
Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita over time
- Australia
- Ireland
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 0.3531 animals per person against 0.3195 animals per person in Australia, a difference of 0.0336 animals per person.
That makes Ireland's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 5th and Ireland ranks 3rd of 190 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 6 and Ireland in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Ireland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5059 animals per person | 0.2321 animals per person | 0.2738 animals per person | Australia |
| 1970s | 0.644 animals per person | 0.3851 animals per person | 0.2589 animals per person | Australia |
| 1980s | 0.5124 animals per person | 0.41 animals per person | 0.1024 animals per person | Australia |
| 1990s | 0.473 animals per person | 0.4713 animals per person | 0.0017 animals per person | Australia |
| 2000s | 0.4342 animals per person | 0.4297 animals per person | 0.0045 animals per person | Australia |
| 2010s | 0.3675 animals per person | 0.364 animals per person | 0.0035 animals per person | Australia |
| 2020s | 0.2744 animals per person | 0.3592 animals per person | 0.0848 animals per person | Ireland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita, Australia or Ireland?
- Ireland, at 0.3531 animals per person against 0.3195 animals per person in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita between Australia and Ireland?
- 0.0336 animals per person, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Ireland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Ireland rank globally for yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita?
- Australia ranks 5th and Ireland ranks 3rd of 190 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.