Bovine Meat — Fat supply quantity (g/capita/day) by country

A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply...

Countries reporting
164
Highest
21.52 g/cap/d
Argentina
Lowest
0.07 g/cap/d
Poland
Median
2.73 g/cap/d
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,901

What the numbers show

Bovine Meat — Fat supply quantity (g/capita/day) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 21.52 g/cap/d in Argentina; the lowest is 0.07 g/cap/d in Poland.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.73 g/cap/d, and the mean is 3.61 g/cap/d.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 307.

Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 98 fell. The largest increase was in Botswana (up 655.7%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 95.1%).

Bovine Meat — Fat supply quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Argentina 21.52 g/cap/d 2023 down 10.4% falling
2 Zimbabwe 19.69 g/cap/d 2023 down 8.6% falling
3 Uzbekistan 14.09 g/cap/d 2023 up 18.7% rising
4 Mongolia 12.58 g/cap/d 2023 up 62.3% rising
5 Brazil 11.84 g/cap/d 2023 up 0.4% flat
6 Israel 10.53 g/cap/d 2023 up 4.6% rising
7 Turkmenistan 10.35 g/cap/d 2023 up 6.6% flat
8 Luxembourg 10.3 g/cap/d 2023 down 5.6% falling
9 Tajikistan 9.65 g/cap/d 2023 up 167.3% volatile
10 Ireland 9.45 g/cap/d 2023 up 13.7% rising
11 Armenia 9.18 g/cap/d 2023 up 9.5% rising
12 Uruguay 9.08 g/cap/d 2023 down 27.5% falling
13 Belarus 9.01 g/cap/d 2023 up 48.4% rising
14 Kazakhstan 8.12 g/cap/d 2023 up 20.1% rising
15 Portugal 7.94 g/cap/d 2023 up 20.3% rising
16 Chile 7.93 g/cap/d 2023 down 4.9% rising
17 Kyrgyzstan 7 g/cap/d 2023 up 11.5% rising
18 South Africa 6.88 g/cap/d 2023 down 10.3% falling
18 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6.88 g/cap/d 2023 down 6.9% flat
20 New Caledonia 6.86 g/cap/d 2023 down 2.7% flat
21 Botswana 6.65 g/cap/d 2023 up 655.7% volatile
22 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.43 g/cap/d 2023 up 57.2% rising
23 Iceland 6.35 g/cap/d 2023 up 25.5% rising
24 Finland 6.27 g/cap/d 2023 down 5.0% flat
25 Australia 6.18 g/cap/d 2023 down 24.9% falling
26 Croatia 6.06 g/cap/d 2023 up 13.7% rising
27 Azerbaijan 6.03 g/cap/d 2023 up 11.0% rising
28 Canada 5.97 g/cap/d 2023 down 12.5% falling
29 Republic of Korea 5.88 g/cap/d 2023 up 22.5% rising
30 French Polynesia 5.8 g/cap/d 2023 down 27.7% falling
30 Australia and New Zealand 5.8 g/cap/d 2023 down 24.4% falling
32 Albania 5.76 g/cap/d 2023 down 11.4% falling
33 Italy 5.75 g/cap/d 2023 down 25.3% falling
34 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.73 g/cap/d 2023 up 43.6% rising
35 Colombia 5.53 g/cap/d 2023 down 26.9% falling
36 Montenegro 5.49 g/cap/d 2023 up 6.8% rising
37 Sweden 5.28 g/cap/d 2023 down 3.5% flat
38 Russian Federation 5.26 g/cap/d 2023 down 17.6% falling
39 Ecuador 5.16 g/cap/d 2023 down 29.1% falling
40 France 5.15 g/cap/d 2023 down 8.7% falling
41 Eswatini 5.07 g/cap/d 2023 down 23.8% falling
42 Tonga 4.88 g/cap/d 2023 falling
43 Lebanon 4.81 g/cap/d 2023 down 3.2% falling
44 Denmark 4.66 g/cap/d 2023 down 24.1% falling
45 Serbia 4.61 g/cap/d 2023 up 20.4% falling
46 Guatemala 4.55 g/cap/d 2023 down 7.7% falling
47 Zambia 4.45 g/cap/d 2023 down 15.7% falling
48 China, Macao SAR 4.4 g/cap/d 2023 up 52.2% rising
49 Marshall Islands 4.23 g/cap/d 2023 rising
50 Bahrain 4.13 g/cap/d 2023 flat
51 Switzerland 4.1 g/cap/d 2023 down 7.4% falling
52 Samoa 3.93 g/cap/d 2023 down 4.1% falling
53 Mexico 3.87 g/cap/d 2023 down 0.5% falling
54 New Zealand 3.81 g/cap/d 2023 down 20.0% flat
55 Qatar 3.78 g/cap/d 2023 rising
56 Malta 3.74 g/cap/d 2023 down 5.1% falling
57 Naoero 3.7 g/cap/d 2023 falling
58 Costa Rica 3.68 g/cap/d 2023 down 3.2% falling
59 Panama 3.61 g/cap/d 2023 down 24.9% falling
60 Norway 3.59 g/cap/d 2023 down 6.5% flat
61 North Macedonia 3.52 g/cap/d 2023 up 12.5% rising
62 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3.48 g/cap/d 2023 down 5.9% falling
63 Cuba 3.43 g/cap/d 2019 up 25.6% rising
64 China, Hong Kong SAR 3.41 g/cap/d 2023 down 31.5% rising
65 Antigua and Barbuda 3.23 g/cap/d 2023 up 13.3% rising
65 Austria 3.23 g/cap/d 2023 down 19.0% falling
67 Greece 3.18 g/cap/d 2023 down 9.1% falling
68 El Salvador 3.11 g/cap/d 2023 up 38.2% rising
68 Seychelles 3.11 g/cap/d 2023 up 101.9% rising
70 Morocco 3.06 g/cap/d 2023 up 2.0% rising
71 Germany 2.92 g/cap/d 2023 up 0.7% rising
72 Georgia 2.89 g/cap/d 2023 up 24.6% rising
73 Kuwait 2.88 g/cap/d 2023 down 19.8% rising
74 Spain 2.82 g/cap/d 2023 down 2.1% flat
75 Belgium 2.81 g/cap/d 2023 down 14.3% falling
75 Latvia 2.81 g/cap/d 2023 up 51.1% rising
75 Vanuatu 2.81 g/cap/d 2023 down 31.8% falling
78 Bahamas 2.79 g/cap/d 2023 down 47.0% falling
79 China, mainland 2.77 g/cap/d 2023 up 48.9% rising
80 China 2.76 g/cap/d 2023 up 47.6% rising
80 Guinea 2.76 g/cap/d 2023 down 4.2% flat
82 United Arab Emirates 2.74 g/cap/d 2023 up 156.1% rising
83 Barbados 2.71 g/cap/d 2023 down 8.1% rising
83 Mauritania 2.71 g/cap/d 2023 down 10.6% falling
85 Dominican Republic 2.63 g/cap/d 2023 down 40.2% falling
86 Ukraine 2.61 g/cap/d 2023 down 31.3% falling
87 Djibouti 2.57 g/cap/d 2023 down 22.6% falling
88 Burkina Faso 2.54 g/cap/d 2023 down 11.8% falling
89 Senegal 2.38 g/cap/d 2023 down 0.4% flat
90 Jordan 2.36 g/cap/d 2023 up 39.6% rising
91 Cyprus 2.34 g/cap/d 2023 up 25.1% rising
92 Czechia 2.33 g/cap/d 2023 up 31.6% rising
93 Estonia 2.26 g/cap/d 2023 up 9.2% falling
94 Slovenia 2.19 g/cap/d 2023 down 46.1% falling
95 Egypt 2.18 g/cap/d 2023 down 24.8% falling
95 Pakistan 2.18 g/cap/d 2023 up 17.2% rising
97 Cambodia 2.13 g/cap/d 2023 up 39.2% falling
98 Uganda 2.11 g/cap/d 2023 down 14.9% falling
99 Bhutan 2.09 g/cap/d 2023 falling
100 Maldives 2.04 g/cap/d 2023 up 1.0% rising
101 Oman 2.02 g/cap/d 2023 down 61.1% falling
102 Saudi Arabia 2.01 g/cap/d 2023 down 9.0% falling
103 China, Taiwan Province of 2 g/cap/d 2023 up 53.8% rising
104 Grenada 1.96 g/cap/d 2023 up 84.9% rising
104 Haiti 1.96 g/cap/d 2023 down 3.4% falling
106 Belize 1.94 g/cap/d 2023 up 5.4% flat
107 Cameroon 1.89 g/cap/d 2023 down 1.0% falling
107 Kenya 1.89 g/cap/d 2023 down 54.6% falling
109 Peru 1.87 g/cap/d 2023 down 8.8% falling
110 Jamaica 1.86 g/cap/d 2023 up 31.9% rising
110 Malaysia 1.86 g/cap/d 2023 down 1.1% flat
112 Tunisia 1.85 g/cap/d 2023 down 21.6% falling
113 Trinidad and Tobago 1.83 g/cap/d 2023 up 23.6% rising
114 Fiji 1.75 g/cap/d 2023 up 90.2% rising
115 Honduras 1.74 g/cap/d 2023 down 5.4% falling
116 Mauritius 1.66 g/cap/d 2023 up 1.8% flat
117 Romania 1.65 g/cap/d 2023 down 28.6% falling
118 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.62 g/cap/d 2023 down 63.8% volatile
118 Namibia 1.62 g/cap/d 2023 up 22.7% falling
120 Guinea-Bissau 1.59 g/cap/d 2023 down 9.1% falling
120 Saint Lucia 1.59 g/cap/d 2023 up 15.2% rising
122 Paraguay 1.57 g/cap/d 2023 down 71.9% falling
123 Ethiopia 1.47 g/cap/d 2023 down 2.0% falling
123 Suriname 1.47 g/cap/d 2023 down 32.6% falling
125 Malawi 1.43 g/cap/d 2023 up 70.2% rising
125 Tuvalu 1.43 g/cap/d 2023 rising
127 Angola 1.41 g/cap/d 2023 down 35.6% falling
128 Libya 1.4 g/cap/d 2023 down 3.4% falling
129 Algeria 1.35 g/cap/d 2023 down 35.4% falling
129 Guyana 1.35 g/cap/d 2023 down 3.6% rising
131 Gabon 1.34 g/cap/d 2023 up 26.4% rising
132 Slovak Republic 1.32 g/cap/d 2023 up 37.5% rising
133 Niger 1.16 g/cap/d 2023 down 20.0% falling
134 Rwanda 1.13 g/cap/d 2023 down 2.6% rising
135 Nicaragua 1.1 g/cap/d 2023 down 17.3% falling
136 Indonesia 1.08 g/cap/d 2023 up 12.5% rising
137 Lithuania 1.07 g/cap/d 2023 up 7.0% rising
138 Myanmar 0.99 g/cap/d 2023 down 63.2% falling
139 Comoros 0.92 g/cap/d 2023 down 13.2% falling
140 Philippines 0.87 g/cap/d 2023 down 24.3% falling
140 Yemen 0.87 g/cap/d 2023 down 49.4% falling
142 Sao Tome and Principe 0.82 g/cap/d 2023 up 82.2% volatile
143 Congo 0.81 g/cap/d 2023 down 30.8% falling
144 Lesotho 0.79 g/cap/d 2023 down 16.0% falling
145 Kiribati 0.78 g/cap/d 2023 down 22.8% falling
146 Afghanistan 0.76 g/cap/d 2023 down 58.5% falling
147 Sierra Leone 0.73 g/cap/d 2023 down 22.3% flat
148 Iraq 0.71 g/cap/d 2023 down 25.3% falling
149 Solomon Islands 0.7 g/cap/d 2023 down 48.1% falling
150 Bulgaria 0.67 g/cap/d 2023 down 21.2% falling
151 Hungary 0.63 g/cap/d 2023 down 14.9% falling
152 Nigeria 0.62 g/cap/d 2023 down 32.6% falling
153 Ghana 0.54 g/cap/d 2023 up 31.7% rising
154 Bangladesh 0.52 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged flat
155 Gambia 0.48 g/cap/d 2023 down 41.5% falling
156 Thailand 0.44 g/cap/d 2023 down 8.3% falling
157 Madagascar 0.4 g/cap/d 2023 down 45.2% falling
158 Sri Lanka 0.39 g/cap/d 2023 down 20.4% falling
159 Mozambique 0.31 g/cap/d 2023 up 47.6% rising
160 Nepal 0.28 g/cap/d 2023 down 75.4% falling
161 Papua New Guinea 0.22 g/cap/d 2023 down 35.3% falling
162 India 0.16 g/cap/d 2023 down 44.8% falling
163 Liberia 0.12 g/cap/d 2023 down 25.0% rising
164 Poland 0.07 g/cap/d 2023 down 95.1% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Bovine Meat — Fat supply quantity (g/capita/day)
Unit
g/cap/d
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
213 places, 2,901 data points, 2010–2023
Last refreshed

A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.