Daily meat consumption per person by country

Quantity that is available for consumption at the end of the supply chain. It does not account for consumer waste, so the quantity that is actually consumed may be lower.

Countries reporting

187

Highest

429.95 grams per day per capita

Tonga

Lowest

9.56 grams per day per capita

Democratic Republic of Congo

Median

155.29 grams per day per capita

Years covered

1961–2023

Data points

10,214

What the numbers show

Daily meat consumption per person is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 429.95 grams per day per capita in Tonga; the lowest is 9.56 grams per day per capita in Democratic Republic of Congo.

The median across all reporting countries is 155.29 grams per day per capita, and the mean is 150.6 grams per day per capita.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 45.

Over the past decade 122 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 214.8%), and the largest decrease in Mali (down 67.0%).

Daily meat consumption per person: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Tonga	429.95 grams per day per capita	2023	—	flat
2	Mongolia	372.99 grams per day per capita	2023	up 65.8%	falling
3	Marshall Islands	344.16 grams per day per capita	2023	—	rising
4	United States	334.41 grams per day per capita	2023	up 6.0%	rising
5	Macao	332.13 grams per day per capita	2023	up 11.6%	rising
6	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	324.54 grams per day per capita	2023	up 25.1%	volatile
7	Australia	319.94 grams per day per capita	2023	down 2.5%	rising
8	Argentina	314.93 grams per day per capita	2023	up 9.3%	flat
9	Bahamas	314.81 grams per day per capita	2023	up 6.5%	rising
10	Belarus	306.08 grams per day per capita	2023	up 29.1%	rising
11	Nauru	299.25 grams per day per capita	2023	—	falling
12	Samoa	298.75 grams per day per capita	2023	up 13.3%	rising
13	Israel	297.89 grams per day per capita	2023	up 9.3%	rising
15	Bermuda	288.32 grams per day per capita	2009	up 7.7%	flat
16	Brazil	286.49 grams per day per capita	2023	up 9.3%	rising
17	Denmark	277.45 grams per day per capita	2023	up 30.5%	rising
18	Spain	276.14 grams per day per capita	2023	up 7.4%	rising
19	Croatia	273.18 grams per day per capita	2023	up 49.6%	rising
20	Portugal	272.11 grams per day per capita	2023	up 8.5%	rising
21	Chile	269.97 grams per day per capita	2023	up 15.4%	rising
22	French Polynesia	269.78 grams per day per capita	2023	down 2.9%	rising
23	Ireland	269.53 grams per day per capita	2023	up 13.5%	rising
24	Iceland	268.63 grams per day per capita	2023	up 5.0%	rising
25	Montenegro	265.37 grams per day per capita	2023	up 20.2%	rising
26	Netherlands Antilles	264.55 grams per day per capita	2009	down 7.0%	flat
27	Antigua and Barbuda	264 grams per day per capita	2023	up 13.8%	rising
28	Canada	259.7 grams per day per capita	2023	up 5.8%	flat
29	Taiwan	250.69 grams per day per capita	2023	up 22.1%	rising
30	Saint Lucia	247.46 grams per day per capita	2023	up 0.2%	rising
31	New Caledonia	245.44 grams per day per capita	2023	up 14.6%	rising
32	Saint Kitts and Nevis	243.39 grams per day per capita	2023	up 5.3%	rising
33	Guyana	243.07 grams per day per capita	2023	up 94.4%	volatile
34	Dominica	236.83 grams per day per capita	2022	up 61.2%	rising
35	Tuvalu	233.08 grams per day per capita	2023	—	falling
36	Russia	232.25 grams per day per capita	2023	up 13.7%	rising
37	United Kingdom	231.34 grams per day per capita	2023	up 7.8%	rising
38	Bolivia	231.31 grams per day per capita	2023	up 27.2%	rising
39	Serbia	230.69 grams per day per capita	2023	up 18.2%	rising
40	South Korea	230.14 grams per day per capita	2023	up 30.4%	volatile
41	Poland	228.25 grams per day per capita	2023	up 5.7%	rising
42	Luxembourg	227.48 grams per day per capita	2023	down 10.4%	falling
43	Latvia	226.44 grams per day per capita	2023	up 32.3%	rising
44	Czechia	225.45 grams per day per capita	2023	up 11.4%	flat
45	Greece	224.63 grams per day per capita	2023	up 5.4%	rising
46	Lithuania	221.56 grams per day per capita	2023	up 1.9%	rising
47	Grenada	220.41 grams per day per capita	2023	up 42.3%	rising
48	France	220.03 grams per day per capita	2023	down 7.5%	flat
49	New Zealand	217.92 grams per day per capita	2023	down 14.0%	falling
52	Cyprus	213.56 grams per day per capita	2023	up 3.6%	rising
53	Hungary	209.12 grams per day per capita	2023	up 15.3%	falling
54	Bahrain	208.93 grams per day per capita	2023	—	falling
55	Barbados	208.9 grams per day per capita	2023	up 13.3%	rising
56	Brunei	204.78 grams per day per capita	2009	up 9.4%	rising
57	Austria	201.94 grams per day per capita	2023	down 19.1%	rising
58	China	201.48 grams per day per capita	2023	up 24.6%	volatile
59	Romania	198.49 grams per day per capita	2023	up 28.0%	rising
60	Malta	196.6 grams per day per capita	2023	down 11.2%	rising
61	Netherlands	196.11 grams per day per capita	2023	down 14.2%	rising
62	Qatar	195.7 grams per day per capita	2023	—	falling
63	Italy	195.07 grams per day per capita	2023	down 16.2%	rising
64	Seychelles	193.68 grams per day per capita	2023	up 36.6%	rising
65	Germany	193.62 grams per day per capita	2023	down 19.3%	rising
66	Norway	192.88 grams per day per capita	2023	up 0.3%	rising
67	Slovakia	191.81 grams per day per capita	2023	up 34.2%	falling
68	Finland	190.11 grams per day per capita	2023	down 9.4%	rising
69	Uruguay	189.86 grams per day per capita	2023	up 15.2%	falling
70	Malaysia	189.23 grams per day per capita	2023	up 5.5%	rising
71	Sweden	187.26 grams per day per capita	2023	down 15.7%	rising
72	Belize	186.79 grams per day per capita	2023	up 47.6%	rising
73	United Arab Emirates	185.86 grams per day per capita	2023	up 69.3%	rising
74	Jamaica	183.45 grams per day per capita	2023	up 7.2%	rising
75	Trinidad and Tobago	180.11 grams per day per capita	2023	down 19.1%	rising
76	Cuba	180.06 grams per day per capita	2019	up 22.2%	rising
77	Kazakhstan	177.81 grams per day per capita	2023	up 13.0%	rising
78	Estonia	177.34 grams per day per capita	2023	up 13.2%	rising
79	Mauritius	176.85 grams per day per capita	2023	up 23.0%	volatile
80	Costa Rica	175.67 grams per day per capita	2023	up 28.9%	rising
81	Micronesia (country)	175.29 grams per day per capita	2023	—	flat
82	Switzerland	175.26 grams per day per capita	2023	down 11.0%	flat
83	Bulgaria	174.63 grams per day per capita	2023	up 18.8%	rising
84	Fiji	173.04 grams per day per capita	2023	up 101.8%	rising
85	Gabon	172.82 grams per day per capita	2023	down 10.6%	rising
86	Colombia	171.48 grams per day per capita	2023	up 18.0%	rising
87	Kuwait	171.34 grams per day per capita	2023	down 22.1%	rising
88	Dominican Republic	168.77 grams per day per capita	2023	up 27.4%	rising
89	Vietnam	165.7 grams per day per capita	2023	up 34.5%	volatile
90	Slovenia	165.45 grams per day per capita	2023	down 15.7%	falling
91	Belgium	164.3 grams per day per capita	2023	down 14.0%	falling
92	Japan	164.15 grams per day per capita	2022	up 25.6%	rising
93	Papua New Guinea	160.19 grams per day per capita	2023	down 7.2%	falling
94	South Africa	159.64 grams per day per capita	2023	down 5.4%	rising
95	Saudi Arabia	159.12 grams per day per capita	2023	down 11.8%	rising
96	Zimbabwe	157.75 grams per day per capita	2023	down 5.6%	volatile
97	Albania	155.29 grams per day per capita	2023	up 20.1%	volatile
98	Ecuador	154.08 grams per day per capita	2023	up 4.8%	rising
99	Congo	152.88 grams per day per capita	2023	up 107.6%	volatile
100	Peru	151.89 grams per day per capita	2023	up 24.7%	volatile
101	Armenia	149.78 grams per day per capita	2023	up 17.1%	rising
102	Guatemala	148.66 grams per day per capita	2023	up 57.5%	volatile
103	Bosnia and Herzegovina	142.14 grams per day per capita	2023	up 56.5%	rising
104	North Macedonia	141.04 grams per day per capita	2023	up 32.6%	rising
105	Turkmenistan	140.16 grams per day per capita	2023	up 4.4%	rising
106	Ukraine	135.48 grams per day per capita	2023	down 8.5%	rising
107	Turkey	135.26 grams per day per capita	2023	up 42.6%	rising
108	Suriname	132.82 grams per day per capita	2023	down 3.4%	rising
109	Uzbekistan	129.75 grams per day per capita	2023	up 34.1%	rising
110	Chad	128.76 grams per day per capita	2022	up 27.6%	volatile
111	El Salvador	125.07 grams per day per capita	2023	up 52.6%	volatile
112	Georgia	124.44 grams per day per capita	2023	up 43.5%	rising
113	Kiribati	123.53 grams per day per capita	2023	up 54.6%	rising
114	Cape Verde	120.14 grams per day per capita	2023	up 36.9%	volatile
115	Libya	119.67 grams per day per capita	2023	up 32.6%	rising
116	Botswana	118.55 grams per day per capita	2023	up 80.3%	flat
117	Vanuatu	112.3 grams per day per capita	2023	up 4.5%	falling
118	Kyrgyzstan	109.51 grams per day per capita	2023	up 16.2%	falling
119	Azerbaijan	108.03 grams per day per capita	2023	up 27.1%	rising
120	Central African Republic	107.13 grams per day per capita	2022	up 6.5%	rising
121	Lebanon	104.63 grams per day per capita	2023	up 11.7%	rising
122	Venezuela	104.06 grams per day per capita	2023	down 48.6%	rising
123	Honduras	103.26 grams per day per capita	2023	up 24.7%	rising
124	Oman	102.99 grams per day per capita	2023	down 33.0%	rising
125	Mauritania	100.08 grams per day per capita	2023	up 13.8%	falling
126	Nicaragua	99.34 grams per day per capita	2023	up 33.4%	rising
127	Jordan	96.14 grams per day per capita	2023	down 15.5%	rising
128	Moldova	92.87 grams per day per capita	2023	down 18.6%	rising
129	Philippines	92.16 grams per day per capita	2023	up 0.2%	rising
130	Tajikistan	90.19 grams per day per capita	2023	up 85.0%	volatile
131	Morocco	89.84 grams per day per capita	2023	down 1.9%	rising
132	East Timor	87.15 grams per day per capita	2023	down 5.6%	falling
133	Laos	85.15 grams per day per capita	2023	up 46.5%	rising
134	Tunisia	84.74 grams per day per capita	2023	up 3.8%	rising
135	Iran	81.92 grams per day per capita	2023	down 15.2%	rising
136	Maldives	81.15 grams per day per capita	2023	up 23.6%	volatile
137	Malawi	77.34 grams per day per capita	2023	up 118.3%	volatile
138	Egypt	75.67 grams per day per capita	2023	up 6.1%	rising
139	Paraguay	73.81 grams per day per capita	2023	down 29.6%	falling
140	Comoros	72.85 grams per day per capita	2023	up 21.1%	rising
141	Sao Tome and Principe	69.01 grams per day per capita	2023	up 65.0%	volatile
142	Thailand	67.07 grams per day per capita	2023	down 15.1%	rising
143	Namibia	66.27 grams per day per capita	2023	down 8.3%	falling
144	Burkina Faso	63.23 grams per day per capita	2023	up 57.3%	rising
145	Eswatini	61.32 grams per day per capita	2023	down 21.2%	falling
146	Algeria	61.01 grams per day per capita	2023	up 5.0%	rising
147	Pakistan	58.19 grams per day per capita	2023	up 50.0%	rising
148	Iraq	57.74 grams per day per capita	2023	up 10.4%	rising
149	Myanmar	57.21 grams per day per capita	2023	down 56.1%	volatile
150	Haiti	56.79 grams per day per capita	2023	up 15.0%	rising
151	Senegal	54.82 grams per day per capita	2023	up 23.6%	rising
152	Indonesia	54.66 grams per day per capita	2023	up 75.5%	volatile
153	Gambia	52.44 grams per day per capita	2023	up 214.8%	rising
154	Lesotho	51.48 grams per day per capita	2023	up 23.9%	falling
155	Angola	50.93 grams per day per capita	2023	down 36.2%	rising
156	Sudan	50.32 grams per day per capita	2022	down 16.1%	falling
157	Zambia	48.3 grams per day per capita	2023	down 14.2%	rising
158	Ghana	47.59 grams per day per capita	2023	up 6.2%	rising
159	Benin	47.35 grams per day per capita	2022	down 26.8%	rising
160	Syria	44.47 grams per day per capita	2023	down 9.1%	falling
161	Cambodia	44.19 grams per day per capita	2023	up 30.4%	rising
162	Solomon Islands	42.79 grams per day per capita	2023	up 20.0%	flat
163	Guinea	41.59 grams per day per capita	2023	up 38.4%	rising
164	Cameroon	40.44 grams per day per capita	2023	up 4.1%	rising
165	Bhutan	40.16 grams per day per capita	2023	—	rising
166	Nepal	39.67 grams per day per capita	2023	up 17.8%	rising
168	Guinea-Bissau	38.38 grams per day per capita	2023	down 18.4%	rising
169	North Korea	37.84 grams per day per capita	2018	up 8.9%	rising
170	Yemen	37.59 grams per day per capita	2023	down 21.4%	rising
171	Liberia	33.75 grams per day per capita	2023	down 18.0%	rising
172	Tanzania	33.34 grams per day per capita	2023	up 22.6%	flat
173	Cote d'Ivoire	32.93 grams per day per capita	2023	up 2.8%	falling
174	Togo	32.03 grams per day per capita	2022	down 8.6%	rising
175	Sri Lanka	31.67 grams per day per capita	2023	up 49.5%	rising
176	Somalia	30.47 grams per day per capita	2022	down 26.8%	falling
177	Uganda	29.73 grams per day per capita	2023	down 15.8%	rising
178	Sierra Leone	29.64 grams per day per capita	2023	down 1.5%	rising
179	Mozambique	28.36 grams per day per capita	2023	up 32.5%	rising
180	Kenya	27.89 grams per day per capita	2023	down 30.3%	falling
181	India	22.25 grams per day per capita	2023	up 110.9%	rising
182	Niger	20.99 grams per day per capita	2023	down 17.2%	falling
183	Mali	20.55 grams per day per capita	2022	down 67.0%	rising
184	Nigeria	19.48 grams per day per capita	2023	down 8.3%	rising
185	Ethiopia	18.93 grams per day per capita	2023	up 6.0%	falling
186	Rwanda	17.62 grams per day per capita	2023	down 20.8%	rising
187	Afghanistan	17.51 grams per day per capita	2023	down 46.0%	falling
188	Madagascar	14.63 grams per day per capita	2023	down 19.9%	falling
189	Bangladesh	12.3 grams per day per capita	2023	up 9.5%	rising
190	Burundi	9.76 grams per day per capita	2022	up 23.3%	rising
191	Democratic Republic of Congo	9.56 grams per day per capita	2023	down 20.3%	falling

Regions and income groups

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

USSR 180.33 grams per day per capita

About this data

Indicator: Daily meat consumption per person
Unit: grams per day per capita
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed 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: 07 August 2026

Quantity that is available for consumption at the end of the supply chain. It does not account for consumer waste, so the quantity that is actually consumed may be lower.