Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... by country
Hypothetical global meat demand if everyone in the world ate the same quantity as the average citizen of a given country.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
1.24 billion tonnes
Tonga
Lowest
28.22 million tonnes
Democratic Republic of Congo
Median
456.29 million tonnes
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,214
What the numbers show
Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 1.24 billion tonnes in Tonga; the lowest is 28.22 million tonnes in Democratic Republic of Congo.
The median across all reporting countries is 456.29 million tonnes, and the mean is 441.27 million tonnes.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 44.
Over the past decade 140 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 246.1%), and the largest decrease in Mali (down 63.2%).
Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of...: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tonga | 1.24 billion tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 2 | Mongolia | 1.10 billion tonnes | 2023 | up 84.0% | rising |
| 3 | Marshall Islands | 1.04 billion tonnes | 2023 | — | rising |
| 4 | United States | 987.70 million tonnes | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 5 | Macao | 986.08 million tonnes | 2023 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 958.25 million tonnes | 2023 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Australia | 944.96 million tonnes | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 8 | Bahamas | 931.83 million tonnes | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 9 | Argentina | 930.21 million tonnes | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 10 | Belarus | 903.65 million tonnes | 2023 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 11 | Samoa | 896.29 million tonnes | 2023 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Israel | 879.43 million tonnes | 2023 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Hong Kong | 869.76 million tonnes | 2023 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Brazil | 846.15 million tonnes | 2023 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Tuvalu | 822.58 million tonnes | 2023 | — | rising |
| 16 | Denmark | 818.95 million tonnes | 2023 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 17 | Spain | 815.57 million tonnes | 2023 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 18 | French Polynesia | 805.93 million tonnes | 2023 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Croatia | 805.85 million tonnes | 2023 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 20 | Portugal | 803.69 million tonnes | 2023 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Chile | 797.28 million tonnes | 2023 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Iceland | 793.39 million tonnes | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 24 | Antigua and Barbuda | 780.29 million tonnes | 2023 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Montenegro | 779.09 million tonnes | 2023 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 26 | Canada | 766.98 million tonnes | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 27 | Bermuda | 763.20 million tonnes | 2009 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 28 | Taiwan | 740.21 million tonnes | 2023 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 29 | New Caledonia | 725.77 million tonnes | 2023 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 30 | Saint Lucia | 722.11 million tonnes | 2023 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Dominica | 719.98 million tonnes | 2022 | up 72.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Guyana | 714.82 million tonnes | 2023 | up 116.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 691.85 million tonnes | 2023 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Russia | 685.88 million tonnes | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 35 | Bolivia | 683.33 million tonnes | 2023 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 36 | United Kingdom | 683.31 million tonnes | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 37 | Serbia | 680.96 million tonnes | 2023 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 38 | Nauru | 679.98 million tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 39 | South Korea | 679.72 million tonnes | 2023 | up 44.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Poland | 674.05 million tonnes | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 41 | Netherlands Antilles | 673.71 million tonnes | 2009 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 42 | Latvia | 670.59 million tonnes | 2023 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 44 | Czechia | 666.22 million tonnes | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 45 | Greece | 663.59 million tonnes | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 46 | Lithuania | 654.91 million tonnes | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 47 | France | 649.88 million tonnes | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 48 | New Zealand | 642.92 million tonnes | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 49 | Mexico | 632.92 million tonnes | 2023 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Cyprus | 631.71 million tonnes | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 51 | Panama | 631.55 million tonnes | 2023 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Barbados | 630.49 million tonnes | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 53 | Grenada | 621.94 million tonnes | 2023 | up 61.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Bahrain | 618.61 million tonnes | 2023 | — | falling |
| 55 | Hungary | 617.34 million tonnes | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 56 | Austria | 596.44 million tonnes | 2023 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 57 | China | 595.07 million tonnes | 2023 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Romania | 586.19 million tonnes | 2023 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 59 | Netherlands | 579.18 million tonnes | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 60 | Qatar | 578.55 million tonnes | 2023 | — | falling |
| 62 | Italy | 576.08 million tonnes | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 63 | Germany | 571.84 million tonnes | 2023 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 64 | Norway | 570.32 million tonnes | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 65 | Seychelles | 569.12 million tonnes | 2023 | up 59.4% | rising |
| 66 | Slovakia | 566.03 million tonnes | 2023 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 67 | Finland | 561.97 million tonnes | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 68 | Uruguay | 561.25 million tonnes | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 69 | Malaysia | 558.86 million tonnes | 2023 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Sweden | 552.92 million tonnes | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 71 | Belize | 551.11 million tonnes | 2023 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 72 | United Arab Emirates | 548.97 million tonnes | 2023 | up 87.8% | rising |
| 73 | Jamaica | 541.39 million tonnes | 2023 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Trinidad and Tobago | 533.01 million tonnes | 2023 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Kazakhstan | 524.99 million tonnes | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 76 | Brunei | 522.26 million tonnes | 2009 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 77 | Mauritius | 520.99 million tonnes | 2023 | up 35.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Estonia | 520.83 million tonnes | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 79 | Costa Rica | 518.26 million tonnes | 2023 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Switzerland | 517.22 million tonnes | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 81 | Bulgaria | 515.57 million tonnes | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 82 | Cuba | 513.18 million tonnes | 2019 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Gabon | 511.27 million tonnes | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 84 | Fiji | 507.84 million tonnes | 2023 | up 120.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Kuwait | 506.70 million tonnes | 2023 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Colombia | 506.50 million tonnes | 2023 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Micronesia (country) | 502.83 million tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 498.45 million tonnes | 2023 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Vietnam | 489.44 million tonnes | 2023 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Slovenia | 488.93 million tonnes | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 91 | Belgium | 484.97 million tonnes | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 92 | Japan | 480.59 million tonnes | 2022 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Papua New Guinea | 472.75 million tonnes | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 94 | South Africa | 471.46 million tonnes | 2023 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Saudi Arabia | 469.97 million tonnes | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 96 | Zimbabwe | 465.97 million tonnes | 2023 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Albania | 457.59 million tonnes | 2023 | up 33.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Ecuador | 454.99 million tonnes | 2023 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Congo | 451.51 million tonnes | 2023 | up 129.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Peru | 448.51 million tonnes | 2023 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Armenia | 442.61 million tonnes | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 102 | Guatemala | 438.86 million tonnes | 2023 | up 74.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 419.19 million tonnes | 2023 | up 73.0% | volatile |
| 104 | North Macedonia | 415.23 million tonnes | 2023 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 105 | Turkmenistan | 414.23 million tonnes | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 106 | Ukraine | 400.16 million tonnes | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 107 | Turkey | 399.53 million tonnes | 2023 | up 58.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Suriname | 386.00 million tonnes | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 109 | Uzbekistan | 383.34 million tonnes | 2023 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 110 | Chad | 376.83 million tonnes | 2022 | up 42.0% | volatile |
| 111 | El Salvador | 369.34 million tonnes | 2023 | up 69.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Georgia | 367.66 million tonnes | 2023 | up 58.7% | rising |
| 113 | Kiribati | 366.31 million tonnes | 2023 | up 90.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Cape Verde | 356.30 million tonnes | 2023 | up 56.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Libya | 353.32 million tonnes | 2023 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 116 | Botswana | 349.08 million tonnes | 2023 | up 100.9% | rising |
| 117 | Vanuatu | 328.29 million tonnes | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 118 | Kyrgyzstan | 323.74 million tonnes | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 119 | Azerbaijan | 319.18 million tonnes | 2023 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 120 | Central African Republic | 313.11 million tonnes | 2022 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Lebanon | 308.34 million tonnes | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 122 | Venezuela | 307.36 million tonnes | 2023 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Honduras | 304.82 million tonnes | 2023 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Oman | 304.49 million tonnes | 2023 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 125 | Mauritania | 294.83 million tonnes | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 126 | Nicaragua | 292.90 million tonnes | 2023 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Jordan | 283.65 million tonnes | 2023 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Moldova | 274.38 million tonnes | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 129 | Philippines | 272.14 million tonnes | 2023 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Tajikistan | 266.36 million tonnes | 2023 | up 105.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Morocco | 265.42 million tonnes | 2023 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 132 | East Timor | 257.20 million tonnes | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 133 | Laos | 251.25 million tonnes | 2023 | up 62.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Tunisia | 250.04 million tonnes | 2023 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Maldives | 246.13 million tonnes | 2023 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Iran | 241.93 million tonnes | 2023 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Malawi | 228.51 million tonnes | 2023 | up 142.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Egypt | 223.46 million tonnes | 2023 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Comoros | 218.85 million tonnes | 2023 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 140 | Paraguay | 217.54 million tonnes | 2023 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 141 | Sao Tome and Principe | 210.28 million tonnes | 2023 | up 85.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Thailand | 198.06 million tonnes | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 143 | Namibia | 196.62 million tonnes | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 144 | Burkina Faso | 186.60 million tonnes | 2023 | up 74.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Eswatini | 184.13 million tonnes | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 146 | Algeria | 180.19 million tonnes | 2023 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Pakistan | 171.87 million tonnes | 2023 | up 66.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Iraq | 170.54 million tonnes | 2023 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Myanmar | 169.06 million tonnes | 2023 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Haiti | 167.57 million tonnes | 2023 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Senegal | 162.03 million tonnes | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 152 | Indonesia | 161.44 million tonnes | 2023 | up 94.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Gambia | 155.97 million tonnes | 2023 | up 246.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Lesotho | 150.53 million tonnes | 2023 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 155 | Angola | 150.39 million tonnes | 2023 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Sudan | 147.32 million tonnes | 2022 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 157 | Zambia | 142.51 million tonnes | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 158 | Ghana | 140.58 million tonnes | 2023 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Benin | 138.75 million tonnes | 2022 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Syria | 131.35 million tonnes | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 161 | Cambodia | 130.50 million tonnes | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 162 | Bhutan | 123.48 million tonnes | 2023 | — | rising |
| 163 | Guinea | 123.02 million tonnes | 2023 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Solomon Islands | 121.37 million tonnes | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 165 | Cameroon | 119.50 million tonnes | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 166 | Nepal | 117.17 million tonnes | 2023 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Guinea-Bissau | 112.73 million tonnes | 2023 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 168 | Djibouti | 112.29 million tonnes | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 169 | Yemen | 111.13 million tonnes | 2023 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 170 | North Korea | 106.72 million tonnes | 2018 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 171 | Liberia | 100.17 million tonnes | 2023 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Tanzania | 98.51 million tonnes | 2023 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 173 | Cote d'Ivoire | 97.36 million tonnes | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 174 | Sri Lanka | 93.70 million tonnes | 2023 | up 66.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Togo | 93.45 million tonnes | 2022 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 176 | Somalia | 89.22 million tonnes | 2022 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 177 | Sierra Leone | 87.99 million tonnes | 2023 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Uganda | 87.81 million tonnes | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 179 | Mozambique | 83.72 million tonnes | 2023 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 180 | Kenya | 82.47 million tonnes | 2023 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 181 | India | 65.72 million tonnes | 2023 | up 133.8% | rising |
| 182 | Niger | 61.86 million tonnes | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 183 | Mali | 60.15 million tonnes | 2022 | down 63.2% | rising |
| 184 | Nigeria | 57.56 million tonnes | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 185 | Ethiopia | 55.90 million tonnes | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 186 | Rwanda | 52.19 million tonnes | 2023 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 187 | Afghanistan | 51.73 million tonnes | 2023 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 188 | Madagascar | 43.32 million tonnes | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 189 | Bangladesh | 36.34 million tonnes | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 190 | Burundi | 28.30 million tonnes | 2022 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 191 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 28.22 million tonnes | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- USSR 356.64 million tonnes
About this data
Hypothetical global meat demand if everyone in the world ate the same quantity as the average citizen of a given country.