Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... in Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands: Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... was 1.04 billion tonnes in 2023. ▲ Rising
Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... in Marshall Islands, 2019–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes.
Analysis
Marshall Islands recorded 1.04 billion tonnes for global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... in 2023. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 30.1% on the previous year and up 46.8% over five years.
That places Marshall Islands 3rd out of 192 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... in Marshall Islands, year by year
| Year | tonnes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 709.63 million tonnes | — |
| 2020 | 738.35 million tonnes | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 960.98 million tonnes | +30.2% |
| 2022 | 800.26 million tonnes | -16.7% |
| 2023 | 1.04 billion tonnes | +30.1% |
Marshall Islands compared with similar countries
- Marshall Islands's 1.04 billion tonnes is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 471.46 million tonnes, 2.2× the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Marshall Islands's 1.04 billion tonnes is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 515.05 million tonnes, 2.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 709.63 million tonnes | 709.63 million tonnes | 709.63 million tonnes | 1 |
| 2020s | 885.25 million tonnes | 738.35 million tonnes | 1.04 billion tonnes | 4 |
Countries ranked near Marshall Islands
- 1 Tonga 1.24 billion tonnes compare
- 2 Mongolia 1.10 billion tonnes compare
- 4 United States 987.70 million tonnes compare
- 5 Macao 986.08 million tonnes compare
- 6 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 958.25 million tonnes compare
More agriculture & rural data for Marshall Islands
- Rural population, per capita 0.2089 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1994 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,513 current US$ per person (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -5.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 56.82 million current US$ (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 19.9% (2024)
- Rural population 20.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth -5.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... in Marshall Islands?
- Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... in Marshall Islands was 1.04 billion tonnes in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... recorded in Marshall Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 billion tonnes in 2023.
- What is the lowest global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... recorded in Marshall Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 709.63 million tonnes in 2019.
- How does Marshall Islands rank for global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of...?
- Marshall Islands ranks 3rd out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Where does this Marshall Islands data come from?
- The figures 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 part of Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of.... Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Hypothetical global meat demand if everyone in the world ate the same quantity as the average citizen of a given country.