What is meat supply per person in Taiwan?

Meat supply per person in Taiwan was 91.5 kilograms per year per capita in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest meat supply per person recorded in Taiwan?

The highest recorded value was 93.71 kilograms per year per capita in 2020.

What is the lowest meat supply per person recorded in Taiwan?

The lowest recorded value was 19.96 kilograms per year per capita in 1962.

How does Taiwan rank for meat supply per person?

Taiwan ranks 29th out of 191 countries with data for 2023.

Is meat supply per person rising or falling in Taiwan?

Over the last ten years it is up 22.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Taiwan data come from?

The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Meat supply per person. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Meat supply per person in Taiwan

Name: Meat supply per person in Taiwan
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Taiwan: Meat supply per person was 91.5 kilograms per year per capita in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

91.5 kilograms per year per capita

Change on year

up 1.1%

World rank

29th

of 191 countries

All-time high

93.71 kilograms per year per capita

in 2020

All-time low

19.96 kilograms per year per capita

in 1962

Years of data

1961–2023

Meat supply per person in Taiwan, 1961–2023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in kilograms per year per capita.

Analysis

Taiwan recorded 91.5 kilograms per year per capita for meat supply per person in 2023.

The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 22.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, meat supply per person in Taiwan peaked at 93.71 kilograms per year per capita in 2020 and was at its lowest, 19.96 kilograms per year per capita, in 1962.

That places Taiwan 29th out of 191 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	24.38 kilograms per year per capita	19.96 kilograms per year per capita	29.41 kilograms per year per capita	9
1970s	38.16 kilograms per year per capita	32.14 kilograms per year per capita	51.35 kilograms per year per capita	10
1980s	55.7 kilograms per year per capita	46.79 kilograms per year per capita	63.72 kilograms per year per capita	10
1990s	74.35 kilograms per year per capita	65.29 kilograms per year per capita	83.12 kilograms per year per capita	10
2000s	80.49 kilograms per year per capita	78.54 kilograms per year per capita	83.54 kilograms per year per capita	10
2010s	79.76 kilograms per year per capita	74.94 kilograms per year per capita	86.8 kilograms per year per capita	10
2020s	90.75 kilograms per year per capita	87.27 kilograms per year per capita	93.71 kilograms per year per capita	4

Countries ranked near Taiwan

26 Netherlands Antilles 96.56 kilograms per year per capita compare
27 Antigua and Barbuda 96.36 kilograms per year per capita compare
28 Canada 94.79 kilograms per year per capita compare
30 Saint Lucia 90.32 kilograms per year per capita compare
31 New Caledonia 89.59 kilograms per year per capita compare
32 Saint Kitts and Nevis 88.84 kilograms per year per capita compare

See the full ranking of 192 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Taiwan

Milk per animal 4,807 kilograms per animal (2024)
Meat supply vs. GDP per capita 91.5 kilograms per year per capita (2023)
Fish and seafood consumption per capita 30.4 kilograms per year per capita (2023)
Fish and seafood consumption vs. GDP per capita 30.4 kilograms per year per capita (2023)
Projections for global peak agricultural land 779,000 hectares (2023)
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel 95,000 tonnes (2023)
Per capita meat consumption by type 0.07 kilograms per year per capita (2023)
Fertilizer use vs. GDP per capita 159.63 kilograms per hectare (2023)
Daily meat consumption per person 250.69 grams per day per capita (2023)
Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... 740.21 million tonnes (2023)

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Frequently asked questions

What is meat supply per person in Taiwan?: Meat supply per person in Taiwan was 91.5 kilograms per year per capita in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest meat supply per person recorded in Taiwan?: The highest recorded value was 93.71 kilograms per year per capita in 2020.
What is the lowest meat supply per person recorded in Taiwan?: The lowest recorded value was 19.96 kilograms per year per capita in 1962.
How does Taiwan rank for meat supply per person?: Taiwan ranks 29th out of 191 countries with data for 2023.
Is meat supply per person rising or falling in Taiwan?: Over the last ten years it is up 22.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Taiwan data come from?: The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Meat supply per person. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Meat supply per person
Unit: kilograms per year 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.