Meat — Tourist consumption 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...
What the numbers show
Meat — Tourist consumption is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 268 1000 t in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Egypt.
The median across all reporting countries is 2 1000 t, and the mean is 13.97 1000 t.
Over the past decade 5 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Cuba (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in China, Macao SAR (down 100.0%).
Meat — Tourist consumption: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 268 1000 t | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 2 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 66 1000 t | 2023 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 2 | China | 66 1000 t | 2023 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Caribbean | 39 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 5 | Maldives | 10 1000 t | 2023 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 9 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 7 | Cuba | 8 1000 t | 2019 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 7 | Barbados | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 9 | Cyprus | 7 1000 t | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 9 | Bahamas | 7 1000 t | 2023 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Belize | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Seychelles | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 11 | Polynesia | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Jamaica | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 11 | Grenada | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 16 | Malta | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Melanesia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 16 | Costa Rica | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Fiji | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 16 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 21 | French Polynesia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Samoa | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Mauritius | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 21 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 25 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 25 | China, Macao SAR | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Cabo Verde | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 25 | New Caledonia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Saint Lucia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Laos | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Cambodia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Indonesia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Honduras | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Guatemala | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Egypt | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 408 1000 t
- Asia 352 1000 t
- Western Asia 275 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 66 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 61 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 45 1000 t
- Americas 45 1000 t
- Southern Asia 10 1000 t
- European Union (27) 8 1000 t
- Central America 6 1000 t
- Oceania 5 1000 t
- Africa 4 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 4 1000 t
- Southern Europe 2 1000 t
- Europe 2 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 1 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0 1000 t
- Western Africa 0 1000 t
- Northern Africa 0 1000 t
About this data
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.