Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita by country
Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
190
Highest
0.8852 animals per person
New Zealand
Lowest
0 animals per person
Singapore
Median
0.0274 animals per person
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
11,039
What the numbers show
Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 0.8852 animals per person in New Zealand; the lowest is 0 animals per person in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0274 animals per person, and the mean is 0.0524 animals per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 62,870.
Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 132 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 244.4%), and the largest decrease in Faroe Islands (down 74.7%).
Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand | 0.8852 animals per person | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 2 | Uruguay | 0.6751 animals per person | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 3 | Ireland | 0.3531 animals per person | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 4 | Paraguay | 0.3336 animals per person | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 5 | Australia | 0.3195 animals per person | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 6 | Argentina | 0.3049 animals per person | 2024 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 7 | Mongolia | 0.2433 animals per person | 2024 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 8 | Chad | 0.214 animals per person | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 9 | Brazil | 0.1872 animals per person | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 10 | Belarus | 0.1785 animals per person | 2024 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 11 | Uzbekistan | 0.1661 animals per person | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 12 | Zimbabwe | 0.1646 animals per person | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 13 | Armenia | 0.1637 animals per person | 2024 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 14 | Bolivia | 0.1373 animals per person | 2024 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 15 | Azerbaijan | 0.1268 animals per person | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 16 | Botswana | 0.1248 animals per person | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 17 | Turkmenistan | 0.1213 animals per person | 2024 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 18 | Central African Republic | 0.1206 animals per person | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 0.1186 animals per person | 2024 | up 32.0% | falling |
| 20 | Netherlands | 0.1172 animals per person | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 21 | Nicaragua | 0.1104 animals per person | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 22 | Albania | 0.0975 animals per person | 2024 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 23 | United States | 0.0946 animals per person | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 24 | Georgia | 0.0853 animals per person | 2024 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 25 | Tajikistan | 0.0838 animals per person | 2024 | up 244.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Canada | 0.0827 animals per person | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 27 | South Sudan | 0.0809 animals per person | 2024 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 28 | Costa Rica | 0.0798 animals per person | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 29 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0759 animals per person | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 30 | Denmark | 0.073 animals per person | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 31 | Panama | 0.0724 animals per person | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 32 | Eritrea | 0.0719 animals per person | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 33 | Belgium | 0.0682 animals per person | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 34 | Mexico | 0.0682 animals per person | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 35 | Switzerland | 0.0669 animals per person | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 36 | Tanzania | 0.0669 animals per person | 2024 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 37 | Sudan | 0.0666 animals per person | 2024 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 38 | Austria | 0.0663 animals per person | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 39 | Zambia | 0.0645 animals per person | 2024 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 40 | Eswatini | 0.0641 animals per person | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 41 | Guatemala | 0.0629 animals per person | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 42 | Colombia | 0.061 animals per person | 2024 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 43 | Ecuador | 0.0596 animals per person | 2024 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 44 | Turkey | 0.0594 animals per person | 2024 | up 30.0% | flat |
| 45 | Venezuela | 0.0588 animals per person | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 46 | Poland | 0.0582 animals per person | 2024 | up 33.5% | falling |
| 47 | France | 0.0581 animals per person | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 48 | Iceland | 0.0581 animals per person | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 49 | Lithuania | 0.0565 animals per person | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Norway | 0.0547 animals per person | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 51 | Burkina Faso | 0.0541 animals per person | 2024 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 52 | Russia | 0.0525 animals per person | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 53 | Djibouti | 0.0513 animals per person | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 54 | Montenegro | 0.0513 animals per person | 2024 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 55 | Spain | 0.0508 animals per person | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 56 | Slovenia | 0.0495 animals per person | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 57 | South Africa | 0.0494 animals per person | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 58 | Mauritania | 0.0478 animals per person | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 59 | Laos | 0.0472 animals per person | 2024 | up 30.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Finland | 0.047 animals per person | 2024 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Guinea | 0.046 animals per person | 2024 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 62 | New Caledonia | 0.0458 animals per person | 2024 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 63 | Dominica | 0.0456 animals per person | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 64 | Italy | 0.0442 animals per person | 2024 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 65 | Serbia | 0.0427 animals per person | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 66 | Dominican Republic | 0.042 animals per person | 2024 | down 15.1% | flat |
| 67 | Pakistan | 0.0418 animals per person | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 68 | Latvia | 0.0415 animals per person | 2024 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 69 | United Kingdom | 0.0412 animals per person | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 70 | Croatia | 0.0411 animals per person | 2024 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 71 | Sweden | 0.041 animals per person | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 72 | Peru | 0.0403 animals per person | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 73 | Israel | 0.0399 animals per person | 2024 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 74 | Kenya | 0.0398 animals per person | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 75 | Samoa | 0.0392 animals per person | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 76 | Chile | 0.0385 animals per person | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 77 | Namibia | 0.0377 animals per person | 2024 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 78 | Portugal | 0.0376 animals per person | 2024 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 79 | Luxembourg | 0.0373 animals per person | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 80 | Germany | 0.0362 animals per person | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 81 | Yemen | 0.0353 animals per person | 2024 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 82 | Ukraine | 0.0353 animals per person | 2024 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Morocco | 0.0333 animals per person | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 84 | Rwanda | 0.0329 animals per person | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 85 | Vanuatu | 0.0328 animals per person | 2024 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 86 | China | 0.0326 animals per person | 2024 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Lebanon | 0.0312 animals per person | 2024 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 88 | Malawi | 0.0311 animals per person | 2024 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 89 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0307 animals per person | 2024 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 90 | Honduras | 0.0302 animals per person | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 91 | Ethiopia | 0.0299 animals per person | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 92 | Romania | 0.0295 animals per person | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 93 | Uganda | 0.0279 animals per person | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 94 | Cameroon | 0.0278 animals per person | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 95 | Cambodia | 0.0274 animals per person | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 96 | Cuba | 0.0273 animals per person | 2024 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Somalia | 0.0269 animals per person | 2024 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 98 | Haiti | 0.0267 animals per person | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 99 | Senegal | 0.0261 animals per person | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 100 | Belize | 0.0252 animals per person | 2024 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 101 | Nepal | 0.0248 animals per person | 1990 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 102 | Oman | 0.0246 animals per person | 2024 | down 26.2% | rising |
| 103 | Bhutan | 0.0239 animals per person | 2024 | up 133.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Mali | 0.0229 animals per person | 2024 | up 24.9% | falling |
| 105 | Estonia | 0.0224 animals per person | 2024 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 106 | South Korea | 0.0215 animals per person | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 107 | Czechia | 0.0212 animals per person | 2024 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Fiji | 0.0188 animals per person | 2024 | down 61.4% | falling |
| 109 | El Salvador | 0.0183 animals per person | 2024 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 0.0181 animals per person | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 111 | Vietnam | 0.018 animals per person | 2024 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Tonga | 0.0175 animals per person | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 113 | Angola | 0.0169 animals per person | 2024 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 114 | Bangladesh | 0.0162 animals per person | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 115 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0161 animals per person | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 116 | Tunisia | 0.0153 animals per person | 2024 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 117 | Iran | 0.0151 animals per person | 2024 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 118 | Cyprus | 0.0151 animals per person | 2024 | up 23.5% | falling |
| 119 | Benin | 0.0148 animals per person | 2024 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 120 | Nigeria | 0.0142 animals per person | 2024 | down 15.7% | flat |
| 121 | Syria | 0.0139 animals per person | 2024 | down 39.6% | flat |
| 122 | Algeria | 0.0138 animals per person | 2024 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 123 | Jordan | 0.0137 animals per person | 2024 | up 22.3% | flat |
| 124 | Guyana | 0.0134 animals per person | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 125 | Greece | 0.0133 animals per person | 2024 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 126 | Comoros | 0.0129 animals per person | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0122 animals per person | 2024 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 128 | Saint Lucia | 0.0122 animals per person | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 129 | India | 0.0119 animals per person | 1990 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 130 | Suriname | 0.0114 animals per person | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 131 | Myanmar | 0.0112 animals per person | 2024 | down 60.4% | falling |
| 132 | Afghanistan | 0.011 animals per person | 2024 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 133 | Thailand | 0.0101 animals per person | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 134 | Jamaica | 0.0101 animals per person | 2024 | up 25.1% | falling |
| 135 | Egypt | 0.0099 animals per person | 2024 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 136 | Togo | 0.0096 animals per person | 2024 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 137 | Hungary | 0.0095 animals per person | 2024 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 138 | East Timor | 0.0095 animals per person | 2024 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 139 | Palestine | 0.0093 animals per person | 2022 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 140 | Ghana | 0.009 animals per person | 2024 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 141 | Niger | 0.0086 animals per person | 2024 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Cape Verde | 0.0085 animals per person | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 143 | Japan | 0.0083 animals per person | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 144 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0082 animals per person | 2024 | up 73.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Brunei | 0.0082 animals per person | 2024 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Grenada | 0.0081 animals per person | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 147 | United Arab Emirates | 0.008 animals per person | 2024 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Gambia | 0.0078 animals per person | 2024 | down 50.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Philippines | 0.0076 animals per person | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 150 | Sri Lanka | 0.0075 animals per person | 2024 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 151 | Moldova | 0.0075 animals per person | 2024 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Madagascar | 0.0074 animals per person | 2024 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Malta | 0.0071 animals per person | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 154 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.007 animals per person | 2024 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 155 | North Macedonia | 0.007 animals per person | 2024 | down 64.4% | falling |
| 156 | Slovakia | 0.0063 animals per person | 2024 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Mauritius | 0.0061 animals per person | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 158 | Burundi | 0.0058 animals per person | 2024 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0057 animals per person | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 160 | Congo | 0.0056 animals per person | 2024 | down 26.4% | rising |
| 161 | Sierra Leone | 0.0053 animals per person | 2024 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Puerto Rico | 0.0053 animals per person | 2024 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Indonesia | 0.0052 animals per person | 2024 | down 46.5% | flat |
| 164 | North Korea | 0.0051 animals per person | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 165 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0051 animals per person | 2024 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 166 | Solomon Islands | 0.0051 animals per person | 2024 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.005 animals per person | 2024 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 168 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0049 animals per person | 2024 | down 45.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0048 animals per person | 2024 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 170 | Faroe Islands | 0.0044 animals per person | 2024 | down 74.7% | rising |
| 171 | Libya | 0.0044 animals per person | 2024 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Mozambique | 0.0043 animals per person | 2024 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Bahrain | 0.0041 animals per person | 2024 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Iraq | 0.0036 animals per person | 2024 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Malaysia | 0.0033 animals per person | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 176 | Barbados | 0.0031 animals per person | 2024 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 177 | Macao | 0.0031 animals per person | 2024 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 178 | French Polynesia | 0.003 animals per person | 2024 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 179 | Lesotho | 0.003 animals per person | 2024 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Gabon | 0.0029 animals per person | 2024 | down 36.5% | rising |
| 181 | Hong Kong | 0.0029 animals per person | 2024 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 182 | Qatar | 0.0027 animals per person | 2024 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Papua New Guinea | 0.002 animals per person | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 184 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0017 animals per person | 2024 | up 53.6% | volatile |
| 185 | Liberia | 0.0015 animals per person | 2024 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 186 | Kuwait | 0.0015 animals per person | 2024 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Seychelles | 0.0007 animals per person | 2024 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 188 | Bahamas | 0.0003 animals per person | 2024 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 189 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0002 animals per person | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 190 | Singapore | 0 animals per person | 2024 | down 7.2% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Animals slaughtered for meat Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.