Meat Consumption by Country 2025

Consumption per Capita 2022, All Meats (kg)

100

120

140

160

5 Countries that Consume the Most Meat

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

124

United States

123

Country	Consumption per Capita 2022, All Meats (kg)↓	Total Meat Consumption 2022 (1000 tonnes)	Beef Consumption 2022 (kg)	Pork/Pig Consumption 2022 (kg)	Chicken Consumption 2022 (kg)	Goat & Lamb Consumption 2022 (kg)	Other Meat Consumption 2022 (kg)
Tonga	148	16	14.1	24.8	90.6	18	0.19
Mongolia	132	448	30.2	2.72	7.1	68.5	23.3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	124	13	11.5	17.9	94.1	0.89
Hong Kong	123	924	23.1	52.6	45.1	0.52	2.05
United States	123	41,569	38	29.9	53.5	0.69	0.79
Marshall Islands	118	5	14.3	28	74.8	1.08	0.23
Argentina	113	5,155	46	16.9	48.2	0.99	1.18
Israel	113	1,023	36.1	1.15	70.8	5.1	0.01
Macau	113	79	12.6	48.9	49.6	0.57	1.46
Australia	112	2,941	26	26.6	49.1	9.72	0.94
Bahamas	108	44	11.1	30.4	63.3	2.79	0.49
Nauru	108	1	20.9	31.7	46.9	5.04	3.39
Samoa	105	23	11.2	13.9	74	5.88
Spain	105	4,982	12.9	56.5	32.1	1.87	1.36
Brazil	98.8	21,271	34.6	16.2	47	0.64	0.36
Portugal	98.4	1,011	22.4	40.2	32.8	2.29	0.63
French Polynesia	96.2	29	32.8	12.8	47.1	2.46	1.1
Belarus	94.5	901	22.6	36.4	35.1	0.09	0.19
Croatia	94.2	380	14.5	57.4	19.5	1.73	1.05
Iceland	93.4	35	16	20.7	30.7	14.9	11.1
Antigua and Barbuda	92.9	9	12.4	10.5	68.3	1.39	0.22
Chile	92.1	1,806	27.3	25	38.5	0.42	0.84
Saint Lucia	91.8	17	6.74	16.9	65.2	3.04
Canada	91	3,498	25.5	22.4	41.2	1.23	0.61
Ireland	90.7	455	23.6	29.1	31.2	4.22	2.53
Saint Kitts and Nevis	89.7	4	8.09	17.9	61.2	2.4	0.11
Barbados	88.9	25	14.8	13.6	56.4	4.04	0.09
Qatar	88.8	239	18.5	0.24	59.2	10.6	0.37
Taiwan	88.5	2,116	8.59	38.2	40.9	0.8	0.08
Montenegro	88.4	55	14	53.5	19.2	1.68	0.05
Bahrain	88.1	130	15.5	0.88	46.7	23.4	1.6
New Zealand	86.6	449	21.4	24.2	25.8	13	2.28
Luxembourg	86.1	56	30.7	33.2	19.8	1.09	1.24
France	84.6	5,468	23.2	33.7	24.6	2.44	0.61
United Kingdom	84.1	5,676	17.3	26.2	35.5	4.1	1.01
Latvia	83.7	155	5.68	48.1	29.3	0.36	0.26
South Korea	83.4	4,322	19.5	41.3	21.8	0.55	0.16
United Arab Emirates	83.2	786	13.9	0.66	55.3	9.82	3.54
Czech Republic	83.1	872	10.8	47.3	23.9	0.29	0.83
New Caledonia	82.5	24	1.33	36.6	1.2	21.9	21.4
Kuwait	82.4	352	11.9	0.34	52.3	14.9	2.99
Russia	81.7	11,824	12.5	29.5	34.2	1.45	4.01
Poland	81.6	3,253	0.25	51.6	29.5	0.03	0.15
Lithuania	81.4	224	5.05	48.9	26.6	0.38	0.55
Bolivia	79.8	975	22.2	10.1	42.5	3.2	1.79
Dominica	79.4	6	10.4	21.1	46.5	1.43	0.02
Greece	78.9	820	14.8	27.4	26.2	8.56	1.94
Panama	78.7	347	15.4	12	50.7	0.01	0.59
Austria	78	697	14.5	42.8	19.1	1	0.52
Grenada	77.6	10	8.61	16.8	49.6	1.53	1.05
Guyana	77.5	63	3.2	7.34	65.8	1.06	0.14
Mexico	77.5	9,884	15.3	22	38.8	0.85	0.62
Seychelles	76.7	8	18.4	13.3	41.6	2.76	0.55
Hungary	76.6	764	5.4	47.1	23.7	0.11	0.36
Cyprus	76.3	96	8.2	34.4	29.1	4.14	0.5
Serbia	74.6	539	9.82	49.1	11.5	4.22	0.03
Italy	73.6	4,344	16.2	35	20.3	0.86	1.22
Norway	72.2	393	18.7	25.8	21.5	4.52	1.72
Finland	71.6	397	17.3	29.4	23.7	0.45	0.8
Germany	71.3	5,946	14.1	39	16.5	0.75	1.04
Malaysia	70.8	2,403	8.91	7.44	53.1	1.38	0.01
China	70.6	102,892	8.13	40.2	17.7	3.79	0.77
Kazakhstan	70.2	1,362	24.8	8.01	21.8	8.51	7.02
Estonia	68.9	91	8.81	38.1	21.3	0.4	0.39
Tuvalu	68.2	1	4.61	16.2	42.4	4.39	0.7
Sweden	68.1	718	22	28.2	16.4	1.31	0.21
Romania	67.9	1,335	4.56	38.5	21.6	3.09	0.17
Denmark	67	394	21.9	25.7	17.8	0.72	0.81
Switzerland	66.7	583	18.7	27.7	18	1.27	1.02
Gabon	65.4	156	5.12	7.97	38.3	0.67	13.3
Malta	65.4	35	17.7	22.2	24	0.83	0.65
South Africa	65.2	3,904	16.1	5.84	39.6	2.78	0.86
Netherlands	65.1	1,143	16.7	31.1	13.8	0.97	2.51
Jamaica	64.9	184	5.3	2.76	55.7	1.18	0.01
Belgium	64.5	751	12.9	32.3	16.3	0.92	2.08
Uruguay	63.8	219	15.4	21.3	23.7	1.92	1.51
Colombia	62.9	3,263	12.7	13.4	36.6	0.02	0.16
Trinidad and Tobago	62.6	96	6.74	6.97	47.1	1.6	0.22
Micronesia	62.4	7	6.37	18.1	37.8	0.12	0.01
Bulgaria	60.8	413	3.61	34.2	20.9	1.41	0.75
Cuba	60.6	680	8.09	18.8	29.8	1.68	2.28
Slovakia	60.6	342	6.79	40.1	12.4	0.11	1.22
Slovenia	60.4	128	12.2	21.2	25.9	0.79	0.35
Japan	60.4	7,489	9.48	22.8	27.9	0.15	0.12
Costa Rica	60.3	312	13.2	14.7	32.3	0.06
Mauritius	60.1	78	6.48	4.17	45.1	3.66	0.68
Armenia	59.5	165	25.8	11.4	18.4	3.88	0.04
Turkmenistan	59	379	25.1	0.07	11.2	20.3	2.23
Suriname	58.9	36	5.07	8.3	45.4	0.04	0.09
Papua New Guinea	58.8	596	0.92	8.85	3.52	2.4	43.1
Saudi Arabia	58.5	2,132	5.89	45.6	2.04	5.05	6.49
Dominican Republic	57.8	649	6.25	14.4	36.9	0.2	0.03
Zimbabwe	56.6	924	44.4	0.69	7.18	1.96	2.35
Peru	54.3	1,848	4.2	4.75	43.4	0.76	1.13
Vietnam	53.6	5,259	5.31	32.8	14.9	0.2	0.3
Ecuador	53.3	960	12.3	11.3	28.8	0.4	0.57
Albania	53.2	151	15.2	6.31	22.6	8.87	0.27
Belize	52	21	4.97	16.3	30.3	0.12	0.2
Fiji	51.9	48	4.54	3.83	37.1	6.34	0.05
Republic of the Congo	49.1	293	3.44	9.71	27.6	0.26	8.1
Chad	48.9	867	28.4	0.14	0.48	19	0.84
Bosnia and Herzegovina	48.9	158	13.3	13.1	21.8	0.37	0.4
Ukraine	48	1,904	6.2	18.3	22.9	0.27	0.37
Turkey	46.8	3,992	18.6		21.2	7.04	0.02
Guatemala	46	822	11.7	5.06	29	0.13	0.15
Libya	45.5	310	3.98	0.05	34.6	6	0.85
Oman	44.9	205	9.69	0.5	19.1	12	3.58
El Salvador	42.9	272	9.64	5.2	28.1	0.02
Kiribati	42.9	6	5.27	13.6	23.7	0.23	0.12
Uzbekistan	42.4	1,468	30.8	0.18	6.38	4.8	0.29
North Macedonia	42.3	89	8.65	14.5	18	0.8	0.37
Azerbaijan	40.5	419	15	0.81	16.1	8.6
Lebanon	40.3	221	14.4	0.95	23.6	1.33	0.01
Georgia	40.2	151	7.28	12.3	19.2	1.34	0.12
Honduras	39.5	412	6.23	7.19	25.9	0.03	0.05
Maldives	38.9	20	13.8	0.83	21.8	1.77	0.7
Moldova	38.8	108	1.12	12.5	24.9	0.01	0.28
Cape Verde	38.8	23	3.42	10.8	23.1	1.31	0.15
Kyrgyzstan	38.2	253	15.7	1.41	7.55	9.84	3.88
Jordan	37.9	428	6.82	0.01	26.6	4.38	0.09
Venezuela	36.9	1,046	14	6.76	15.9	0.34	0.01
Tajikistan	35.9	357	24.9	0.35	2.75	7.7	0.18
Central African Republic	35.7	199	18.8	3.53	2.33	4.76	6.34
Vanuatu	35.3	12	7.74	11.3	16.2	0.12	0.03
Philippines	35.1	4,051	3.79	15.1	15.7	0.27	0.16
Mauritania	33.7	160	7.03	7.81	6.42	12.4	6.48
Nicaragua	32.5	226	2.63	5.89	23.7	0.01	0.27
Egypt	32.4	3,591	7.01	0.01	23.8	0.57	0.97
Paraguay	32.2	218	10.6	10.4	10.4	0.39	0.31
Iran	31.9	2,825	3.91		24.6	3.34	0.09
Morocco	31.5	1,179	7	0.02	17.5	5.18	1.81
Malawi	30.8	629	3.21	16.9	7.21	3.52
Tunisia	30.2	374	4.29	0.01	19.4	5.73	0.77
Laos	30	226	9.2	13.7	6.34	0.4	0.31
Timor Leste	29.8	40	1.57	10.3	5.43	0.5	12
Comoros	29.3	25	5.61	0.06	23.1	0.6	0.01
Botswana	29.3	77	13.1	0.33	2.56	1.77	11.5
Namibia	27.9	72	5.24	4.67	9.46	3.87	4.67
Eswatini	26.1	31	15.8	2	6.24	1.81	0.3
Thailand	25.9	1,859	1.62	13	11.2	0.04	0.08
Burkina Faso	24.9	565	5.72	9.89	6.66	2.23	0.42
Gambia	23.3	63	1.43	0.59	20.1	0.65	0.6
Angola	23.3	829	3.51	8.29	10.5	0.72	0.27
Iraq	22	841	3.64	0.41	16.4	1.48	0.08
South Sudan	21.7	236	12.1		4.77	3.89	0.92
Sao Tome and Principe	21.3	5	1.99	4.65	14.6	0.07
Senegal	21.1	366	6.49	1.25	8.3	3.98	1.13
Pakistan	21.1	4,975	10.1		8.4	2.49	0.13
Liberia	20.4	108	0.54	4.87	13	0.39	1.58
Myanmar	20.1	1,088	2.66	5.11	12.1	0.22
Haiti	19.7	228	4.31	4.05	9.92	0.59	0.83
Sudan	19.4	907	7.54		1.69	6.96	3.17
Indonesia	19.2	5,278	2.99	0.94	14.8	0.42	0.01
Zambia	18.1	362	9.05	1.22	4.94	0.82	2.06
Algeria	18.1	811	3.46		6.13	8.11	0.35
Benin	17.8	238	2.75	1.01	10.7	2.69	0.66
Ghana	17.7	594	1.46	1.29	9.57	1.86	3.57
Nepal	16.8	513	6.36	1.18	6.73	2.52
Syria	16.6	367	2.28	0.09	5.24	8.86	0.1
Solomon Islands	16.1	12	1.97	4.67	9.41	0.07
Yemen	16	541	2.29	0.01	9.06	4.59	0.09
Bhutan	15.7	12	7.3	3.33	4.81	0.25
Cameroon	15	418	4.34	1.81	4.45	1.54	2.82
Djibouti	14.7	16	5.85	0.13	3.99	4.05	0.64
Guinea Bissau	13.7	29	3.65	6.06	2.94	1.05
Guinea	12.9	179	5.28	0.38	4.63	2.15	0.47
Cambodia	12.4	208	4.39	6.18	1.83	0.01
Sri Lanka	11.9	260	1.27	0.07	10.4	0.14
Tanzania	11.8	772	7.66	0.69	1.56	1.47	0.41
Somalia	11.3	198	3.16	0.01	0.79	4.46	2.82
Ivory Coast	11.2	316	0.88	0.56	2.45	0.6	6.75
Lesotho	11.2	26	2.04	5.06	1.02	0.51	2.57
Mozambique	11.1	365	0.71	4.33	5.89	0.12	0.01
Kenya	10.9	592	4.93	0.37	2.07	1.95	1.63
Togo	10.7	94	0.92	2.29	5.47	1.25	0.73
Uganda	9.6	454	3.97	2.74	1.46	0.79	0.65
Sierra Leone	9.48	82	1.63	0.54	5.56	0.43	1.33
Mali	7.66	173	2.72	0.06	2.55	0.84	1.48
Nigeria	7.61	1,663	1.52	1.7	1.63	1.95	0.82
Niger	7.59	199	2.49	0.06	0.86	1.84	2.34
Afghanistan	6.77	278	1.99	0.01	0.87	3.62	0.28
India	6.63	9,399	2.2	0.22	3.49	0.58	0.14
Ethiopia	6.58	812	3.33	0.02	0.4	1.81	1.03
Rwanda	6.23	86	2.7	0.49	0.75	1.03	1.26
Madagascar	5.49	163	1.13	0.9	3.03	0.15	0.28
Bangladesh	4.35	744	1.26	0.01	1.66	1.32	0.1
DR Congo	4.02	398	0.32	0.74	1.02	0.21	1.73
Burundi	3.68	47	1.31	0.87	0.66	0.79	0.05

Total Consumption data have been rounded to the nearest 1,000 tonnes.
Also known as a metric ton, one tonne = 1,000 kg, or roughly 2,204.6 lbs.

Meat is animal flesh eaten as food by humans. Meat has been part of the human diet since prehistoric times, and the domestication of animals for milk and meat was a driving factor in the rise of fixed human settlements from approximately 10,000 B.C. onwards. Anthropologists believe that the increased consumption of meat, with its high fat and protein content, contributed to lengthening human life spans and intellectual development in prehistoric eras.

Dozens of animals are eaten as meat in various regions of the world, including horse (France, Italy, Germany, and Japan, among others); dogs (China, South Korea, Vietnam, and Arctic regions); cats (China, Peru); guinea pigs (Andes mountain regions); and whales and dolphins (Japan, Alaska, Siberia, Canada, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, and Saint Vincent). However, in the modern era, the vast majority of meat consumed by humans is beef or veal from cows; poultry from chickens, turkeys, ducks, and other fowl; pork from pigs; and mutton and lamb from sheep.

Top 10 Countries with the Highest Total Meat Comsumption

Country	Total Meat Consumption 2022 (1000 tonnes)
China	102,892
United States	41,569
Brazil	21,271
Russia	11,824
Mexico	9,884
India	9,399
Japan	7,489
Germany	5,946
United Kingdom	5,676
France	5,468

Today, Argentina eats the most beef and veal, about 39.9 kilograms per person every year. The 27 countries of the European Union and China eat the most pork, about 35.5 and 30.4 kilograms per capita, respectively. Israel eats the most poultry, at 64.9 kilograms per capita annually. Kazakhstan eats the most sheep, at 8.5 kilograms per person every year.

According to the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), between 1990 and 2009, aggregate global meat consumption increased by almost 60 percent and per capita consumption by almost 25 percent. Meat consumption is expected to continue increasing by 1.7 percent per year through 2022. Increasingly, scientists have raised concern about the environmental impact of meat consumption, since meat production—especially on an industrial scale as is practiced in many countries—contributes to soil erosion through overgrazing, expanding carbon-based fuel consumption, and overuse of water.