Which country has the highest Beef Consumption per capita?

Argentina has the highest Beef Consumption per capita in 2023, at 48.99 kg/cap, followed by Brazil (39.07 kg/cap) and United States (37.04 kg/cap).

Which country has the lowest Beef Consumption per capita?

Poland has the lowest Beef Consumption per capita in 2023, at 0.19 kg/cap.

What is the median Beef Consumption per capita across countries?

The median is 7.92 kg/cap across the 175 countries with data in 2023.

Where does this beef consumption by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Food Balances (2010-) - FAOSTAT.

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Beef Consumption by Country

Name: Beef Consumption by Country
Creator: Rankodex

Argentina has the highest Beef Consumption per capita in 2023 (48.99 kg/cap), followed by Brazil (39.07 kg/cap) and United States (37.04 kg/cap). Poland has the lowest (0.19 kg/cap).

Culture187 countries · 2 metricsUpdated Oct 10, 2024Original page

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Food Balances (2010-) - FAOSTAT

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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

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Median

7.92 kg/cap

Middle half 4.29 kg/cap – 15.66 kg/cap

Average

10.82 kg/cap

175 countries

Highest

48.99 kg/cap

Argentina

Lowest

0.19 kg/cap

Poland

Over time · 2019–2023

The top 5 in 2023, against the median.

Median of all countries
Argentina
Brazil
United States
Mongolia
Uzbekistan

Data

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176 countries · # = rank by Beef Consumption per capita

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1	Argentina	48.99 kg/cap	2.2M t
2	Brazil	39.07 kg/cap	8.2M t
3	United States	37.04 kg/cap	12.7M t
4	Mongolia	33.28 kg/cap	114K t
5	Uzbekistan	32.27 kg/cap	1.2M t
6	Israel	30.06 kg/cap	278K t
7	Luxembourg	29.82 kg/cap	20K t
8	Chile	27.49 kg/cap	540K t
9	Australia	26.91 kg/cap	712K t
10	Belarus	26.29 kg/cap	240K t
11	Canada	25.64 kg/cap	1M t
12	Botswana	25.18 kg/cap	62K t
13	French Polynesia	24.85 kg/cap	7,000 t
14	Bolivia	23.54 kg/cap	288K t
15	Turkmenistan	23.46 kg/cap	173K t
16	Ireland	23.14 kg/cap	120K t
17	Sweden	22.44 kg/cap	237K t
18	Portugal	22.43 kg/cap	234K t
19	Armenia	22.3 kg/cap	66K t
20	Tajikistan	21.92 kg/cap	228K t
21	France	21.65 kg/cap	1.4M t
22	Denmark	21.58 kg/cap	128K t
23	Uruguay	21.3 kg/cap	72K t
24	New Caledonia	20.91 kg/cap	6,000 t
25	Turkey	19.71 kg/cap	1.7M t
26	Switzerland	18.97 kg/cap	168K t
27	South Korea	18.84 kg/cap	975K t
28	Kazakhstan	18.78 kg/cap	382K t
29	Marshall Islands	18.49 kg/cap	1,000 t
30	Norway	18.43 kg/cap	102K t
31	Guatemala	18.39 kg/cap	333K t
31	Macau	18.39 kg/cap	13K t
33	Malta	18.21 kg/cap	10K t
34	New Zealand	17.69 kg/cap	91K t
35	Hong Kong	17.46 kg/cap	130K t
36	Finland	17.3 kg/cap	97K t
37	Iceland	17.26 kg/cap	7,000 t
38	Netherlands	16.88 kg/cap	305K t
39	United Kingdom	16.85 kg/cap	1.2M t
40	Kyrgyzstan	16.19 kg/cap	115K t
41	Albania	15.9 kg/cap	45K t
42	Nauru	15.88 kg/cap	—
43	Mexico	15.78 kg/cap	2M t
44	Croatia	15.67 kg/cap	61K t
45	South Africa	15.64 kg/cap	989K t
46	Panama	15.48 kg/cap	69K t
47	Bosnia and Herzegovina	15.05 kg/cap	48K t
48	Greece	14.97 kg/cap	153K t
49	Antigua and Barbuda	14.69 kg/cap	1,000 t
50	Italy	14.49 kg/cap	862K t
51	Tonga	14.41 kg/cap	2,000 t
52	Montenegro	14.34 kg/cap	9,000 t
53	Azerbaijan	14.21 kg/cap	147K t
54	Lebanon	13.99 kg/cap	81K t
55	Seychelles	13.92 kg/cap	2,000 t
56	Bahrain	13.89 kg/cap	22K t
57	Austria	13.85 kg/cap	126K t
58	Venezuela	13.8 kg/cap	390K t
59	Costa Rica	13.66 kg/cap	70K t
60	Germany	13.55 kg/cap	1.1M t
61	Qatar	13.25 kg/cap	39K t
62	Eswatini	13.19 kg/cap	16K t
63	Belgium	13.15 kg/cap	154K t
64	Colombia	12.91 kg/cap	675K t
65	Russia	12.86 kg/cap	1.9M t
66	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	12.85 kg/cap	1,000 t
67	Bahamas	12.27 kg/cap	5,000 t
68	Barbados	11.94 kg/cap	3,000 t
69	Ecuador	11.79 kg/cap	212K t
70	Spain	11.77 kg/cap	564K t
71	Czechia	11.25 kg/cap	122K t
72	Serbia	11.1 kg/cap	75K t
73	Samoa	11 kg/cap	2,000 t
74	El Salvador	10.17 kg/cap	64K t
75	Slovenia	10.09 kg/cap	21K t
76	Zambia	10.08 kg/cap	209K t
77	North Macedonia	9.95 kg/cap	18K t
78	Kuwait	9.49 kg/cap	46K t
79	United Arab Emirates	9.33 kg/cap	99K t
80	Laos	9.31 kg/cap	71K t
81	Pakistan	9.22 kg/cap	2.3M t
82	Vanuatu	9.14 kg/cap	3,000 t
83	Maldives	9.06 kg/cap	5,000 t
84	Taiwan	9.02 kg/cap	210K t
85	Malaysia	8.75 kg/cap	307K t
86	Cyprus	8.69 kg/cap	12K t
87	Grenada	8.26 kg/cap	1,000 t
88	Tanzania	7.92 kg/cap	527K t
89	China	7.89 kg/cap	11.2M t
90	Estonia	7.81 kg/cap	11K t
91	Latvia	7.79 kg/cap	15K t
92	Georgia	7.66 kg/cap	29K t
93	Mauritius	7.56 kg/cap	10K t
94	Micronesia	7.45 kg/cap	1,000 t
95	Trinidad and Tobago	7.17 kg/cap	11K t
96	Jordan	7.11 kg/cap	81K t
96	Saint Kitts and Nevis	7.11 kg/cap	—
98	Egypt	7.08 kg/cap	811K t
99	Morocco	7.01 kg/cap	264K t
100	Saint Lucia	6.95 kg/cap	1,000 t
101	Bhutan	6.85 kg/cap	5,000 t
102	Paraguay	6.82 kg/cap	47K t
103	Slovakia	6.76 kg/cap	37K t
104	Saudi Arabia	6.63 kg/cap	220K t
105	Tuvalu	6.58 kg/cap	—
106	Dominican Republic	6.4 kg/cap	72K t
107	Guinea	6.35 kg/cap	91K t
108	Mauritania	6.34 kg/cap	32K t
109	Honduras	6.24 kg/cap	66K t
110	Ukraine	6.08 kg/cap	229K t
111	Djibouti	6.01 kg/cap	7,000 t
112	Senegal	5.98 kg/cap	108K t
113	Vietnam	5.92 kg/cap	595K t
114	Burkina Faso	5.76 kg/cap	133K t
115	Cambodia	5.69 kg/cap	99K t
115	Oman	5.69 kg/cap	29K t
117	Jamaica	5.66 kg/cap	16K t
118	Libya	5.64 kg/cap	41K t
119	Gabon	5.35 kg/cap	13K t
120	Namibia	5.01 kg/cap	15K t
121	Fiji	4.95 kg/cap	5,000 t
122	Uganda	4.79 kg/cap	233K t
123	Romania	4.61 kg/cap	88K t
124	Belize	4.56 kg/cap	2,000 t
125	Iraq	4.44 kg/cap	172K t
125	Lithuania	4.44 kg/cap	13K t
127	Haiti	4.43 kg/cap	52K t
127	Hungary	4.43 kg/cap	43K t
129	Peru	4.38 kg/cap	148K t
130	Tunisia	4.32 kg/cap	53K t
131	Cameroon	4.29 kg/cap	122K t
132	Kenya	4.28 kg/cap	237K t
133	Suriname	4.24 kg/cap	3,000 t
134	Kiribati	4.04 kg/cap	1,000 t
135	Comoros	3.95 kg/cap	3,000 t
136	Nepal	3.92 kg/cap	116K t
137	Guyana	3.68 kg/cap	3,000 t
138	Guinea-Bissau	3.62 kg/cap	8,000 t
139	Angola	3.48 kg/cap	128K t
140	Cape Verde	3.41 kg/cap	2,000 t
141	Philippines	3.36 kg/cap	386K t
142	Ethiopia	3.35 kg/cap	431K t
143	Iran	3.23 kg/cap	293K t
143	Malawi	3.23 kg/cap	68K t
145	Algeria	3.22 kg/cap	149K t
146	Nicaragua	3.09 kg/cap	21K t
147	Indonesia	3.01 kg/cap	848K t
148	Bulgaria	2.81 kg/cap	19K t
149	Republic of the Congo	2.78 kg/cap	17K t
150	Myanmar	2.65 kg/cap	144K t
151	Niger	2.63 kg/cap	69K t
152	Rwanda	2.55 kg/cap	36K t
153	Lesotho	2.4 kg/cap	6,000 t
154	India	2.32 kg/cap	3.3M t
155	Solomon Islands	2.19 kg/cap	2,000 t
156	Sao Tome and Principe	2.15 kg/cap	—
157	Sierra Leone	1.99 kg/cap	17K t
158	Yemen	1.98 kg/cap	78K t
159	Syria	1.8 kg/cap	42K t
160	Afghanistan	1.73 kg/cap	72K t
161	Timor-Leste	1.67 kg/cap	2,000 t
162	Ghana	1.57 kg/cap	53K t
163	Gambia	1.54 kg/cap	4,000 t
164	Thailand	1.45 kg/cap	104K t
165	Nigeria	1.4 kg/cap	319K t
166	Bangladesh	1.22 kg/cap	210K t
167	Sri Lanka	1.19 kg/cap	27K t
168	Moldova	1.05 kg/cap	3,000 t
169	Madagascar	0.96 kg/cap	30K t
170	Ivory Coast	0.88 kg/cap	27K t
171	Papua New Guinea	0.8 kg/cap	8,000 t
172	Mozambique	0.75 kg/cap	25K t
173	Liberia	0.36 kg/cap	2,000 t
174	DR Congo	0.31 kg/cap	33K t
175	Poland	0.19 kg/cap	8,000 t
—	Benin	—	5,000 t

What correlates with Beef Consumption per capita (2023)?

Pearson r against 1,435 other country metrics sharing at least 105 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Beef Consumption per capita tend to score higher on these

Meat Consumption per CapitaMeat Consumption by Country
r = +0.65 · strong · n = 175
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Average Age Upon Birth of First Child (CIA)Average Age of Having First Child by Country
r = +0.58 · strong · n = 109
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Cocaine Use Disorder Rate (GBD)Most Cocaine Use by Country
r = +0.57 · strong · n = 170
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Nursing and Midwifery PersonnelDoctors per Capita by Country
r = +0.57 · strong · n = 170
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EPI Sanitation & Drinking WaterEnvironmental Performance Index by Country
r = +0.57 · strong · n = 162
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UHC Service Coverage IndexCountries with Universal Healthcare
r = +0.56 · strong · n = 169
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Beef Consumption per capita tend to score lower on these

Upper CI - FemaleAutism Rates by Country
r = −0.60 · strong · n = 171
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Autism Rate - FemaleAutism Rates by Country
r = −0.58 · strong · n = 171
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Lower CI - FemaleAutism Rates by Country
r = −0.56 · strong · n = 171
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Brain Drain IndexBrain Drain Countries
r = −0.56 · strong · n = 158
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Brain DrainFailed States
r = −0.55 · strong · n = 160
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Public ServicesFailed States
r = −0.55 · strong · n = 160
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Beef Consumption per capita?: Argentina has the highest Beef Consumption per capita in 2023, at 48.99 kg/cap, followed by Brazil (39.07 kg/cap) and United States (37.04 kg/cap).
Which country has the lowest Beef Consumption per capita?: Poland has the lowest Beef Consumption per capita in 2023, at 0.19 kg/cap.
What is the median Beef Consumption per capita across countries?: The median is 7.92 kg/cap across the 175 countries with data in 2023.
Where does this beef consumption by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Food Balances (2010-) - FAOSTAT.