Which country has the highest Total Mutton and Goat Meat Consumption?

China has the highest Total Mutton and Goat Meat Consumption in 2022, at 5,504,000 t, followed by India (822,000 t) and Turkey (601,000 t).

Which country has the lowest Total Mutton and Goat Meat Consumption?

Saint Lucia has the lowest Total Mutton and Goat Meat Consumption in 2022, at 1,000 t.

What is the median Total Mutton and Goat Meat Consumption across countries?

The median is 21,000 t across the 161 countries with data in 2022.

Where does this lamb consumption by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Food Balances (2010-) - FAOSTAT; Sheep meat consumption (daily kg/capita), most recent year - OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook.

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Lamb Consumption by Country

Name: Lamb Consumption by Country
Creator: Rankodex

China has the highest Total Mutton and Goat Meat Consumption in 2022 (5,504,000 t), followed by India (822,000 t) and Turkey (601,000 t). Saint Lucia has the lowest (1,000 t).

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Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 161 countries.

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

21,000 t

Middle half 3K t – 69K t

Average

99,857 t

161 countries

Highest

5,504,000 t

China

Lowest

1,000 t

Saint Lucia

Over time · 2018–2022

The top 5 in 2022, against the median.

Median of all countries
China
India
Turkey
Pakistan
Nigeria

Data

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188 countries · # = rank by Total Mutton and Goat Meat Consumption

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1	China	5,504,000 t	3.86 kg
2	India	822,000 t	0.58 kg
3	Turkey	601,000 t	7.04 kg
4	Pakistan	588,000 t	2.49 kg
5	Nigeria	426,000 t	1.95 kg
6	Algeria	364,000 t	8.11 kg
7	Chad	337,000 t	19.03 kg
8	Sudan	326,000 t	6.96 kg
9	Iran	295,000 t	3.34 kg
10	United Kingdom	277,000 t	4.1 kg
11	Australia	254,000 t	9.72 kg
12	Mongolia	233,000 t	68.45 kg
13	United States	232,000 t	0.69 kg
14	Bangladesh	226,000 t	1.32 kg
15	Ethiopia	223,000 t	1.81 kg
16	Russia	210,000 t	1.45 kg
17	Syria	196,000 t	8.86 kg
18	Morocco	194,000 t	5.18 kg
19	Saudi Arabia	184,000 t	5.05 kg
20	South Africa	167,000 t	2.78 kg
21	Uzbekistan	166,000 t	4.8 kg
22	Kazakhstan	165,000 t	8.51 kg
23	France	158,000 t	2.44 kg
24	Yemen	155,000 t	4.59 kg
25	Afghanistan	149,000 t	3.62 kg
26	Brazil	138,000 t	0.64 kg
27	Turkmenistan	131,000 t	20.34 kg
28	Indonesia	115,000 t	0.42 kg
29	Mexico	108,000 t	0.85 kg
30	Kenya	105,000 t	1.95 kg
31	Tanzania	96,000 t	1.47 kg
32	United Arab Emirates	93,000 t	9.82 kg
33	Spain	89,000 t	1.87 kg
33	Azerbaijan	89,000 t	8.6 kg
33	Greece	89,000 t	8.56 kg
36	Somalia	78,000 t	4.46 kg
37	Nepal	77,000 t	2.52 kg
37	Tajikistan	77,000 t	7.7 kg
39	Malawi	72,000 t	3.52 kg
40	Tunisia	71,000 t	5.73 kg
41	Senegal	69,000 t	3.98 kg
42	New Zealand	67,000 t	12.96 kg
43	Kyrgyzstan	65,000 t	9.84 kg
44	Kuwait	64,000 t	14.94 kg
45	Egypt	63,000 t	0.57 kg
45	Germany	63,000 t	0.75 kg
47	Ghana	62,000 t	1.86 kg
48	Romania	61,000 t	3.09 kg
49	Mauritania	59,000 t	12.42 kg
50	Iraq	57,000 t	1.48 kg
51	Oman	55,000 t	12 kg
52	Italy	51,000 t	0.86 kg
52	Burkina Faso	51,000 t	2.23 kg
54	Jordan	49,000 t	4.38 kg
55	Niger	48,000 t	1.84 kg
56	Canada	47,000 t	1.23 kg
56	Malaysia	47,000 t	1.38 kg
58	Israel	46,000 t	5.1 kg
59	Argentina	45,000 t	0.99 kg
60	Cameroon	43,000 t	1.54 kg
61	South Sudan	42,000 t	3.89 kg
62	Libya	41,000 t	6 kg
63	Bolivia	39,000 t	3.2 kg
64	Uganda	38,000 t	0.79 kg
65	Benin	36,000 t	2.69 kg
66	Bahrain	34,000 t	23.39 kg
67	Philippines	32,000 t	0.27 kg
67	Zimbabwe	32,000 t	1.96 kg
69	Guinea	30,000 t	2.15 kg
69	Serbia	30,000 t	4.22 kg
71	South Korea	28,000 t	0.55 kg
71	Qatar	28,000 t	10.57 kg
73	Central African Republic	27,000 t	4.76 kg
74	Peru	26,000 t	0.76 kg
75	Angola	25,000 t	0.72 kg
75	Norway	25,000 t	4.52 kg
75	Albania	25,000 t	8.87 kg
78	Papua New Guinea	24,000 t	2.4 kg
79	Portugal	23,000 t	2.29 kg
80	DR Congo	21,000 t	0.21 kg
80	Ireland	21,000 t	4.22 kg
82	Vietnam	20,000 t	0.2 kg
83	Japan	19,000 t	0.15 kg
83	Mali	19,000 t	0.84 kg
83	Taiwan	19,000 t	0.8 kg
83	Cuba	19,000 t	1.68 kg
87	Ivory Coast	17,000 t	0.6 kg
87	Netherlands	17,000 t	0.97 kg
89	Zambia	16,000 t	0.82 kg
90	Rwanda	14,000 t	1.03 kg
90	Sweden	14,000 t	1.31 kg
92	Myanmar	12,000 t	0.22 kg
93	Ukraine	11,000 t	0.27 kg
93	Belgium	11,000 t	0.92 kg
93	Togo	11,000 t	1.25 kg
93	Switzerland	11,000 t	1.27 kg
93	Armenia	11,000 t	3.88 kg
98	Venezuela	10,000 t	0.34 kg
98	Burundi	10,000 t	0.79 kg
98	Bulgaria	10,000 t	1.41 kg
98	Namibia	10,000 t	3.87 kg
102	Austria	9,000 t	1 kg
103	Chile	8,000 t	0.42 kg
104	Ecuador	7,000 t	0.4 kg
104	Haiti	7,000 t	0.59 kg
104	Lebanon	7,000 t	1.33 kg
104	Croatia	7,000 t	1.73 kg
104	Uruguay	7,000 t	1.92 kg
109	Fiji	6,000 t	6.34 kg
109	Iceland	6,000 t	14.89 kg
111	Madagascar	5,000 t	0.15 kg
111	Georgia	5,000 t	1.34 kg
111	Botswana	5,000 t	1.77 kg
111	Cyprus	5,000 t	4.14 kg
111	Mauritius	5,000 t	3.66 kg
111	Djibouti	5,000 t	4.05 kg
117	Mozambique	4,000 t	0.12 kg
117	Sierra Leone	4,000 t	0.43 kg
117	Hong Kong	4,000 t	0.52 kg
117	Denmark	4,000 t	0.72 kg
121	Thailand	3,000 t	0.04 kg
121	Sri Lanka	3,000 t	0.14 kg
121	Czechia	3,000 t	0.29 kg
121	Laos	3,000 t	0.4 kg
121	Paraguay	3,000 t	0.39 kg
121	Finland	3,000 t	0.45 kg
121	Jamaica	3,000 t	1.18 kg
128	Guatemala	2,000 t	0.13 kg
128	Dominican Republic	2,000 t	0.2 kg
128	Republic of the Congo	2,000 t	0.26 kg
128	Liberia	2,000 t	0.39 kg
128	Gambia	2,000 t	0.65 kg
128	Gabon	2,000 t	0.67 kg
128	Guinea-Bissau	2,000 t	1.05 kg
128	Slovenia	2,000 t	0.79 kg
128	North Macedonia	2,000 t	0.8 kg
128	Trinidad and Tobago	2,000 t	1.6 kg
128	Eswatini	2,000 t	1.81 kg
128	Tonga	2,000 t	18.04 kg
140	Colombia	1,000 t	0.02 kg
140	Poland	1,000 t	0.03 kg
140	Hungary	1,000 t	0.11 kg
140	Belarus	1,000 t	0.09 kg
140	Slovakia	1,000 t	0.11 kg
140	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,000 t	0.37 kg
140	Lithuania	1,000 t	0.38 kg
140	Lesotho	1,000 t	0.51 kg
140	Latvia	1,000 t	0.36 kg
140	Timor-Leste	1,000 t	0.5 kg
140	Estonia	1,000 t	0.4 kg
140	Comoros	1,000 t	0.6 kg
140	Guyana	1,000 t	1.06 kg
140	Luxembourg	1,000 t	1.09 kg
140	Montenegro	1,000 t	1.68 kg
140	Maldives	1,000 t	1.77 kg
140	Cape Verde	1,000 t	1.31 kg
140	Bahamas	1,000 t	2.79 kg
140	French Polynesia	1,000 t	2.46 kg
140	Barbados	1,000 t	4.04 kg
140	Samoa	1,000 t	5.88 kg
140	Saint Lucia	1,000 t	3.04 kg
—	Cambodia	—	0.01 kg
—	Honduras	—	0.03 kg
—	Nicaragua	—	0.01 kg
—	El Salvador	—	0.02 kg
—	Costa Rica	—	0.06 kg
—	Panama	—	0.01 kg
—	Moldova	—	0.01 kg
—	Solomon Islands	—	0.07 kg
—	Bhutan	—	0.25 kg
—	Macau	—	0.57 kg
—	Suriname	—	0.04 kg
—	Malta	—	0.83 kg
—	Belize	—	0.12 kg
—	Vanuatu	—	0.12 kg
—	New Caledonia	—	1.33 kg
—	Sao Tome and Principe	—	0.07 kg
—	Kiribati	—	0.23 kg
—	Seychelles	—	2.76 kg
—	Grenada	—	1.53 kg
—	Micronesia	—	0.12 kg
—	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	—	0.89 kg
—	Antigua and Barbuda	—	1.39 kg
—	Dominica	—	1.43 kg
—	Saint Kitts and Nevis	—	2.4 kg
—	Marshall Islands	—	1.08 kg
—	Nauru	—	5.04 kg
—	Tuvalu	—	4.39 kg

What correlates with Total Mutton and Goat Meat Consumption (2022)?

Pearson r against 1,464 other country metrics sharing at least 97 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Total Mutton and Goat Meat Consumption tend to score higher on these

Watermelon ProductionWatermelon Production by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 101
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Short-Term DebtCountries Without Debt
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 98
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Total Vegetable ConsumptionVegetable Consumption by Country
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 159
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Vegetable ProductionVegetable Production by Country
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 161
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Sweet Potato ConsumptionPotato Consumption by Country
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 97
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Cucumber ProductionCucumber Production by Country
r = +0.97 · very strong · n = 112
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Total Mutton and Goat Meat Consumption tend to score lower on these

US Trade BalanceUS Trade Deficit by Country
r = −0.47 · moderate · n = 160
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GGGI Health ScoreGlobal Gender Gap by Country
r = −0.28 · weak · n = 134
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Press Freedom Index Score (RSF)Freedom Index by Country
r = −0.26 · weak · n = 156
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LI Users Aged 18-24LinkedIn Users by Country
r = −0.24 · weak · n = 155
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WJP RoLI Fundamental Rights ScoreWorld Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index
r = −0.22 · weak · n = 126
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Foreign Actors Index (OCI)What Country Has the Most Gangs
r = −0.22 · weak · n = 158
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Total Mutton and Goat Meat Consumption?: China has the highest Total Mutton and Goat Meat Consumption in 2022, at 5,504,000 t, followed by India (822,000 t) and Turkey (601,000 t).
Which country has the lowest Total Mutton and Goat Meat Consumption?: Saint Lucia has the lowest Total Mutton and Goat Meat Consumption in 2022, at 1,000 t.
What is the median Total Mutton and Goat Meat Consumption across countries?: The median is 21,000 t across the 161 countries with data in 2022.
Where does this lamb consumption by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Food Balances (2010-) - FAOSTAT; Sheep meat consumption (daily kg/capita), most recent year - OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook.