Which country has the highest Meat Consumption per Capita?

Tonga has the highest Meat Consumption per Capita in 2022, at 147.7 kg, followed by Mongolia (131.78 kg) and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (124.35 kg).

Which country has the lowest Meat Consumption per Capita?

Burundi has the lowest Meat Consumption per Capita in 2022, at 3.68 kg.

What is the median Meat Consumption per Capita across countries?

The median is 53.92 kg across the 188 countries with data in 2022.

Where does this which countries eat the most meat? data come from?

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

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Which Countries Eat the Most Meat?

Name: Which Countries Eat the Most Meat?
Creator: Rankodex

Tonga has the highest Meat Consumption per Capita in 2022 (147.7 kg), followed by Mongolia (131.78 kg) and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (124.35 kg). Burundi has the lowest (3.68 kg).

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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

53.92 kg

Middle half 24.53 kg – 78.79 kg

Average

53.92 kg

188 countries

Highest

147.7 kg

Tonga

Lowest

3.68 kg

Burundi

Over time · 2020–2022

The top 5 in 2022, against the median.

Median of all countries
Tonga
Mongolia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Hong Kong
United States

Data

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188 countries · # = rank by Meat Consumption per Capita

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1	Tonga	147.7 kg	—
2	Mongolia	131.78 kg	448K t
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	124.35 kg	—
4	Hong Kong	123.36 kg	924K t
5	United States	122.8 kg	—
6	Marshall Islands	118.35 kg	5,000 t
7	Argentina	113.26 kg	5.2M t
8	Israel	113.19 kg	1M t
9	Macau	113.14 kg	79K t
10	Australia	112.34 kg	2.9M t
11	Bahamas	108.08 kg	44K t
12	Nauru	107.89 kg	1,000 t
13	Samoa	104.95 kg	—
14	Spain	104.76 kg	—
15	Brazil	98.79 kg	21.3M t
16	Portugal	98.42 kg	—
17	French Polynesia	96.18 kg	29K t
18	Belarus	94.46 kg	901K t
19	Croatia	94.17 kg	380K t
20	Iceland	93.43 kg	35K t
21	Antigua and Barbuda	92.91 kg	9,000 t
22	Chile	92.12 kg	1.8M t
23	Saint Lucia	91.82 kg	—
24	Canada	90.96 kg	3.5M t
25	Ireland	90.67 kg	455K t
26	Saint Kitts and Nevis	89.74 kg	—
27	Barbados	88.9 kg	25K t
28	Qatar	88.81 kg	—
29	Taiwan	88.54 kg	—
30	Montenegro	88.43 kg	55K t
31	Bahrain	88.09 kg	130K t
32	New Zealand	86.6 kg	449K t
33	Luxembourg	86.06 kg	56K t
34	France	84.6 kg	5.5M t
35	United Kingdom	84.08 kg	—
36	Latvia	83.66 kg	155K t
37	South Korea	83.4 kg	—
38	United Arab Emirates	83.21 kg	—
39	Czechia	83.06 kg	872K t
40	New Caledonia	82.55 kg	24K t
41	Kuwait	82.41 kg	352K t
42	Russia	81.71 kg	—
43	Poland	81.62 kg	—
44	Lithuania	81.38 kg	224K t
45	Bolivia	79.76 kg	975K t
46	Dominica	79.44 kg	6,000 t
47	Greece	78.92 kg	820K t
48	Panama	78.74 kg	—
49	Austria	77.96 kg	697K t
50	Grenada	77.58 kg	10K t
51	Guyana	77.54 kg	63K t
52	Mexico	77.52 kg	9.9M t
53	Seychelles	76.71 kg	—
54	Hungary	76.64 kg	764K t
55	Cyprus	76.34 kg	96K t
56	Serbia	74.64 kg	—
57	Italy	73.58 kg	4.3M t
58	Norway	72.24 kg	—
59	Finland	71.62 kg	397K t
60	Germany	71.32 kg	5.9M t
61	Malaysia	70.8 kg	2.4M t
62	China	70.57 kg	102.9M t
63	Kazakhstan	70.19 kg	1.4M t
64	Estonia	68.92 kg	91K t
65	Tuvalu	68.24 kg	—
66	Sweden	68.06 kg	—
67	Romania	67.89 kg	—
68	Denmark	67.03 kg	394K t
69	Switzerland	66.68 kg	—
70	Gabon	65.42 kg	156K t
71	Malta	65.41 kg	35K t
72	South Africa	65.18 kg	—
73	Netherlands	65.09 kg	1.1M t
74	Jamaica	64.92 kg	184K t
75	Belgium	64.47 kg	751K t
76	Uruguay	63.84 kg	—
77	Colombia	62.91 kg	3.3M t
78	Trinidad and Tobago	62.65 kg	—
79	Micronesia	62.39 kg	7,000 t
80	Bulgaria	60.83 kg	413K t
81	Cuba	60.65 kg	680K t
82	Slovakia	60.61 kg	—
83	Slovenia	60.44 kg	—
84	Japan	60.42 kg	7.5M t
85	Costa Rica	60.28 kg	312K t
86	Mauritius	60.14 kg	78K t
87	Armenia	59.49 kg	165K t
88	Turkmenistan	58.98 kg	—
89	Suriname	58.92 kg	—
90	Papua New Guinea	58.77 kg	—
91	Saudi Arabia	58.55 kg	—
92	Dominican Republic	57.77 kg	649K t
93	Zimbabwe	56.61 kg	—
94	Peru	54.28 kg	—
95	Vietnam	53.56 kg	—
96	Ecuador	53.31 kg	960K t
97	Albania	53.21 kg	151K t
98	Belize	51.95 kg	21K t
99	Fiji	51.9 kg	48K t
100	Republic of the Congo	49.11 kg	—
101	Chad	48.94 kg	867K t
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina	48.92 kg	158K t
103	Ukraine	47.96 kg	—
104	Turkey	46.78 kg	—
105	Guatemala	46.05 kg	822K t
106	Libya	45.49 kg	310K t
107	Oman	44.86 kg	—
108	El Salvador	42.92 kg	272K t
109	Kiribati	42.91 kg	6,000 t
110	Uzbekistan	42.39 kg	—
111	North Macedonia	42.31 kg	—
112	Azerbaijan	40.5 kg	419K t
113	Lebanon	40.29 kg	221K t
114	Georgia	40.23 kg	151K t
115	Honduras	39.45 kg	412K t
116	Maldives	38.93 kg	20K t
117	Moldova	38.84 kg	108K t
118	Cape Verde	38.75 kg	23K t
119	Kyrgyzstan	38.16 kg	253K t
120	Jordan	37.89 kg	428K t
121	Venezuela	36.94 kg	—
122	Tajikistan	35.89 kg	—
123	Central African Republic	35.73 kg	199K t
124	Vanuatu	35.34 kg	—
125	Philippines	35.06 kg	—
126	Mauritania	33.68 kg	160K t
127	Nicaragua	32.5 kg	226K t
128	Egypt	32.35 kg	3.6M t
129	Paraguay	32.18 kg	—
130	Iran	31.91 kg	2.8M t
131	Morocco	31.48 kg	1.2M t
132	Malawi	30.83 kg	629K t
133	Tunisia	30.23 kg	—
134	Laos	29.96 kg	226K t
135	Timor-Leste	29.78 kg	—
136	Comoros	29.33 kg	25K t
137	Botswana	29.27 kg	77K t
138	Namibia	27.91 kg	72K t
139	Eswatini	26.1 kg	31K t
140	Thailand	25.93 kg	—
141	Burkina Faso	24.92 kg	565K t
142	Gambia	23.34 kg	63K t
143	Angola	23.3 kg	829K t
144	Iraq	22.02 kg	841K t
145	South Sudan	21.66 kg	—
146	Sao Tome and Principe	21.32 kg	—
147	Senegal	21.14 kg	—
148	Pakistan	21.1 kg	—
149	Liberia	20.36 kg	108K t
150	Myanmar	20.08 kg	1.1M t
151	Haiti	19.7 kg	228K t
152	Sudan	19.35 kg	—
153	Indonesia	19.16 kg	5.3M t
154	Zambia	18.09 kg	—
155	Algeria	18.06 kg	811K t
156	Benin	17.81 kg	238K t
157	Ghana	17.74 kg	594K t
158	Nepal	16.79 kg	513K t
159	Syria	16.58 kg	—
160	Solomon Islands	16.12 kg	—
161	Yemen	16.04 kg	—
162	Bhutan	15.69 kg	12K t
163	Cameroon	14.99 kg	418K t
164	Djibouti	14.67 kg	16K t
165	Guinea-Bissau	13.7 kg	29K t
166	Guinea	12.9 kg	179K t
167	Cambodia	12.41 kg	208K t
168	Sri Lanka	11.92 kg	—
169	Tanzania	11.79 kg	—
170	Somalia	11.25 kg	—
171	Ivory Coast	11.24 kg	316K t
172	Lesotho	11.2 kg	26K t
173	Mozambique	11.06 kg	365K t
174	Kenya	10.95 kg	592K t
175	Togo	10.66 kg	—
176	Uganda	9.6 kg	—
177	Sierra Leone	9.48 kg	—
178	Mali	7.66 kg	173K t
179	Nigeria	7.61 kg	1.7M t
180	Niger	7.59 kg	199K t
181	Afghanistan	6.77 kg	278K t
182	India	6.63 kg	9.4M t
183	Ethiopia	6.58 kg	812K t
184	Rwanda	6.23 kg	—
185	Madagascar	5.49 kg	163K t
186	Bangladesh	4.35 kg	744K t
187	DR Congo	4.02 kg	398K t
188	Burundi	3.68 kg	47K t

What correlates with Meat Consumption per Capita (2022)?

Pearson r against 1,425 other country metrics sharing at least 113 countries. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Meat Consumption per Capita tend to score higher on these (or rank better)

LP EducationLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the best
r = −0.80 · very strong · n = 164
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LP Living ConditionsLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the best
r = −0.79 · very strong · n = 164
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Chicken Consumption Per CapitaChicken Consumption by Country
r = +0.78 · very strong · n = 188
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Legatum Prosperity RankLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the best
r = −0.78 · very strong · n = 164
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Social Progress IndexSocial Progress Index by Country
r = +0.76 · very strong · n = 165
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GDI Female Human DevelopmentGender Development Index by Country
r = +0.76 · very strong · n = 177
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Meat Consumption per Capita tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)

Public ServicesFailed States
r = −0.74 · very strong · n = 172
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% of Pop. Living on Less Than $10 USD/DayPoverty Rate by Country
r = −0.73 · very strong · n = 158
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Failed States IndexFailed States
r = −0.72 · very strong · n = 172
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Fragile States Index
r = −0.72 · very strong · n = 173
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Demographic PressuresFailed States
r = −0.71 · very strong · n = 172
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Gender Inequality Index ScoreGender Inequality Index by Country
r = −0.70 · very strong · n = 163
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Meat Consumption per Capita?: Tonga has the highest Meat Consumption per Capita in 2022, at 147.7 kg, followed by Mongolia (131.78 kg) and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (124.35 kg).
Which country has the lowest Meat Consumption per Capita?: Burundi has the lowest Meat Consumption per Capita in 2022, at 3.68 kg.
What is the median Meat Consumption per Capita across countries?: The median is 53.92 kg across the 188 countries with data in 2022.
Where does this which countries eat the most meat? data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Food Balances (2010-) - FAOSTAT.