Cattle meat consumption per capita fell 3.07% to 1.58 kg in Nigeria in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, cattle meat consumption per capita in Nigeria reached an all time high of 5.20 kg in 1980 and an all time low of 1.58 kg in 2020. When compared to Nigeria's main peers, cattle meat consumption per capita in Benin amounted to 3.64 kg, 3.05 kg in Cameroon, 27.5 kg in Chad and 2.84 kg in Niger in 2020.
Nigeria has been ranked 149th within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of cattle meat consumption per capita, 4 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Cattle Meat Consumption Per Capita | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Algeria | kg | 5.48 | 5.24 | 5.10 | 4.67 | 4.63 | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.29 | 3.35 | 3.36 | 3.39 | 3.39 | ||||||
| Burkina Faso | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.57 | 6.07 | 5.91 | 5.47 | 5.49 | ||||||
| Cameroon | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.23 | 4.32 | 3.80 | 3.39 | 3.25 | ||||||
| Central African Republic | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20.7 | 20.8 | 20.5 | 20.7 | 20.6 | ||||||
| Chad | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 25.3 | 26.2 | 25.8 | 26.7 | 27.5 | ||||||
| Gabon | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.50 | 8.39 | 6.58 | 6.50 | 6.11 | ||||||
| Libya | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.34 | 2.26 | 1.71 | 1.83 | 2.52 | ||||||
| Mali | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.52 | 9.21 | 9.79 | 9.85 | 9.65 | ||||||
| Niger | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.50 | 2.95 | 2.84 | 2.77 | 3.01 | ||||||
| Nigeria | kg | 2.23 | 2.23 | 1.88 | 1.58 | 1.62 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.85 | 9.01 | 9.06 | 8.88 | 8.28 | ||||
| Togo | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.55 | 1.32 | 1.01 | 0.770 | 0.750 |
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