Cattle meat consumption per capita fell 3.40% to 18.8 kg in Portugal in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, cattle meat consumption per capita in Portugal reached an all time high of 19.4 kg in 2019 and an all time low of 6.00 kg in 1964. When compared to Portugal's main peers, cattle meat consumption per capita in France amounted to 20.8 kg, 19.8 kg in Ireland, 7.73 kg in Morocco and 12.3 kg in Spain in 2020.
Portugal has been ranked 27th within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of cattle meat consumption per capita, 18 places above 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kg | 12.6 | 12.3 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 12.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kg | 29.9 | 27.8 | 26.0 | 26.1 | 27.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kg | 21.4 | 21.3 | 21.1 | 20.6 | 20.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kg | 13.5 | 14.2 | 14.6 | 14.9 | 14.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | kg | 14.4 | 14.6 | 13.9 | 14.5 | 14.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | kg | 19.1 | 20.3 | 20.1 | 20.3 | 23.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | kg | 19.3 | 17.0 | 16.9 | 15.8 | 16.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.07 | 7.08 | 6.99 | 7.02 | 7.00 | ||||||
| Morocco | kg | 6.93 | 7.00 | 7.05 | 7.16 | 7.07 | ||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | kg | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17.3 | 17.8 | 18.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | kg | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 13.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.65 | 5.53 | 5.48 | 5.56 | 5.28 | ||||||
| United Kingdom | kg | 17.4 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 17.8 |
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