Pork meat consumption per capita fell 1.89% to 21.3 kg in Japan in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, pork meat consumption per capita in Japan reached an all time high of 21.7 kg in 2019 and an all time low of 2.17 kg in 1961. When compared to Japan's main peers, pork meat consumption per capita in China amounted to 35.3 kg, 28.2 kg in Russia, 38.4 kg in South Korea and 30.6 kg in USA in 2020.
Japan has been ranked 45th within the group of 153 countries we follow in terms of pork meat consumption per capita, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Pork Meat Consumption Per Capita | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
Canada | kg | 25.1 | 23.3 | 24.2 | 23.5 | 24.7 | ||||||||||||||||
China | kg | 39.6 | 39.9 | 39.5 | 38.3 | 37.0 | ||||||||||||||||
Dem. People's Republic of Korea | kg | 4.73 | 5.02 | 5.10 | 5.05 | 5.00 | ||||||||||||||||
Germany | kg | 51.6 | 46.0 | 44.7 | 45.6 | 46.7 | ||||||||||||||||
India | kg | 0.290 | 0.290 | 0.280 | 0.270 | 0.260 | ||||||||||||||||
Japan | kg | 20.1 | 21.0 | 21.8 | 21.9 | 22.2 | ||||||||||||||||
Mexico | kg | 17.0 | 17.4 | 17.9 | 18.9 | 19.1 | ||||||||||||||||
Russia | kg | 24.0 | 25.4 | 26.6 | 26.0 | 27.1 | ||||||||||||||||
South Korea | kg | 35.9 | 37.0 | 37.7 | 40.7 | 40.1 | ||||||||||||||||
USA | kg | 26.3 | 26.5 | 26.4 | 29.6 | 30.4 | ||||||||||||||||
Vietnam | kg | 27.6 | 28.8 | 29.0 | 29.6 | 25.5 |