Pork meat consumption per capita fell 5.26% to 38.4 kg in South Korea in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, pork meat consumption per capita in South Korea reached an all time high of 41.0 kg in 2018 and an all time low of 1.51 kg in 1962. When compared to South Korea's main peers, pork meat consumption per capita in China amounted to 35.3 kg, 4.28 kg in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 21.3 kg in Japan and 38.2 kg in Vietnam in 2020.
South Korea has been ranked 13th within the group of 153 countries we follow in terms of pork meat consumption per capita, 18 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 |
| Cambodia | kg | 7.22 | 7.21 | 7.12 | 6.93 | 5.76 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kg | 0.290 | 0.290 | 0.280 | 0.270 | 0.260 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kg | 20.1 | 21.0 | 21.8 | 21.9 | 22.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | kg | 11.2 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 12.3 | 13.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | kg | 13.1 | 13.2 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 12.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kg | 26.3 | 26.5 | 26.4 | 29.6 | 30.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | kg | 27.6 | 28.8 | 29.0 | 29.6 | 25.5 |
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