Pork meat consumption per capita fell 6.55% to 4.28 kg in Dem. People's Republic of Korea in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, pork meat consumption per capita in Dem. People's Republic of Korea reached an all time high of 12.6 kg in 1991 and an all time low of 3.84 kg in 1997. When compared to Dem. People's Republic of Korea's main peers, pork meat consumption per capita in China amounted to 35.3 kg, 21.3 kg in Japan, 38.4 kg in South Korea and 38.2 kg in Vietnam in 2020.
Dem. People's Republic of Korea has been ranked 92nd within the group of 153 countries we follow in terms of pork meat consumption per capita, 3 places below 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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