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Cattle Meat Consumption Per Capita (kg), 2020
Food & Drink | September 4, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 165 countries in 2020, Argentina ranked the highest in cattle meat consumption per capita with 46.9 kg followed by Zimbabwe and USA. On the other end of the scale was Dem. Republic of the Congo with 0.260 kg, Liberia with 0.420 kg and Mozambique with 0.560 kg.

Average cattle meat consumption per capita reached 9.09 kg in 2020 in the World according to Faostat. This is 0.22 % more than in the previous year and -3.30 % less than 10 years ago.

Historically, average cattle meat consumption per capita reached an all time high of 11.5 kg in 1976 and an all time low of 8.84 kg in 2017. The average annual growth amounted to -0.039 % since 1961.

Data for more countries are available at Cattle Meat Consumption Per Capita indicator page.

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
Argentina kg 51.6 52.5 49.9 51.8 52.2
Australia kg 35.0 33.0 34.2 28.3 28.2
Brazil kg 38.9 37.9 37.0 37.1 37.5
Canada kg 29.9 27.8 26.0 26.1 27.1
Chad kg ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 25.3 26.2 25.8 26.7 27.5
Denmark kg 25.8 25.9 25.8 23.5 23.5
Israel kg 25.3 24.8 27.5 27.1 27.4
Kazakhstan kg 23.2 23.3 23.3 24.0 24.5
Luxembourg kg 25.9 24.8 25.9 24.6 25.2
Malta kg 22.3 17.0 17.2 18.8 18.4
Mongolia kg 16.8 19.4 23.1 21.8 21.0
Tajikistan kg 5.54 11.4 15.8 18.8 21.8
USA kg 37.4 35.2 36.1 37.1 37.2
Uzbekistan kg 27.5 27.8 28.1 28.2 29.5
Zimbabwe kg ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 40.7 45.2 45.0 42.9 42.7