Mapped: Countries That Eat the Most Meat Per Capita

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Meats are some of the world’s most popular sources of protein, though regional appetites are often shaped by differences in wealth, culture, and local agriculture.

In this graphic, we visualize the countries that eat the most meat at a per capita level based on data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO).

Data & Discussion

The data for this visualization comes from the UN FAO, accessed via World Population Review. It measures the annual amount of meat consumed per person, in kilograms, across countries worldwide in 2022.

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Rank	Country	Meat Consumption per capita (kg)
1	Tonga	148
2	Mongolia	132
3	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	124
4	Hong Kong SAR	123
5	United States	123
6	Marshall Islands	118
7	Argentina	113
8	Israel	113
9	Macau	113
10	Australia	112
11	Bahamas	108
12	Nauru	108
13	Samoa	105
14	Spain	105
15	Brazil	98.8
16	Portugal	98.4
17	French Polynesia	96.2
18	Belarus	94.5
19	Croatia	94.2
20	Iceland	93.4
21	Antigua and Barbuda	92.9
22	Chile	92.1
23	Saint Lucia	91.8
24	Canada	91.0
25	Ireland	90.7
26	Saint Kitts and Nevis	89.7
27	Barbados	88.9
28	Qatar	88.8
29	Taiwan	88.5
30	Montenegro	88.4
31	Bahrain	88.1
32	New Zealand	86.6
33	Luxembourg	86.1
34	France	84.6
35	United Kingdom	84.1
36	Latvia	83.7
37	South Korea	83.4
38	United Arab Emirates	83.2
39	New Caledonia	82.5
40	Kuwait	82.4
41	Russia	81.7
42	Poland	81.6
43	Lithuania	81.4
44	Bolivia	79.8
45	Dominica	79.4
46	Greece	78.9
47	Panama	78.7
48	Austria	78.0
49	Grenada	77.6
50	Guyana	77.5
51	Mexico	77.5
52	Seychelles	76.7
53	Hungary	76.6
54	Cyprus	76.3
55	Serbia	74.6
56	Italy	73.6
57	Norway	72.2
58	Finland	71.6
59	Germany	71.3
60	Malaysia	70.8
61	China	70.6
62	Kazakhstan	70.2
63	Estonia	68.9
64	Tuvalu	68.2
65	Sweden	68.1
66	Romania	67.9
67	Denmark	67.0
68	Switzerland	66.7
69	Gabon	65.4
70	Malta	65.4
71	South Africa	65.2
72	Netherlands	65.1
73	Jamaica	64.9
74	Belgium	64.5
75	Uruguay	63.8
76	Colombia	62.9
77	Trinidad and Tobago	62.6
78	Micronesia	62.4
79	Bulgaria	60.8
80	Cuba	60.6
81	Slovakia	60.6
82	Slovenia	60.4
83	Japan	60.4
84	Costa Rica	60.3
85	Mauritius	60.1
86	Armenia	59.5
87	Turkmenistan	59.0
88	Suriname	58.9
89	Papua New Guinea	58.8
90	Saudi Arabia	58.5
91	Dominican Republic	57.8
92	Zimbabwe	56.6
93	Peru	54.3
94	Vietnam	53.6
95	Ecuador	53.3
96	Albania	53.2
97	Belize	52.0
98	Fiji	51.9
99	Republic of the Congo	49.1
100	Chad	48.9
101	Bosnia and Herzegovina	48.9
102	Ukraine	48.0
103	Turkey	46.8
104	Guatemala	46.0
105	Libya	45.5
106	Oman	44.9
107	El Salvador	42.9
108	Kiribati	42.9
109	Uzbekistan	42.4
110	North Macedonia	42.3
111	Azerbaijan	40.5
112	Lebanon	40.3
113	Georgia	40.2
114	Honduras	39.5
115	Maldives	38.9
116	Moldova	38.8
117	Cape Verde	38.8
118	Kyrgyzstan	38.2
119	Jordan	37.9
120	Venezuela	36.9
121	Tajikistan	35.9
122	Central African Republic	35.7
123	Vanuatu	35.3
124	Philippines	35.1
125	Mauritania	33.7
126	Nicaragua	32.5
127	Egypt	32.4
128	Paraguay	32.2
129	Iran	31.9
130	Morocco	31.5
131	Malawi	30.8
132	Tunisia	30.2
133	Laos	30.0
134	Timor-Leste	29.8
135	Comoros	29.3
136	Botswana	29.3
137	Namibia	27.9
138	Eswatini	26.1
139	Thailand	25.9
140	Burkina Faso	24.9
141	Gambia	23.3
142	Angola	23.3
143	Iraq	22.0
144	South Sudan	21.7
145	Sao Tome and Principe	21.3
146	Senegal	21.1
147	Pakistan	21.1
148	Liberia	20.4
149	Myanmar	20.1
150	Haiti	19.7
151	Sudan	19.4
152	Indonesia	19.2
153	Zambia	18.1
154	Algeria	18.1
155	Benin	17.8
156	Ghana	17.7
157	Nepal	16.8
158	Syria	16.6
159	Solomon Islands	16.1
160	Yemen	16.0
161	Bhutan	15.7
162	Cameroon	15.0
163	Djibouti	14.7
164	Guinea-Bissau	13.7
165	Guinea	12.9
166	Cambodia	12.4
167	Sri Lanka	11.9
168	Tanzania	11.8
169	Somalia	11.3
170	Ivory Coast	11.2
171	Lesotho	11.2