Meat is always on the menu in many parts of the world, as we can see when we map out meat consumption by country.

How do countries differ in how much, and what type of meat, they eat? In this colorful graphic, Visual Capitalist’s Pallavi Rao discusses creator theWORLDMAPS; breakdown of the most consumed type of meat in every country in the world, using data from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Each color denotes a different category of meat – beef, pork, mutton, poultry, seafood, or other – with annual consumption calculated per capita in kilograms (kg).

Let’s dig in to the data.

Is Fish Considered Meat?

Since meat is normally defined as the flesh of any animal (with the primary components being water, fat, and protein), that includes fish and other seafood.

But whether fish is considered “meat” or not depends a lot on cultural practices and dietary preferences, and has varied throughout history. Some earlier definitions of meat focused only on mammals, for example.

In Christianity for example, many denominations allow eating fish on fasting days when abstaining from meat. This was both due to distinctions between meat from warm-blooded land animals and cold-blooded animals (like fish), as well as the importance of fish consumption in parts of Europe where Christianity flourished.

To account for both sides of the debate, we’ll cover meat consumption by country both with and without fish and seafood.

The Most Consumed Meat by Country (Including Seafood)

Just by glancing at the map and the below table, poultry stands out as the most popular meat by weight consumption in 70 countries, or about 40% of the entire database.

Note: Other meat includes less frequently farmed animals like rabbit, horse, and camel, as well as game-meat from wild animals.

Country	Most Consumed Meat
🇦🇫 Afghanistan	Mutton & Goat
🇦🇱 Albania	Poultry
🇩🇿 Algeria	Mutton & Goat
🇦🇴 Angola	Fish & Seafood
🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda	Poultry
🇦🇷 Argentina	Bovine
🇦🇲 Armenia	Bovine
🇦🇺 Australia	Poultry
🇦🇹 Austria	Pork
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	Poultry
🇧🇸 Bahamas	Poultry
🇧🇭 Bahrain	Poultry
🇧🇩 Bangladesh	Fish & Seafood
🇧🇧 Barbados	Poultry
🇧🇾 Belarus	Pork
🇧🇪 Belgium	Pork
🇧🇿 Belize	Poultry
🇧🇯 Benin	Fish & Seafood
🇧🇹 Bhutan	Bovine
🇧🇴 Bolivia	Poultry
🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina	Poultry
🇧🇼 Botswana	Other
🇧🇷 Brazil	Poultry
🇧🇬 Bulgaria	Pork
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	Pork
🇧🇮 Burundi	Fish & Seafood
🇨🇻 Cabo Verde	Poultry
🇰🇭 Cambodia	Fish & Seafood
🇨🇲 Cameroon	Fish & Seafood
🇨🇦 Canada	Poultry
🇨🇫 Central African Republic	Bovine
🇹🇩 Chad	Bovine
🇨🇱 Chile	Poultry
🇨🇳 China	Fish & Seafood
🇨🇴 Colombia	Poultry
🇰🇲 Comoros	Poultry
🇨🇬 Congo	Fish & Seafood
🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Poultry
🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire	Fish & Seafood
🇭🇷 Croatia	Pork
🇨🇺 Cuba	Poultry
🇨🇾 Cyprus	Pork
🇨🇿 Czechia	Pork
🇩🇰 Denmark	Fish & Seafood
🇩🇯 Djibouti	Bovine
🇩🇲 Dominica	Poultry
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	Poultry
🇨🇩 DR Congo	Fish & Seafood
🇪🇨 Ecuador	Poultry
🇪🇬 Egypt	Fish & Seafood
🇸🇻 El Salvador	Poultry
🇪🇪 Estonia	Pork
🇸🇿 Eswatini	Bovine
🇪🇹 Ethiopia	Bovine
🇫🇯 Fiji	Poultry
🇫🇮 Finland	Fish & Seafood
🇫🇷 France	Fish & Seafood
🇵🇫 French Polynesia	Poultry
🇬🇦 Gabon	Poultry
🇬🇲 Gambia	Fish & Seafood
🇬🇪 Georgia	Poultry
🇩🇪 Germany	Pork
🇬🇭 Ghana	Fish & Seafood
🇬🇷 Greece	Poultry
🇬🇩 Grenada	Poultry
🇬🇹 Guatemala	Poultry
🇬🇳 Guinea	Fish & Seafood
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	Pork
🇬🇾 Guyana	Poultry
🇭🇹 Haiti	Poultry
🇭🇳 Honduras	Poultry
🇭🇰 Hong Kong	Fish & Seafood
🇭🇺 Hungary	Pork
🇮🇸 Iceland	Fish & Seafood
🇮🇳 India	Fish & Seafood
🇮🇩 Indonesia	Fish & Seafood
🇮🇷 Iran	Poultry
🇮🇶 Iraq	Poultry
🇮🇪 Ireland	Pork
🇮🇱 Israel	Poultry
🇮🇹 Italy	Pork
🇯🇲 Jamaica	Poultry
🇯🇵 Japan	Fish & Seafood
🇯🇴 Jordan	Poultry
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	Bovine
🇰🇪 Kenya	Bovine
🇰🇮 Kiribati	Fish & Seafood
🇰🇼 Kuwait	Poultry
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	Bovine
🇱🇦 Laos	Fish & Seafood
🇱🇻 Latvia	Pork
🇱🇧 Lebanon	Poultry
🇱🇸 Lesotho	Pork
🇱🇷 Liberia	Poultry
🇱🇾 Libya	Poultry
🇱🇹 Lithuania	Pork
🇱🇺 Luxembourg	Pork
🇲🇴 Macao	Fish & Seafood
🇲🇬 Madagascar	Fish & Seafood
🇲🇼 Malawi	Pork
🇲🇾 Malaysia	Fish & Seafood
🇲🇻 Maldives	Fish & Seafood
🇲🇱 Mali	Fish & Seafood
🇲🇹 Malta	Bovine
🇲🇷 Mauritania	Mutton & Goat
🇲🇺 Mauritius	Poultry
🇲🇽 Mexico	Poultry
🇫🇲 Micronesia	Fish & Seafood
🇲🇩 Moldova	Pork
🇲🇳 Mongolia	Mutton & Goat
🇲🇪 Montenegro	Pork
🇲🇦 Morocco	Poultry
🇲🇿 Mozambique	Fish & Seafood
🇲🇲 Myanmar	Fish & Seafood
🇳🇦 Namibia	Fish & Seafood
🇳🇷 Nauru	Fish & Seafood
🇳🇵 Nepal	Bovine
🇳🇱 Netherlands	Pork
🇳🇨 New Caledonia	Poultry
🇳🇿 New Zealand	Fish & Seafood
🇳🇮 Nicaragua	Poultry
🇳🇪 Niger	Bovine
🇳🇬 Nigeria	Fish & Seafood
🇰🇵 North Korea	Fish & Seafood
🇲🇰 North Macedonia	Poultry
🇳🇴 Norway	Fish & Seafood
🇴🇲 Oman	Fish & Seafood
🇵🇰 Pakistan	Bovine
🇵🇦 Panama	Poultry
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	Other
🇵🇾 Paraguay	Bovine
🇵🇪 Peru	Poultry
🇵🇭 Philippines	Fish & Seafood
🇵🇱 Poland	Pork
🇵🇹 Portugal	Fish & Seafood
🇶🇦 Qatar	Poultry
🇷🇴 Romania	Pork
🇷🇺 Russia	Poultry
🇷🇼 Rwanda	Fish & Seafood
🇰🇳 Saint Kitts & Nevis	Poultry
🇱🇨 Saint Lucia	Poultry
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	Poultry
🇼🇸 Samoa	Poultry
🇸🇹 Sao Tome & Principe	Fish & Seafood
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	Poultry
🇸🇳 Senegal	Fish & Seafood
🇷🇸 Serbia	Pork
🇸🇨 Seychelles	Fish & Seafood
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	Fish & Seafood
🇸🇰 Slovakia	Pork
🇸🇮 Slovenia	Poultry
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	Fish & Seafood
🇿🇦 South Africa	Poultry
🇰🇷 South Korea	Fish & Seafood
🇸🇸 South Sudan	Bovine
🇪🇸 Spain	Pork
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	Fish & Seafood
🇸🇩 Sudan	Bovine
🇸🇷 Suriname	Poultry
🇸🇪 Sweden	Fish & Seafood
🇨🇭 Switzerland	Pork
🇸🇾 Syria	Mutton & Goat
🇹🇼 Taiwan	Poultry
🇹🇯 Tajikistan	Bovine
🇹🇿 Tanzania	Bovine
🇹🇭 Thailand	Fish & Seafood
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	Pork
🇹🇬 Togo	Fish & Seafood
🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago	Poultry
🇹🇳 Tunisia	Poultry
🇹🇷 Türkiye	Poultry
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	Bovine
🇺🇸 U.S.	Poultry
🇦🇪 UAE	Poultry
🇺🇬 Uganda	Fish & Seafood
🇬🇧 UK	Poultry
🇺🇦 Ukraine	Poultry
🇺🇾 Uruguay	Poultry
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	Bovine
🇻🇺 Vanuatu	Fish & Seafood
🇻🇪 Venezuela	Poultry
🇻🇳 Vietnam	Fish & Seafood
🇾🇪 Yemen	Poultry
🇿🇲 Zambia	Fish & Seafood
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	Bovine

Fish & Seafood ranks as the second most popularly consumed meat in 56 countries, most of them with significant coastlines.

Here’s a breakdown of how much of each type of meat is eaten per capita in each country, measured in kilograms.

Country	Poultry	Pork	Fish & Seafood	Bovine	Mutton & Other
🇦🇫 Afghanistan	1.7	0.0	0.4	3.2	4.3
🇦🇱 Albania	13.9	5.3	8.7	11.7	8.3
🇩🇿 Algeria	6.4	0.0	3.8	3.8	8.4
🇦🇴 Angola	8.4	7.0	14.1	3.4	1.1
🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda	61.8	14.3	54.1	5.0	1.0
🇦🇷 Argentina	46.2	14.4	6.8	46.9	2.6
🇦🇲 Armenia	15.3	8.1	5.5	23.9	3.6
🇦🇺 Australia	48.7	24.2	24.1	37.0	11.5
🇦🇹 Austria	15.7	45.0	14.3	14.9	1.4
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	14.4	0.6	2.0	13.5	8.4
🇧🇸 Bahamas	54.4	23.8	24.2	5.2	1.7
🇧🇭 Bahrain	44.0	0.8	16.3	13.7	22.2
🇧🇩 Bangladesh	1.6	0.0	26.7	1.3	1.4
🇧🇧 Barbados	49.3	12.3	42.9	8.0	3.4
🇧🇾 Belarus	32.2	39.2	11.8	18.6	0.4
🇧🇪 Belgium	12.4	32.8	22.7	14.0	2.6
🇧🇿 Belize	23.8	20.8	13.3	3.6	0.3
🇧🇯 Benin	8.7	0.7	16.2	3.6	1.5
🇧🇹 Bhutan	4.6	1.9	7.3	9.3	0.3
🇧🇴 Bolivia	40.9	9.7	2.8	21.6	4.9
🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina	20.0	9.3	7.3	12.8	0.6
🇧🇼 Botswana	3.5	0.5	2.6	10.2	14.3
🇧🇷 Brazil	48.4	14.2	8.1	35.4	1.2
🇧🇬 Bulgaria	21.5	30.0	7.4	3.5	2.0
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	9.5	15.2	8.9	5.3	4.3
🇧🇮 Burundi	0.6	0.9	2.6	0.9	0.8
🇨🇻 Cabo Verde	19.4	7.3	10.8	1.7	1.9
🇰🇭 Cambodia	2.8	5.9	45.8	4.2	0.0
🇨🇲 Cameroon	3.3	1.2	19.1	3.1	4.0
🇨🇦 Canada	40.1	21.4	20.7	27.5	1.6
🇨🇫 Central African Republic	2.6	4.1	7.4	20.8	10.4
🇹🇩 Chad	0.5	0.2	6.6	27.5	18.7
🇨🇱 Chile	36.1	22.1	14.8	23.7	1.3
🇨🇳 China	15.6	35.5	39.9	6.8	4.2
🇨🇴 Colombia	33.8	10.5	8.9	13.7	0.1
🇰🇲 Comoros	26.8	0.1	14.3	3.0	1.2
🇨🇬 Congo	23.2	6.8	24.5	1.9	8.1
🇨🇷 Costa Rica	34.3	12.7	18.0	11.4	0.0
🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire	2.9	1.0	23.2	1.4	6.5
🇭🇷 Croatia	16.6	49.6	19.1	11.2	2.1
🇨🇺 Cuba	37.7	21.6	6.1	7.4	4.9
🇨🇾 Cyprus	28.4	36.8	25.5	5.9	4.6
🇨🇿 Czechia	23.5	44.5	10.5	10.2	0.9
🇩🇰 Denmark	24.6	13.5	26.5	24.3	1.3
🇩🇯 Djibouti	3.6	0.1	3.5	6.2	5.4
🇩🇲 Dominica	39.4	11.4	27.9	8.1	1.1
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	32.2	9.9	8.5	6.3	0.2
🇨🇩 DR Congo	1.3	0.5	4.2	0.3	1.2
🇪🇨 Ecuador	18.9	12.9	8.2	13.3	0.4
🇪🇬 Egypt	14.3	0.0	27.1	7.4	1.5
🇸🇻 El Salvador	25.9	4.7	6.5	8.2	0.0
🇪🇪 Estonia	21.1	37.7	14.7	8.5	0.5
🇸🇿 Eswatini	7.3	2.0	4.3	16.1	2.0
🇪🇹 Ethiopia	0.6	0.0	0.5	3.8	3.5
🇫🇯 Fiji	28.8	3.7	26.5	3.1	5.3
🇫🇮 Finland	21.1	30.8	33.5	18.4	1.1
🇫🇷 France	23.0	31.0	33.2	20.8	3.5
🇵🇫 French Polynesia	48.8	14.3	47.3	21.4	3.7
🇬🇦 Gabon	39.7	8.3	28.7	4.7	14.3
🇬🇲 Gambia	10.6	0.3	25.2	3.4	1.1
🇬🇪 Georgia	18.2	9.3	10.0	5.8	1.8
🇩🇪 Germany	18.3	44.0	12.6	14.6	1.8
🇬🇭 Ghana	11.6	1.2	24.9	1.6	4.2
🇬🇷 Greece	25.6	25.0	21.7	14.5	9.4
🇬🇩 Grenada	37.4	14.6	33.8	4.1	1.4
🇬🇹 Guatemala	28.7	3.6	3.0	11.7	0.3
🇬🇳 Guinea	2.7	0.2	9.7	8.2	2.8
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	3.1	7.2	1.2	3.7	1.3
🇬🇾 Guyana	41.4	5.0	25.0	4.2	1.2
🇭🇹 Haiti	10.9	4.0	5.0	4.2	0.9
🇭🇳 Honduras	21.6	5.0	2.6	6.0	0.1
🇭🇰 Hong Kong	55.5	55.2	65.8	22.5	3.0
🇭🇺 Hungary	29.8	48.3	6.4	4.6	0.3
🇮🇸 Iceland	30.0	21.8	90.6	14.0	24.4
🇮🇳 India	2.6	0.2	8.0	1.1	0.6
🇮🇩 Indonesia	13.7	0.9	44.4	2.8	0.5
🇮🇷 Iran	26.0	0.0	12.6	7.6	4.5
🇮🇶 Iraq	5.4	0.0	3.6	3.1	1.7
🇮🇪 Ireland	24.7	31.1	22.6	19.8	3.6
🇮🇱 Israel	68.9	1.6	24.7	27.2	1.7
🇮🇹 Italy	19.6	32.9	29.2	15.9	1.8
🇯🇲 Jamaica	53.9	3.1	25.2	3.8	0.7
🇯🇵 Japan	22.3	21.3	46.2	9.6	0.3
🇯🇴 Jordan	26.1	0.0	5.1	6.8	4.8
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	21.2	8.2	2.8	26.6	15.9
🇰🇪 Kenya	1.3	0.4	2.9	4.5	4.5
🇰🇮 Kiribati	26.6	10.3	73.2	1.9	0.3
🇰🇼 Kuwait	46.6	0.0	14.0	9.4	16.7
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	5.2	2.1	1.1	14.9	10.0
🇱🇦 Laos	6.6	13.5	24.1	8.4	0.5
🇱🇻 Latvia	26.2	38.4	25.0	5.3	0.8
🇱🇧 Lebanon	18.6	0.6	8.7	9.2	1.1
🇱🇸 Lesotho	2.1	3.8	3.0	2.0	3.9
🇱🇷 Liberia	11.3	5.3	4.3	0.4	2.1
🇱🇾 Libya	32.8	0.0	14.3	2.9	6.5
🇱🇹 Lithuania	33.3	50.7	33.1	5.9	1.1
🇱🇺 Luxembourg	18.1	33.1	31.7	25.7	2.0
🇲🇴 Macao	45.6	46.9	73.2	9.4	1.8
🇲🇬 Madagascar	3.1	1.0	4.0	1.3	0.5
🇲🇼 Malawi	5.7	11.8	10.1	2.9	3.1
🇲🇾 Malaysia	50.2	7.4	54.7	6.0	1.0
🇲🇻 Maldives	11.0	0.4	83.1	5.9	0.8
🇲🇱 Mali	2.4	0.1	8.5	3.6	2.6
🇲🇹 Malta	25.2	25.8	22.8	26.4	1.8
🇲🇷 Mauritania	6.3	0.0	8.4	6.4	18.4
🇲🇺 Mauritius	38.7	3.2	24.0	4.5	4.2
🇲🇽 Mexico	35.9	19.1	13.6	14.6	1.5
🇫🇲 Micronesia	38.2	16.2	47.4	4.9	0.2
🇲🇩 Moldova	17.2	19.2	11.7	1.9	0.3
🇲🇳 Mongolia	3.0	0.6	0.6	26.6	81.4
🇲🇪 Montenegro	17.1	43.2	15.6	15.0	2.1
🇲🇦 Morocco	24.0	0.0	18.4	7.7	6.9
🇲🇿 Mozambique	3.8	3.1	13.4	0.6	0.1
🇲🇲 Myanmar	29.9	20.1	45.0	9.3	1.7
🇳🇦 Namibia	10.2	4.5	11.9	8.8	8.9
🇳🇷 Nauru	51.0	28.2	51.0	19.1	6.9
🇳🇵 Nepal	2.3	1.0	3.5	8.2	2.7
🇳🇱 Netherlands	10.0	27.7	21.9	16.2	5.2
🇳🇨 New Caledonia	40.9	17.4	23.4	17.7	2.3
🇳🇿 New Zealand	26.0	25.2	26.4	18.6	15.3
🇳🇮 Nicaragua	21.8	5.3	6.6	2.2	0.4
🇳🇪 Niger	1.0	0.1	1.8	2.8	4.4
🇳🇬 Nigeria	1.2	1.5	6.7	1.6	2.8
🇰🇵 North Korea	1.8	4.3	11.0	0.8	6.7
🇲🇰 North Macedonia	20.0	12.6	6.2	6.8	0.9
🇳🇴 Norway	20.0	23.7	50.2	17.8	5.8
🇴🇲 Oman	19.7	0.4	26.1	9.0	14.3
🇵🇰 Pakistan	6.2	0.0	1.6	9.8	2.6
🇵🇦 Panama	55.4	15.9	13.7	14.5	1.0
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	3.9	9.9	14.6	0.8	47.8
🇵🇾 Paraguay	9.6	8.8	4.0	21.9	0.6
🇵🇪 Peru	42.7	4.5	27.1	4.2	1.9
🇵🇭 Philippines	15.9	14.5	29.1	3.1	0.3
🇵🇱 Poland	32.9	55.0	12.5	1.5	0.1
🇵🇹 Portugal	30.6	38.1	60.0	18.8	2.8
🇶🇦 Qatar	54.3	1.2	21.1	8.4	12.1
🇷🇴 Romania	23.9	34.5	8.3	5.2	2.7
🇷🇺 Russia	30.8	28.2	21.7	12.9	5.1
🇷🇼 Rwanda	1.5	1.0	4.6	2.7	3.2
🇰🇳 Saint Kitts & Nevis	48.7	15.5	38.8	2.9	2.5
🇱🇨 Saint Lucia	57.6	14.9	33.6	3.8	2.0
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	74.7	11.3	19.4	7.8	0.7
🇼🇸 Samoa	65.7	12.3	47.6	6.9	3.5
🇸🇹 Sao Tome & Principe	17.1	4.7	27.7	1.7	0.1
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	43.0	0.0	11.7	4.4	7.7
🇸🇳 Senegal	7.4	1.2	11.9	5.0	3.7
🇷🇸 Serbia	14.1	37.3	6.7	6.1	4.1
🇸🇨 Seychelles	36.9	13.7	56.8	9.2	2.7
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	5.4	1.0	25.5	1.3	1.9
🇸🇰 Slovakia	16.9	38.8	10.2	5.8	0.9
🇸🇮 Slovenia	30.4	25.8	13.2	15.3	1.1
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	6.1	4.4	28.1	1.8	0.1
🇿🇦 South Africa	34.9	4.2	6.5	17.2	3.5
🇰🇷 South Korea	22.8	38.4	55.3	16.9	0.5
🇸🇸 South Sudan	4.3	0.0	2.9	12.4	4.3
🇪🇸 Spain	33.6	52.6	40.8	12.3	3.4
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	10.4	0.1	29.0	1.2	0.1
🇸🇩 Sudan	1.9	0.0	1.1	8.0	10.5
🇸🇷 Suriname	49.6	8.0	16.5	4.4	0.3
🇸🇪 Sweden	15.4	28.6	32.2	22.5	1.5
🇨🇭 Switzerland	16.9	27.8	16.0	19.1	2.4
🇸🇾 Syria	6.4	0.0	2.2	2.2	7.3
🇹🇼 Taiwan	41.6	38.4	29.8	6.1	0.9
🇹🇯 Tajikistan	3.5	0.1	0.7	25.8	7.8
🇹🇿 Tanzania	1.5	0.3	6.4	7.8	1.6
🇹🇭 Thailand	11.4	13.1	29.2	1.2	0.0
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	9.4	11.5	6.4	1.6	0.4
🇹🇬 Togo	7.2	2.3	11.7	0.8	2.2
🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago	63.1	5.6	23.6	5.7	1.5
🇹🇳 Tunisia	17.9	0.0	14.1	3.7	5.8
🇹🇷 Türkiye	20.0	0.0	5.5	16.0	1.3
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	6.1	0.1	2.8	22.5	20.8
🇺🇸 U.S.	58.7	30.6	22.8	37.9	1.4
🇦🇪 UAE	31.1	0.0	25.4	6.7	10.4
🇺🇬 Uganda	1.5	2.9	14.3	3.6	1.0
🇬🇧 UK	32.7	24.0	17.9	17.4	5.0
🇺🇦 Ukraine	24.9	16.7	13.8	7.2	0.7
🇺🇾 Uruguay	21.0	14.1	9.1	19.4	3.5
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	3.1	0.2	4.0	31.6	6.1
🇻🇺 Vanuatu	14.6	12.4	29.0	7.2	0.3
🇻🇪 Venezuela	16.1	4.4	10.2	12.0	0.3
🇻🇳 Vietnam	15.8	38.2	39.6	6.1	0.5
🇾🇪 Yemen	11.2	0.0	3.0	3.0	4.5
🇿🇲 Zambia	2.6	1.5	13.1	9.3	2.7
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	4.6	0.7	3.0	42.3	4.3

The world’s largest consumers of meat per capita? Hong Kong, Iceland, and Macao have the highest total meat consumption, all above 170 kg (370 lbs) per capita.

We take a brief look through the biggest consumers of each type of meat below.

Who Eats the Most Poultry?

While the U.S. and China eat the most chicken by absolute numbers, the countries rank 7th and 112th respectively when it comes to poultry consumption on a per capita basis.

Several island nations-St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, Samoa-along with Israel eat more than 60 kilograms of poultry meat (about 15 large birds) per person on an annual basis.

Regionally, poultry consumption can be seen spanning almost all of the Americas, as well as in the UK and former British colonies Australia and South Africa, and in the Middle East.

Who Eats the Most Pork?

Despite eating more seafood and poultry, Hong Kong leads the world in pork consumption per capita annually at 55 kg (121 lbs). This is almost equivalent to the average amount of retail pork harvested from a single 250 lb pig.

Poland and Spain-who are also top pork producers-rank close behind Hong Kong with similar pork consumption numbers. Indeed, we can see pork as the most consumed meat in many European countries with local histories of pork foods, as well as in a few countries in Africa including Burkina Faso and one Southeast Asian country, Timor-Leste.

Who Eats the Most Fish and Seafood?

In the middle of the North Atlantic ocean, Iceland eats the most fish and seafood in the world, at a staggering 90 kg (nearly 200 lbs), per person per year. That also gives Iceland the crown for the highest per-capita consumption of any single type of meat.

Behind Iceland are other island and high coastline nations, including the Maldives, Hong Kong, Macao, and Portugal. Regionally we can see the importance of seafood reflected in East and South Asia, the Atlantic coastline of Africa, and the Nordic countries in Europe.

Who Eats the Most Beef?

Argentina’s 46-million-strong population eats nearly 47 kg (103 lbs) of bovine meat per person per year, the most by any country in the UN’s database.

The South American country has a rich culinary history with beef, as cattle brought by Spanish settlers flourished on the grassy plains of the region. Such is cattle’s importance on the continent that the gaucho-a horseman engaged in cattle work-is a folk symbol in Argentina, Uruguay and parts of Brazil (which ranks 5th in beef consumption).

The map of beef consumption highlights Central Asian countries including Uzbekistan and Eastern African countries including Ethiopia.

Who Eats the Most Mutton & Other Meat?

The people of Mongolia are unrivaled in their consumption of mutton and goat meat, devouring an impressive 66 kilograms (145 pounds) per capita annually. This voracious appetite for meat is deeply rooted in their heritage as a nation of skilled shepherds.

Papua New Guinea, meanwhile, tops the “other meat” consumption rankings. The country is the largest producer of game meat in the world, due to its mostly rural and indigenous population relying on hunting. One 2023 study found that a sample of villages in the country primarily hunted wild deer and boar for meat, although marsupials like bandicoots, tree-kangaroos, and cuscus were occasionally hunted and consumed as well.

Mongolia also ranks highly in consumption of other meat per capita, likely due to their traditional consumption of horse meat. The country produced just over 100,000 tons of horse meat in 2020, one-sixth of the country’s total meat production that year.

Mapping Meat Consumption By Country, Without Seafood

What happens to each country’s meat consumption habits if we remove fish and seafood from the dataset? The map, and the rankings change quite a bit.

Most of the blue on the map is replaced with a wash of yellow, indicating the global popularity of poultry meat as a cheap and efficient source of protein. However, much of East Asia including China and European countries like France and Sweden consume more pork.

The rankings for total meat consumption also shuffle.

Country	Total (With Seafood)	Total (Without Seafood)
🇦🇫 Afghanistan	9.6	9.3
🇦🇱 Albania	47.8	39.1
🇩🇿 Algeria	22.4	18.6
🇦🇴 Angola	34.1	19.9
🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda	136.2	82.1
🇦🇷 Argentina	116.9	110.2
🇦🇲 Armenia	56.4	50.9
🇦🇺 Australia	145.6	121.5
🇦🇹 Austria	91.2	76.9
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	38.9	36.9
🇧🇸 Bahamas	109.3	85.1
🇧🇭 Bahrain	96.9	80.6
🇧🇩 Bangladesh	31.1	4.3
🇧🇧 Barbados	115.8	73.0
🇧🇾 Belarus	102.2	90.4
🇧🇪 Belgium	84.5	61.9
🇧🇿 Belize	61.8	48.5
🇧🇯 Benin	30.8	14.6
🇧🇹 Bhutan	23.4	16.1
🇧🇴 Bolivia	79.9	77.1
🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina	50.1	42.8
🇧🇼 Botswana	31.1	28.6
🇧🇷 Brazil	107.2	99.2
🇧🇬 Bulgaria	64.3	56.9
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	43.2	34.3
🇧🇮 Burundi	5.7	3.1
🇨🇻 Cabo Verde	41.2	30.4
🇰🇭 Cambodia	58.6	12.9
🇨🇲 Cameroon	30.8	11.6
🇨🇦 Canada	111.3	90.6
🇨🇫 Central African Republic	45.1	37.8
🇹🇩 Chad	53.5	46.9
🇨🇱 Chile	97.8	83.0
🇨🇳 China	102.0	62.1
🇨🇴 Colombia	67.0	58.1
🇰🇲 Comoros	45.5	31.2
🇨🇬 Congo	64.5	40.0
🇨🇷 Costa Rica	76.4	58.5
🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire	35.0	11.8
🇭🇷 Croatia	98.6	79.5
🇨🇺 Cuba	77.6	71.6
🇨🇾 Cyprus	101.1	75.6
🇨🇿 Czechia	89.6	79.2
🇩🇰 Denmark	90.1	63.7
🇩🇯 Djibouti	18.9	15.4
🇩🇲 Dominica	87.9	60.1
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	57.1	48.6
🇨🇩 DR Congo	7.4	3.3
🇪🇨 Ecuador	53.6	45.4
🇪🇬 Egypt	50.3	23.3
🇸🇻 El Salvador	45.4	38.8
🇪🇪 Estonia	82.4	67.8
🇸🇿 Eswatini	31.7	27.4
🇪🇹 Ethiopia	8.4	7.9
🇫🇯 Fiji	67.4	40.9
🇫🇮 Finland	104.8	71.4
🇫🇷 France	111.5	78.2
🇵🇫 French Polynesia	135.4	88.2
🇬🇦 Gabon	95.7	67.0
🇬🇲 Gambia	40.6	15.5
🇬🇪 Georgia	45.1	35.1
🇩🇪 Germany	91.4	78.8
🇬🇭 Ghana	43.5	18.5
🇬🇷 Greece	96.2	74.5
🇬🇩 Grenada	91.3	57.5
🇬🇹 Guatemala	47.2	44.2
🇬🇳 Guinea	23.6	13.9
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	16.5	15.3
🇬🇾 Guyana	76.8	51.8
🇭🇹 Haiti	25.0	20.0
🇭🇳 Honduras	35.4	32.8
🇭🇰 Hong Kong	202.1	136.3
🇭🇺 Hungary	89.3	82.9
🇮🇸 Iceland	180.9	90.2
🇮🇳 India	12.6	4.6
🇮🇩 Indonesia	62.3	17.9
🇮🇷 Iran	50.6	38.0
🇮🇶 Iraq	13.8	10.2
🇮🇪 Ireland	101.8	79.2
🇮🇱 Israel	124.1	99.4
🇮🇹 Italy	99.4	70.2
🇯🇲 Jamaica	86.7	61.5
🇯🇵 Japan	99.6	53.4
🇯🇴 Jordan	42.8	37.7
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	74.7	71.9
🇰🇪 Kenya	13.6	10.7
🇰🇮 Kiribati	112.4	39.2
🇰🇼 Kuwait	86.6	72.7
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	33.2	32.1
🇱🇦 Laos	53.1	29.0
🇱🇻 Latvia	95.8	70.8
🇱🇧 Lebanon	38.2	29.5
🇱🇸 Lesotho	14.7	11.7
🇱🇷 Liberia	23.4	19.1
🇱🇾 Libya	56.5	42.2
🇱🇹 Lithuania	123.9	90.9
🇱🇺 Luxembourg	110.6	78.9
🇲🇴 Macao	176.9	103.7
🇲🇬 Madagascar	9.8	5.8
🇲🇼 Malawi	33.7	23.6
🇲🇾 Malaysia	119.4	64.7
🇲🇻 Maldives	101.2	18.1
🇲🇱 Mali	17.1	8.6
🇲🇹 Malta	102.0	79.1
🇲🇷 Mauritania	39.5	31.1
🇲🇺 Mauritius	74.5	50.5
🇲🇽 Mexico	84.7	71.1
🇫🇲 Micronesia	106.7	59.4
🇲🇩 Moldova	50.3	38.6
🇲🇳 Mongolia	112.1	111.6
🇲🇪 Montenegro	93.0	77.4
🇲🇦 Morocco	57.0	38.6
🇲🇿 Mozambique	21.0	7.6
🇲🇲 Myanmar	106.0	61.0
🇳🇦 Namibia	44.3	32.4
🇳🇷 Nauru	156.2	105.1
🇳🇵 Nepal	17.7	14.2
🇳🇱 Netherlands	81.0	59.1
🇳🇨 New Caledonia	101.7	78.3
🇳🇿 New Zealand	111.4	85.0
🇳🇮 Nicaragua	36.3	29.6
🇳🇪 Niger	10.1	8.3
🇳🇬 Nigeria	13.8	7.0
🇰🇵 North Korea	24.6	13.6
🇲🇰 North Macedonia	46.6	40.3
🇳🇴 Norway	117.4	67.2
🇴🇲 Oman	69.5	43.4
🇵🇰 Pakistan	20.2	18.6
🇵🇦 Panama	100.5	86.8
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	77.0	62.4
🇵🇾 Paraguay	44.9	40.9
🇵🇪 Peru	80.5	53.4
🇵🇭 Philippines	62.8	33.7
🇵🇱 Poland	102.0	89.5
🇵🇹 Portugal	150.2	90.2
🇶🇦 Qatar	96.9	75.9
🇷🇴 Romania	74.7	66.4
🇷🇺 Russia	98.6	76.9
🇷🇼 Rwanda	12.9	8.4
🇰🇳 Saint Kitts & Nevis	108.5	69.7
🇱🇨 Saint Lucia	111.9	78.3
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	113.8	94.4
🇼🇸 Samoa	135.9	88.3
🇸🇹 Sao Tome & Principe	51.3	23.6
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	66.8	55.0
🇸🇳 Senegal	29.1	17.2
🇷🇸 Serbia	68.3	61.6
🇸🇨 Seychelles	119.2	62.5
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	35.0	9.5
🇸🇰 Slovakia	72.7	62.5
🇸🇮 Slovenia	85.7	72.5
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	40.5	12.4
🇿🇦 South Africa	66.2	59.8
🇰🇷 South Korea	133.8	78.5
🇸🇸 South Sudan	23.9	21.0
🇪🇸 Spain	142.7	101.9
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	40.8	11.8
🇸🇩 Sudan	21.5	20.3
🇸🇷 Suriname	78.8	62.3
🇸🇪 Sweden	100.2	68.0
🇨🇭 Switzerland	82.2	66.2
🇸🇾 Syria	18.0	15.8
🇹🇼 Taiwan	116.7	87.0
🇹🇯 Tajikistan	37.9	37.2
🇹🇿 Tanzania	17.6	11.2
🇹🇭 Thailand	54.9	25.8
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	29.3	22.9
🇹🇬 Togo	24.2	12.5
🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago	99.5	75.9
🇹🇳 Tunisia	41.4	27.3
🇹🇷 Türkiye	42.8	37.3
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	52.2	49.4
🇺🇸 U.S.	151.4	128.6
🇦🇪 UAE	73.6	48.2
🇺🇬 Uganda	23.3	9.0
🇬🇧 UK	97.0	79.1
🇺🇦 Ukraine	63.3	49.5
🇺🇾 Uruguay	67.3	58.1
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	45.0	41.0
🇻🇺 Vanuatu	63.5	34.5
🇻🇪 Venezuela	43.1	32.9
🇻🇳 Vietnam	100.2	60.6
🇾🇪 Yemen	21.7	18.7
🇿🇲 Zambia	29.3	16.2
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	54.9	51.9

Hong Kong remains at the top, but the U.S. jumps up three spots to second place, with annual per capita meat consumption at 128 kg (282 lbs) when seafood isn’t included.

Iceland and Macao drop to the top 15, while Australia, Mongolia, and Argentina climb into the top five. Other countries that preferred seafood dropped a lot lower, such as Japan, which fell 40 spots in the total consumption rankings when fish was removed.

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