List of countries by meat consumption per capita

This is a list of countries by meat consumption per capita.

Accuracy

The data shown below represents per capita amounts of meat eaten by humans.

The data in this table can be compared to List of countries by meat consumption which are simply figures for carcass mass availability (with "carcass mass" for poultry estimated as ready-to-cook mass), divided by population. This includes the amount eaten by humans, as well as losses, which include bones, losses in retail and food service or home preparation (including trim and cooking), spoilage and “downstream” waste, and amounts consumed by pets (compare dressed weight).

Country	Kg/person (2017)
United States	98.60
Australia	94.61
Argentina	91.40
Uruguay	81.04
Israel	80.35
Brazil	78.60
The Netherlands	76.60
New Zealand	72.14
Chile	71.97
Canada	69.99
European Union	69.6
Russia	60.66
South Korea	55.89
Malaysia	54.75
Saudi Arabia	54.05
Vietnam	52.90
Paraguay	52.68
China	50.20
South Africa	50.17
Mexico	47.71
Peru	47.53
Colombia	43.92
Kazakhstan	43.65
Ukraine	41.68
Japan	36.45
Turkey	30.39
Philippines	29.62
Iran	28.98
Thailand	22.85
Egypt	19.94
Algeria	17.33
Haiti	14.19
Zimbabwe	13.64
Pakistan	12.79
Indonesia	11.27
Ghana	9.32
Mozambique	7.21
Tanzania	6.82
Nigeria	5.91
Ethiopia	4.22
Bangladesh	3.29
India	3.16