Data for 2012

Meat Supply per Person, 2012

2012, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Meat Supply per Person, 2012 covers 168 countries on 6 measures. Hong Kong is highest, at 138.63; India is lowest, at 3.91. The middle country reads 46.83. Against 2011, 168 values changed (89 up, 79 down), the same countries are covered.

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Meat Supply per Person · Data for 2012

HighestHong Kong

138.63

LowestIndia

3.91

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

168countries
6measures per country
2012the year it describes
168distinct values2 decimals, as published
Oct 3, 2026read from the publisher
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Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	138.63	28.33	1.63	56.74	49.04	2.88
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	120.79	36.85	9.93	24.44	47.34	2.23
United StatesUSANorthern America	115.04	37.00	0.41	27.25	49.58	0.81
BahamasBHSCaribbean	109.71	24.38	5.49	32.59	46.90	0.36
MacauMACEastern Asia	108.73	10.80	0.72	62.03	34.17	1.00
ArgentinaARGSouth America	100.54	51.06	1.47	8.64	38.40	0.97
IsraelISRWestern Asia	98.08	28.03	1.99	2.07	65.98	0.01
SamoaWSMPolynesia	97.54	12.40	5.18	19.13	60.82	0.02
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	96.76	20.25	24.99	22.81	26.25	2.47
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	94.87	7.29	1.18	11.32	74.94	0.14
SpainESPSouthern Europe	94.86	12.36	2.29	48.53	29.69	1.98
BrazilBRASouth America	93.64	39.68	0.62	11.85	41.23	0.26
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	93.45	9.54	0.92	10.66	72.27	0.05
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	93.14	31.10	1.89	38.25	19.56	2.34
CanadaCANNorthern America	91.53	29.67	0.96	24.19	36.65	0.07
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	91.24	16.34	2.20	41.33	30.03	1.34
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	89.45	11.93	21.88	20.57	26.40	8.68
BelarusBLREastern Europe	88.78	19.16	0.11	40.84	28.41	0.26
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	88.37	6.58	2.51	9.81	69.14	0.33
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	88.24	13.66	0.77	53.65	17.82	2.34
FranceFRAWestern Europe	88.20	25.02	3.47	33.48	23.75	2.47
ItalyITASouthern Europe	87.50	20.89	1.11	40.01	19.13	6.36
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	87.23	17.38	1.14	48.38	18.96	1.37
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	84.39	15.21	1.04	38.34	24.41	5.39
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	83.96	10.07	1.41	6.04	62.67	3.77
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	82.92	9.16	14.32	—	58.86	0.59
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	82.88	22.22	2.99	31.53	25.19	0.95
PolandPOLEastern Europe	81.70	3.48	0.05	49.60	28.44	0.12
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	80.80	11.77	2.09	52.50	14.44	0.00
ChileCHLSouth America	80.24	22.50	0.51	21.65	35.37	0.22
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	79.81	18.70	4.17	25.40	29.90	1.63
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	78.75	6.63	4.88	41.10	24.37	1.78
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	78.73	19.46	1.36	30.04	22.76	5.11
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	78.59	18.92	0.86	33.49	24.96	0.36
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	78.50	23.80	1.36	36.13	15.52	1.68
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	77.96	19.46	0.56	37.09	18.86	2.00
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	77.60	6.41	2.53	7.67	60.99	0.01
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	77.38	5.15	0.93	38.69	32.51	0.09
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	76.78	27.36	0.88	25.25	22.09	1.20
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	76.01	8.27	0.32	42.91	20.52	4.00
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	75.53	17.15	12.95	27.73	14.95	2.74
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	74.98	3.55	0.22	45.28	25.25	0.68
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	74.65	19.24	39.88	0.24	2.29	13.00
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	73.21	6.00	0.14	39.22	25.82	2.03
RussiaRUSEastern Europe	72.87	17.60	1.39	24.48	26.43	2.98
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	72.08	15.76	1.22	40.22	12.66	2.23
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	71.71	20.84	1.47	31.34	16.08	1.97
VenezuelaVENSouth America	71.10	24.44	0.31	7.28	39.04	0.04
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	70.64	19.55	5.16	23.31	20.20	2.42
UruguayURYSouth America	69.83	28.56	5.16	14.04	21.36	0.71
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	69.46	10.49	3.55	41.67	13.73	0.02
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	69.28	12.84	1.63	44.94	9.11	0.76
GabonGABMiddle Africa	68.25	6.25	0.96	5.73	37.79	17.52
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	67.24	11.62	4.17	8.11	43.30	0.04
BoliviaBOLSouth America	66.84	20.11	1.78	8.81	34.46	1.67
MexicoMEXCentral America	65.78	15.78	0.91	16.40	32.06	0.63
PanamaPANCentral America	65.62	22.02	0.02	12.16	30.64	0.78
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	64.90	4.93	0.36	38.43	20.83	0.36
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	64.04	1.54	2.22	10.43	2.67	47.18
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	63.45	5.08	1.38	3.90	53.08	0.02
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	63.31	14.49	0.14	32.37	16.06	0.26
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	63.27	50.50	1.86	2.00	6.67	2.23
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	62.91	7.29	0.85	7.64	47.11	0.01
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	60.85	7.26	6.52	—	45.42	1.65
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	59.60	10.40	0.43	28.86	19.61	0.30
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	59.24	16.27	3.14	4.44	34.63	0.76
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	58.28	15.71	8.87	9.98	18.17	5.55
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	58.24	5.72	3.53	29.81	18.69	0.49
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	57.85	4.52	2.99	36.48	12.75	1.11
OmanOMNWestern Asia	54.99	13.49	12.51	0.01	26.49	2.49
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	54.84	4.20	1.21	10.45	37.88	1.10
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	54.01	3.86	1.84	25.67	21.71	0.93
UkraineUKREastern Europe	53.81	8.11	0.43	20.10	24.59	0.58
EcuadorECUSouth America	53.12	17.08	0.43	13.68	21.30	0.63
ColombiaCOLSouth America	51.92	18.15	0.17	8.09	25.35	0.16
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	51.45	6.13	3.85	3.67	37.06	0.74
SurinameSURSouth America	51.42	8.67	0.07	7.91	34.56	0.21
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	50.17	23.43	22.29	0.79	3.42	0.24
Costa RicaCRICentral America	49.89	15.94	0.02	10.44	23.49	0.00
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	49.15	5.16	0.15	29.29	11.64	2.91
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	48.60	5.21	1.62	9.70	32.06	0.02
BelizeBLZCentral America	47.54	4.55	0.11	14.94	27.68	0.25
CubaCUBCaribbean	47.52	6.25	1.29	16.73	18.25	5.00
GuyanaGUYSouth America	47.04	2.67	1.13	2.42	40.69	0.13
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	46.62	9.63	0.20	9.05	27.72	0.03
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	46.56	14.91	7.99	9.99	13.63	0.04
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	45.87	2.46	0.21	23.96	19.01	0.23
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	45.43	19.85	2.90	8.60	14.06	0.02
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	44.26	5.57	0.13	25.67	12.58	0.30
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	43.86	6.49	1.20	12.88	23.27	0.02
PeruPERSouth America	43.19	4.58	0.95	3.66	32.73	1.26
JordanJORWestern Asia	43.13	5.79	6.49	0.02	30.79	0.05
FijiFJIMelanesia	42.85	4.04	5.38	4.48	28.86	0.09
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	41.38	3.66	8.41	—	26.10	3.21
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	38.69	14.35	2.09	1.39	20.85	0.00
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	38.52	7.85	1.49	10.01	19.04	0.15
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	38.36	9.93	0.23	14.78	11.72	1.70
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	36.22	14.33	8.49	4.82	7.13	1.45
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	35.98	9.44	0.67	8.95	16.92	0.00
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	35.37	1.52	0.51	10.70	4.70	17.93
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	34.80	5.86	7.88	0.04	20.17	0.84
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	34.78	26.45	4.92	1.16	1.94	0.31
IranIRNSouthern Asia	34.66	5.93	4.80	0.00	23.79	0.15
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	34.45	10.75	4.22	0.00	19.45	0.03
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	34.18	11.23	0.15	5.10	17.51	0.19
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	33.61	12.55	3.68	0.61	4.99	11.78
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	33.36	4.03	0.51	17.45	11.14	0.22
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	33.10	6.78	4.82	0.02	19.63	1.85
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	31.75	7.32	12.31	0.00	4.98	7.14
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	30.84	12.41	7.64	0.23	10.53	0.02
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	30.44	2.55	1.77	10.46	15.51	0.15
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	30.23	7.95	0.02	2.65	19.61	0.00
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	30.16	6.67	0.78	8.28	14.31	0.13
HondurasHNDCentral America	29.58	6.13	0.03	4.44	18.91	0.06
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	29.50	4.48	1.99	3.83	15.21	3.99
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	28.82	5.45	5.21	0.00	17.30	0.86
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	28.27	6.23	0.88	6.93	13.87	0.36
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	28.04	1.89	0.04	13.10	12.99	0.02
KiribatiKIRMicronesia	28.01	6.18	0.10	8.57	13.13	0.04
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	25.71	15.30	1.96	1.82	6.39	0.24
NicaraguaNICCentral America	25.66	2.61	0.01	3.48	19.11	0.44
ParaguayPRYSouth America	24.87	11.12	0.64	5.87	7.07	0.17
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	24.64	11.27	1.34	0.01	11.02	1.00
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	22.24	3.07	0.36	1.03	9.34	8.44
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	21.86	7.06	0.66	0.97	13.07	0.11
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	21.40	6.12	7.53	0.00	7.39	0.36
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	20.78	7.50	0.26	9.13	3.88	0.00
IraqIRQWestern Asia	20.72	3.38	2.01	0.00	15.26	0.06
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	20.46	10.85	0.65	3.33	3.07	2.57
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	20.35	4.75	0.68	0.08	14.83	0.00
HaitiHTICaribbean	18.56	4.74	0.64	4.19	8.09	0.90
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	17.99	3.06	8.17	0.00	6.64	0.13
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	17.84	7.52	4.83	0.09	4.76	0.64
YemenYEMWestern Asia	17.12	4.02	3.48	0.01	9.49	0.11
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	16.85	4.07	1.46	9.25	2.06	0.01
SenegalSENWestern Africa	16.30	5.67	3.30	1.02	5.15	1.17
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	15.92	6.43	5.44	0.89	2.92	0.24
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	15.84	7.48	3.19	2.33	2.28	0.56
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	15.80	1.13	1.66	1.05	7.64	4.32
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	15.03	2.69	0.35	0.46	6.97	4.56
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	14.81	0.76	0.47	3.59	7.88	2.11
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	14.46	1.49	0.04	4.06	8.86	0.01
KenyaKENEastern Africa	14.39	9.35	2.18	0.25	0.53	2.07
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	13.91	0.89	0.64	4.63	1.73	6.02
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	13.80	4.25	1.45	1.51	3.40	3.19
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	13.73	7.48	2.11	0.00	4.04	0.11
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	13.23	2.28	1.97	4.24	4.74	0.00
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	13.18	6.16	0.06	4.43	2.49	0.03
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	12.91	5.57	1.30	3.36	1.85	0.82
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	12.90	4.61	0.00	6.58	1.71	0.00
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	12.03	7.83	2.06	0.66	1.48	0.00
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	11.81	4.38	5.01	—	2.04	0.37
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	11.23	1.36	0.55	1.06	1.74	6.53
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	11.08	2.31	0.43	1.39	6.94	0.01
GuineaGINWestern Africa	10.67	6.38	1.61	0.17	1.97	0.55
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	9.59	5.82	1.21	0.30	1.82	0.44
NigerNERWestern Africa	9.34	3.32	2.32	0.09	1.01	2.60
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	8.91	1.71	0.54	0.64	4.26	1.77
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	8.10	0.54	0.12	4.85	2.57	0.02
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	7.93	2.56	1.87	0.74	1.25	1.52
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	7.50	1.36	0.09	0.06	5.99	0.00
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	7.20	1.64	2.06	1.42	1.15	0.94
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	6.96	2.00	0.63	0.24	3.46	0.64
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	6.86	1.80	0.55	1.05	3.11	0.34
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	6.19	3.20	1.33	0.02	0.57	1.07
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	4.52	0.24	0.30	0.53	1.21	2.23
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	3.97	1.17	1.31	0.00	1.39	0.10
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	3.91	1.07	0.50	0.25	1.94	0.14

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

Hong Kong138.63
Australia120.79
United States115.04
Bahamas109.71
Macau108.73

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 46.83. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Beef and veal (kg)
HighestArgentina51.06
LowestDR Congo0.24
Middle country: 7.40
Mutton and goat (kg)
HighestMongolia39.88
LowestCambodia0.00
Middle country: 1.36
Pigmeat (kg)
HighestMacau62.03
Lowest9 share it
Middle country: 8.20
Poultry (kg)
HighestAntigua and Barbuda74.94
LowestKenya0.53
Middle country: 18.21
Other meat (kg)
HighestPapua New Guinea47.18
Lowest11 share it
Middle country: 0.59

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
168values changed, of 168 in both
89 · 79rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Bahamas90.24 → 109.71+19.47
Netherlands66.56 → 84.39+17.83
Antigua and Barbuda84.20 → 94.87+10.67
Croatia60.94 → 69.28+8.34
Montenegro72.47 → 80.80+8.33

Fell most

Austria103.99 → 87.23−16.76
Kuwait92.72 → 82.92−9.80
Estonia68.55 → 59.60−8.95
Paraguay33.26 → 24.87−8.39
Slovakia56.95 → 49.15−7.80

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

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