Data for 2017

Meat Supply per Person, 2017

2017, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Meat Supply per Person, 2017 covers 168 countries on 6 measures. Hong Kong is highest, at 142.76; Bangladesh is lowest, at 4.31. The middle country reads 49.48. Against 2016, 168 values changed (94 up, 74 down), the same countries are covered.

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Meat Supply per Person · Data for 2017

HighestHong Kong

142.76

LowestBangladesh

4.31

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
2017the year it describes
168distinct values2 decimals, as published
Oct 3, 2026read from the publisher
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Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	142.76	33.28	1.19	59.27	46.19	2.83
United StatesUSANorthern America	118.43	36.30	0.50	26.23	54.60	0.80
MacauMACEastern Asia	117.57	15.38	0.68	66.94	32.95	1.62
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	114.75	28.10	10.05	25.32	50.34	0.95
ArgentinaARGSouth America	111.55	51.35	1.26	13.60	44.30	1.03
IsraelISRWestern Asia	109.17	31.07	1.82	1.55	74.72	0.01
SamoaWSMPolynesia	108.00	12.52	4.62	17.58	73.01	0.27
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	104.68	11.02	1.20	12.05	80.34	0.07
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	102.76	16.85	21.34	19.94	32.60	12.02
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	100.91	16.04	2.04	20.53	57.97	4.33
BrazilBRASouth America	100.88	37.62	0.61	13.86	48.37	0.42
SpainESPSouthern Europe	98.78	11.47	2.06	53.32	30.34	1.60
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	96.12	7.46	2.74	23.45	62.47	0.01
BahamasBHSCaribbean	95.87	8.10	2.80	33.14	51.37	0.46
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	94.38	23.62	0.90	43.35	25.22	1.30
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	92.84	19.88	2.34	38.73	30.48	1.41
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	91.09	11.02	1.73	8.76	69.28	0.31
CanadaCANNorthern America	90.73	26.76	0.99	24.02	38.89	0.07
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	90.71	21.85	53.55	0.38	2.79	12.14
ChileCHLSouth America	90.58	25.79	0.48	24.07	39.66	0.59
PolandPOLEastern Europe	87.99	0.18	0.03	54.37	33.27	0.14
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	87.04	21.20	12.34	25.55	25.51	2.44
FranceFRAWestern Europe	86.83	22.99	2.92	32.93	25.53	2.45
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	86.17	13.75	2.42	53.66	16.30	0.03
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	85.16	15.51	1.12	49.11	18.24	1.18
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	84.57	26.51	1.33	36.16	18.80	1.76
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	82.90	18.56	4.30	25.59	33.26	1.19
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	81.85	4.92	0.19	47.76	28.37	0.60
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	81.37	5.49	0.14	49.54	25.14	1.05
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	81.23	9.87	0.32	44.42	22.23	4.39
BoliviaBOLSouth America	81.14	22.62	2.56	9.49	44.68	1.79
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	80.12	14.88	0.81	44.42	17.96	2.05
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	79.98	6.94	0.93	38.54	33.49	0.08
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	79.53	19.94	1.27	30.93	23.71	3.69
ItalyITASouthern Europe	78.70	16.22	0.87	40.43	18.96	2.23
BelarusBLREastern Europe	78.03	16.87	0.10	32.93	27.89	0.24
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	78.00	13.05	1.48	50.75	11.05	1.66
RussiaRUSEastern Europe	76.77	13.89	1.38	26.45	31.70	3.34
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	76.49	20.04	3.37	28.50	23.66	0.92
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	76.07	18.83	0.56	36.19	18.99	1.49
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	74.31	17.20	0.36	37.76	18.81	0.18
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	73.69	17.49	0.86	30.79	24.19	0.35
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	73.36	7.07	4.54	37.00	23.79	0.96
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	73.22	23.15	1.37	30.92	16.34	1.43
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	72.69	12.73	4.30	8.61	47.00	0.05
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	71.50	2.76	2.48	8.09	58.10	0.06
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	71.31	8.41	4.47	45.65	12.77	0.02
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	69.29	5.59	0.37	41.71	20.96	0.66
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	68.75	7.55	1.33	7.60	52.26	0.01
MexicoMEXCentral America	68.65	15.14	0.92	17.79	34.15	0.66
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	68.17	18.24	5.25	22.89	20.76	1.04
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	67.97	9.60	12.60	—	45.24	0.54
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	67.93	4.94	1.18	15.64	44.49	1.68
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	67.76	5.30	3.97	35.23	22.89	0.38
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	67.52	15.21	6.96	28.14	15.05	2.16
GabonGABMiddle Africa	67.45	7.01	0.65	8.58	37.11	14.10
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	66.66	18.55	1.47	29.45	15.83	1.35
CubaCUBCaribbean	66.49	7.92	1.19	23.16	30.07	4.15
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	66.12	12.13	3.24	15.44	35.25	0.06
PanamaPANCentral America	65.13	16.64	0.01	13.91	33.79	0.78
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	63.54	7.46	0.46	34.45	21.03	0.13
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	63.42	15.57	1.00	29.84	15.79	1.22
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	61.95	17.35	3.16	3.92	36.71	0.81
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	61.89	4.13	1.04	3.58	53.11	0.03
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	61.55	5.12	3.43	39.45	12.71	0.83
UruguayURYSouth America	61.04	31.70	0.92	18.13	9.37	0.93
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	60.80	0.87	1.55	9.87	3.33	45.17
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	59.31	8.55	1.78	16.96	32.02	0.00
ColombiaCOLSouth America	59.10	15.20	0.20	9.53	34.06	0.11
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	59.01	6.08	0.14	36.74	13.97	2.08
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	57.45	17.44	8.98	7.34	18.16	5.53
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	57.24	3.70	1.38	29.23	22.13	0.80
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	54.64	11.68	1.06	28.69	11.38	1.84
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	53.93	6.23	5.30	—	40.91	1.49
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	53.04	25.05	2.79	9.54	15.62	0.04
FijiFJIMelanesia	52.69	4.59	6.63	4.62	36.80	0.04
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	52.00	27.30	18.67	0.31	4.39	1.32
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	51.68	6.12	0.19	10.58	34.77	0.02
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	51.52	6.59	4.08	2.84	37.25	0.76
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	51.45	2.35	0.23	25.77	22.73	0.37
Costa RicaCRICentral America	51.44	12.28	0.02	12.44	26.70	0.00
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	51.31	41.24	1.80	0.74	5.07	2.46
BelizeBLZCentral America	51.26	3.76	0.11	15.41	31.62	0.36
EcuadorECUSouth America	49.70	13.07	0.30	15.42	20.31	0.60
PeruPERSouth America	49.25	4.40	0.84	4.59	38.19	1.23
GuyanaGUYSouth America	49.05	3.08	1.12	4.22	40.58	0.04
UkraineUKREastern Europe	47.48	7.24	0.29	16.26	23.20	0.49
OmanOMNWestern Asia	46.25	9.48	11.98	0.01	22.27	2.50
ParaguayPRYSouth America	45.91	27.62	0.39	7.55	10.23	0.12
SurinameSURSouth America	44.13	5.09	0.04	7.12	31.70	0.18
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	43.68	3.23	2.10	12.43	25.66	0.26
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	43.52	8.88	5.22	—	26.84	2.58
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	42.75	13.79	9.06	8.21	11.47	0.22
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	42.61	8.29	0.59	12.27	21.34	0.12
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	41.74	2.82	0.18	28.69	9.75	0.31
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	41.71	9.97	0.27	14.63	16.72	0.12
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	41.51	12.20	0.40	10.41	18.32	0.17
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	40.33	1.87	0.35	10.69	10.41	17.02
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	39.03	12.62	5.20	0.00	21.18	0.03
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	38.50	13.19	1.30	1.18	22.82	0.01
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	38.47	3.03	0.34	6.96	19.91	8.24
IranIRNSouthern Asia	38.14	7.71	4.58	0.00	25.75	0.10
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	38.01	2.75	6.94	0.02	27.40	0.90
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	37.51	4.58	0.52	18.41	13.82	0.17
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	37.02	28.30	5.27	1.12	2.12	0.23
KiribatiKIRMicronesia	36.65	3.58	0.05	12.75	19.97	0.31
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	36.64	11.75	0.14	4.50	20.08	0.17
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	35.75	7.42	0.02	4.16	24.16	0.00
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	35.47	6.91	0.56	10.15	17.71	0.14
JordanJORWestern Asia	35.37	6.55	4.56	0.01	24.17	0.08
VenezuelaVENSouth America	34.91	14.18	0.32	4.53	15.89	0.00
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	34.76	7.18	5.09	0.02	20.59	1.87
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	33.92	12.65	7.68	0.62	12.97	0.00
HondurasHNDCentral America	33.60	6.78	0.03	5.49	21.24	0.06
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	31.79	7.15	12.93	0.00	5.23	6.49
NicaraguaNICCentral America	31.16	3.64	0.01	5.20	21.84	0.47
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	30.61	18.43	7.43	0.39	4.14	0.22
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	30.59	7.31	3.47	4.03	10.89	4.89
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	30.11	14.07	8.67	2.74	3.12	1.51
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	28.89	17.54	1.98	2.46	6.65	0.26
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	28.50	5.50	5.46	0.00	16.71	0.82
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	27.61	1.71	0.05	13.21	12.64	0.00
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	27.52	10.31	0.91	0.01	14.99	1.30
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	27.08	8.58	1.58	1.03	15.71	0.18
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	26.05	7.68	0.33	12.66	5.37	0.00
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	24.56	4.70	0.80	8.22	10.50	0.33
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	24.22	5.63	0.65	0.18	17.76	0.00
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	22.89	2.60	2.68	10.40	7.22	0.00
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	22.83	3.85	2.74	0.81	3.30	12.13
IraqIRQWestern Asia	22.81	3.38	1.71	0.22	17.30	0.19
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	21.09	0.67	0.45	5.30	12.93	1.74
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	20.08	5.00	7.86	0.00	6.86	0.36
HaitiHTICaribbean	19.70	4.41	0.71	4.55	9.10	0.93
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	19.57	11.51	0.63	1.68	3.46	2.29
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	18.83	3.99	0.68	4.73	6.23	3.20
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	18.54	2.86	7.36	0.13	8.05	0.13
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	18.06	9.10	3.12	0.00	5.73	0.11
SenegalSENWestern Africa	17.51	5.21	3.88	1.07	6.17	1.17
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	17.16	3.92	1.42	8.18	3.64	0.00
KenyaKENEastern Africa	16.58	11.03	0.95	0.28	2.17	2.15
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	15.42	1.60	0.05	4.29	9.48	0.00
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	14.99	1.06	1.66	1.08	6.98	4.21
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	14.43	3.27	0.05	4.01	7.10	0.00
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	14.12	6.26	4.49	0.12	2.64	0.61
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	14.04	0.82	0.58	5.04	1.66	5.94
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	13.39	7.94	2.51	0.88	2.06	0.00
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	13.20	3.99	0.01	7.02	2.18	0.00
YemenYEMWestern Asia	13.18	1.93	3.54	0.00	7.64	0.07
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	12.73	3.49	1.46	1.40	3.24	3.13
GuineaGINWestern Africa	12.05	7.38	1.80	0.21	2.16	0.50
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	12.00	2.67	0.46	1.19	7.66	0.01
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	11.92	5.28	2.08	2.03	2.10	0.44
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	11.72	1.23	0.45	1.33	1.83	6.89
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	11.61	2.33	0.64	0.33	7.63	0.68
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	11.08	4.29	1.18	3.18	1.63	0.79
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	10.55	1.36	0.12	0.05	9.02	0.00
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	10.07	6.97	1.14	0.29	1.22	0.45
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	9.63	0.70	0.08	4.72	4.13	0.02
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	9.50	2.92	4.44	0.02	1.79	0.33
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	8.91	2.45	2.20	1.19	1.49	1.58
NigerNERWestern Africa	8.79	2.79	2.27	0.07	1.07	2.57
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	8.18	1.32	0.48	0.88	3.95	1.55
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	7.35	1.51	2.07	1.48	1.37	0.93
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	6.53	1.60	0.52	0.96	3.14	0.31
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	6.44	3.32	1.48	0.02	0.62	1.01
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	4.63	0.85	0.56	0.28	2.79	0.14
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	4.46	0.28	0.25	0.59	1.37	1.97
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	4.31	1.21	1.40	0.00	1.59	0.11

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

Hong Kong142.76
United States118.43
Macau117.57
Australia114.75
Argentina111.55

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 49.48. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Beef and veal (kg)
HighestArgentina51.35
LowestPoland0.18
Middle country: 7.62
Mutton and goat (kg)
HighestMongolia53.55
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 1.29
Pigmeat (kg)
HighestMacau66.94
Lowest8 share it
Middle country: 8.61
Poultry (kg)
HighestSaint Vincent and the Grenadines80.34
LowestEthiopia0.62
Middle country: 18.81
Other meat (kg)
HighestPapua New Guinea45.17
Lowest15 share it
Middle country: 0.60

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
168values changed, of 168 in both
94 · 74rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Antigua and Barbuda68.17 → 91.09+22.92
Fiji31.38 → 52.69+21.31
Paraguay34.15 → 45.91+11.76
Hong Kong133.96 → 142.76+8.80
Republic of the Congo31.95 → 38.47+6.52

Fell most

Belgium68.40 → 54.64−13.76
New Zealand100.44 → 87.04−13.40
Samoa119.40 → 108.00−11.40
Venezuela43.31 → 34.91−8.40
Australia122.66 → 114.75−7.91

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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