Data for 2020

Meat Supply per Person, 2020

2020, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Meat Supply per Person, 2020 covers 174 countries on 6 measures. Hong Kong is highest, at 145.26; DR Congo is lowest, at 3.72. The middle country reads 53.36. Against 2019, 174 values changed (82 up, 92 down), 1 left.

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Meat Supply per Person · Data for 2020

HighestHong Kong

145.26

LowestDR Congo

3.72

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.

174countries
6measures per country
2020the year it describes
174distinct values2 decimals, as published
Oct 3, 2026read from the publisher
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01Values only

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Meat Supply per Person, 2020: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	145.26	32.28	1.19	55.74	53.94	2.12
TongaTONPolynesia	141.52	15.38	15.25	22.51	88.17	0.21
United StatesUSANorthern America	125.63	37.07	0.60	29.88	57.29	0.80
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	120.41	29.56	66.98	1.34	4.36	18.16
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	119.78	36.67	10.07	24.03	48.26	0.76
NauruNRUMicronesia	117.82	27.59	6.25	29.74	51.21	3.04
ArgentinaARGSouth America	114.40	51.26	1.39	14.36	46.21	1.18
IsraelISRWestern Asia	111.56	30.18	5.07	1.47	74.83	0.01
BahamasBHSCaribbean	109.28	7.45	1.64	28.95	71.19	0.05
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	108.80	9.97	0.80	14.08	83.93	0.02
MacauMACEastern Asia	105.60	11.55	0.69	55.49	36.81	1.05
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	103.61	13.16	0.76	26.13	63.41	0.14
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	103.00	5.39	3.08	18.13	76.29	0.11
SamoaWSMPolynesia	101.02	7.21	3.20	15.34	75.26	0.01
BrazilBRASouth America	100.58	35.51	0.69	14.45	49.42	0.50
SpainESPSouthern Europe	99.38	11.99	1.86	51.54	32.50	1.49
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	97.69	24.72	0.67	47.17	24.49	0.64
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	95.39	13.80	20.17	20.13	29.99	11.30
TuvaluTUVPolynesia	95.28	9.14	4.87	19.56	61.53	0.18
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	93.71	8.49	4.64	38.60	41.90	0.08
BelarusBLREastern Europe	93.46	19.22	0.12	39.62	34.23	0.27
CanadaCANNorthern America	90.88	27.82	1.04	21.14	40.30	0.57
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	90.86	20.47	2.08	37.33	30.31	0.67
PolandPOLEastern Europe	88.57	1.44	0.03	54.47	32.51	0.11
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	88.27	14.27	21.65	0.97	50.78	0.60
ChileCHLSouth America	87.32	28.49	0.40	21.52	36.06	0.85
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	85.48	15.74	2.02	51.58	15.99	0.15
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	85.26	13.75	3.98	15.36	52.09	0.08
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	84.85	28.64	1.13	35.67	18.53	0.86
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	84.08	20.21	3.97	25.13	33.69	1.08
FranceFRAWestern Europe	83.82	22.53	2.39	32.33	25.72	0.85
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	83.28	12.16	1.50	51.73	17.18	0.70
QatarQATWestern Asia	83.07	11.46	13.64	1.41	55.94	0.64
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	82.53	5.82	0.46	48.68	27.00	0.57
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	81.92	17.56	9.45	2.10	49.05	3.75
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	81.88	7.63	1.06	6.54	66.60	0.06
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	81.45	20.25	2.90	29.08	28.67	0.56
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	81.43	5.77	0.08	47.87	27.48	0.23
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	81.11	5.96	1.39	14.95	57.72	1.08
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	80.75	17.71	12.29	23.47	24.73	2.56
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	80.15	19.07	0.38	38.00	22.55	0.15
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	80.07	10.31	0.30	44.96	23.87	0.63
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	79.81	9.10	4.70	47.72	18.25	0.03
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	78.41	14.68	0.95	43.90	18.05	0.83
PanamaPANCentral America	78.06	13.97	0.01	10.52	52.54	1.02
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	77.79	15.01	1.05	45.45	15.95	0.33
RussiaRUSEastern Europe	77.35	13.49	1.48	28.13	30.68	3.58
BoliviaBOLSouth America	76.53	21.72	3.10	9.67	40.27	1.77
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	74.18	23.32	0.86	24.03	25.31	0.64
MexicoMEXCentral America	72.41	14.88	0.83	19.72	36.36	0.61
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	72.28	11.59	13.15	0.00	45.28	2.26
ItalyITASouthern Europe	71.81	16.08	0.77	33.14	20.74	1.08
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	70.80	6.26	3.89	35.34	24.88	0.44
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	70.32	14.21	7.43	24.39	22.60	1.70
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	69.84	17.65	0.47	30.00	21.06	0.66
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	69.82	17.95	4.63	25.72	20.08	1.43
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	69.19	5.55	0.40	37.59	25.28	0.38
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	68.59	15.12	0.82	25.48	26.87	0.31
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	68.15	5.20	2.56	35.20	25.05	0.15
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	67.75	8.47	0.41	37.70	21.06	0.11
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	67.19	6.83	0.19	18.58	41.58	0.01
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	66.93	19.43	1.37	28.05	17.01	1.07
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	66.88	7.46	1.23	7.09	51.09	0.02
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	66.69	21.96	1.25	28.16	15.18	0.13
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	65.27	14.04	1.28	32.94	15.51	1.50
GuyanaGUYSouth America	64.79	4.36	1.05	5.57	53.69	0.12
UruguayURYSouth America	64.46	20.85	2.58	18.57	21.37	1.10
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	63.90	19.73	8.79	7.92	21.16	6.30
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	63.34	4.49	0.97	2.42	55.44	0.02
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	63.21	16.91	3.23	4.98	37.32	0.77
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	63.13	15.09	2.71	13.69	31.43	0.21
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	63.00	6.20	5.27	—	48.28	3.25
SurinameSURSouth America	62.55	5.44	0.04	8.64	48.28	0.15
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	62.17	6.04	0.06	39.20	16.02	0.86
GabonGABMiddle Africa	61.81	4.29	0.62	8.36	34.92	13.62
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	61.73	7.70	1.31	7.30	45.22	0.20
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	61.68	6.67	2.64	17.49	34.85	0.02
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	61.39	3.23	0.25	30.63	27.02	0.24
Costa RicaCRICentral America	59.89	13.07	0.01	14.05	32.76	0.00
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	58.93	16.34	1.09	29.37	8.13	4.00
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	58.72	7.20	3.63	30.06	16.97	0.86
ColombiaCOLSouth America	58.49	13.75	0.02	10.62	33.94	0.17
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	57.28	0.89	1.35	9.06	3.11	42.88
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	56.88	3.33	1.29	30.11	21.47	0.67
PeruPERSouth America	53.63	4.25	0.77	4.58	42.86	1.16
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	53.55	25.17	3.68	8.90	15.77	0.04
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	53.43	6.10	3.33	3.28	39.91	0.81
EcuadorECUSouth America	53.29	13.85	0.37	12.61	25.88	0.58
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	52.52	40.49	1.77	0.65	7.28	2.33
BelizeBLZCentral America	50.69	3.88	0.08	14.10	32.53	0.10
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	50.63	24.31	18.66	0.09	5.59	1.98
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	49.73	6.28	0.17	11.49	31.75	0.04
UkraineUKREastern Europe	48.21	7.03	0.25	16.39	24.11	0.43
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	47.48	3.93	0.23	26.86	16.17	0.30
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	45.80	12.02	0.13	4.00	29.48	0.17
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	45.30	8.33	0.69	13.60	22.39	0.29
ParaguayPRYSouth America	44.62	23.62	0.39	9.57	10.83	0.21
FijiFJIMelanesia	44.38	3.87	4.97	3.73	31.81	0.00
OmanOMNWestern Asia	44.37	8.77	11.90	0.05	19.97	3.69
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	43.99	12.88	0.30	10.58	19.89	0.34
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	43.68	2.32	2.20	9.45	29.67	0.04
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	41.84	3.40	6.00	0.03	31.60	0.81
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	40.61	2.03	0.28	7.62	22.53	8.15
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	40.36	15.71	5.05	0.00	19.59	0.02
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	40.16	10.51	0.02	5.25	24.37	0.00
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	39.81	11.77	8.28	5.65	14.05	0.06
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	38.90	29.32	4.86	0.13	4.34	0.26
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	38.20	8.66	0.20	13.44	15.81	0.09
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	37.30	6.52	1.29	9.71	19.16	0.61
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	36.70	13.35	8.29	0.68	14.37	0.00
JordanJORWestern Asia	36.47	7.40	4.45	0.01	24.52	0.09
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	35.43	12.69	1.42	0.71	20.61	0.00
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	33.96	3.02	0.27	14.26	16.25	0.16
HondurasHNDCentral America	33.45	6.30	0.03	6.84	20.23	0.05
IranIRNSouthern Asia	33.39	3.37	2.13	0.00	27.81	0.08
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	33.14	5.17	3.48	14.81	9.23	0.45
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	32.99	15.15	8.70	2.09	5.59	1.46
VenezuelaVENSouth America	32.97	12.02	0.34	4.50	16.10	0.01
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	32.45	1.60	0.45	9.85	9.15	11.40
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	32.44	22.24	6.98	0.47	2.57	0.19
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	32.07	7.80	4.98	0.02	17.46	1.81
NicaraguaNICCentral America	30.64	1.97	0.01	5.53	22.84	0.29
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	30.60	6.77	12.45	0.01	5.94	5.44
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	30.34	8.45	3.86	4.26	9.29	4.48
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	29.20	2.89	3.06	17.93	5.32	0.00
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	28.87	7.78	0.64	0.01	19.48	0.96
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	28.63	8.55	0.37	13.57	6.10	0.05
KiribatiKIRMicronesia	28.38	3.96	0.08	13.65	10.68	—
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	28.17	4.28	5.51	0.01	17.58	0.79
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	27.83	16.58	1.85	1.96	6.92	0.52
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	27.63	8.84	2.44	0.49	3.50	12.35
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	25.53	1.15	0.04	12.80	11.54	0.00
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	24.96	3.91	0.65	0.13	19.57	0.70
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	24.22	7.89	0.74	0.45	14.97	0.16
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	23.77	1.53	0.06	5.13	17.06	0.00
IraqIRQWestern Asia	22.44	3.19	1.57	0.34	16.65	0.69
HaitiHTICaribbean	21.57	4.34	0.61	4.74	11.00	0.88
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	20.30	2.62	0.21	5.06	12.40	0.00
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	19.78	9.47	3.14	0.00	7.04	0.12
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	19.57	1.57	1.75	1.20	11.31	3.74
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	19.54	3.76	0.74	6.44	8.31	0.29
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	19.06	6.54	2.68	1.02	8.81	0.00
SenegalSENWestern Africa	18.54	5.59	3.40	1.19	7.27	1.09
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	18.33	10.46	0.79	1.60	3.31	2.16
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	18.28	0.49	0.40	4.87	10.91	1.62
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	18.20	3.96	8.02	0.02	5.85	0.34
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	17.83	3.09	7.61	0.18	6.84	0.11
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	17.40	2.54	0.43	1.03	13.40	0.01
GuineaGINWestern Africa	17.13	9.05	1.90	0.58	5.12	0.48
YemenYEMWestern Asia	16.19	2.66	3.80	0.01	9.63	0.09
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	14.79	3.66	1.13	7.05	2.95	0.00
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	14.35	2.72	0.53	0.31	10.20	0.60
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	14.09	1.98	0.05	4.74	7.29	0.04
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	13.83	5.67	4.10	0.17	3.26	0.62
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	12.11	1.25	0.60	1.32	2.50	6.44
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	12.04	7.98	1.57	0.63	1.44	0.42
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	11.88	1.98	0.49	4.39	1.70	3.31
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	11.75	3.54	0.00	6.41	1.79	0.01
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	11.24	4.86	0.88	2.98	1.84	0.68
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	11.17	4.23	1.63	1.69	0.69	2.93
KenyaKENEastern Africa	11.12	4.66	2.83	0.47	1.33	1.82
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	11.05	1.37	0.47	1.14	6.62	1.45
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	11.02	1.32	0.13	0.06	9.51	0.00
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	10.05	3.30	0.61	1.94	4.20	—
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	9.25	0.62	0.08	3.63	4.90	0.01
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	9.19	3.19	4.02	0.04	1.64	0.30
NigerNERWestern Africa	8.57	2.84	2.30	0.07	1.00	2.36
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	8.36	3.26	1.31	0.86	1.51	1.43
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	7.14	3.50	2.10	0.02	0.54	0.99
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	6.89	1.57	1.92	1.45	1.13	0.82
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	6.19	2.01	0.59	0.23	3.22	0.14
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	5.55	1.17	0.16	0.93	3.00	0.29
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	4.38	1.26	1.39	0.00	1.62	0.10
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	3.72	0.23	0.22	0.48	1.01	1.77

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

Hong Kong145.26
Tonga141.52
United States125.63
Mongolia120.41
Australia119.78

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 53.36. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Beef and veal (kg)
HighestArgentina51.26
LowestDR Congo0.23
Middle country: 7.85
Mutton and goat (kg)
HighestMongolia66.98
LowestCambodia0.00
Middle country: 1.30
Pigmeat (kg)
HighestHong Kong55.74
Lowest5 share it
Middle country: 8.90
Poultry (kg)
HighestTonga88.17
LowestEthiopia0.54
Middle country: 20.16
Other meat (kg)
HighestPapua New Guinea42.88
Lowest12 share it
Middle country: 0.51

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
174values changed, of 174 in both
82 · 92rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

United Arab Emirates54.53 → 81.92+27.39
Marshall Islands82.17 → 103.61+21.44
Comoros5.35 → 24.96+19.61
Saint Kitts and Nevis85.74 → 103.00+17.26
Bahamas94.08 → 109.28+15.20

Fell most

Myanmar61.11 → 20.30−40.81
Tonga164.40 → 141.52−22.88
Panama90.52 → 78.06−12.46
Trinidad and Tobago71.75 → 61.73−10.02
Fiji53.04 → 44.38−8.66

− Cuba

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