Data for 2021

Meat Supply per Person, 2021

2021, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Meat Supply per Person, 2021 covers 174 countries on 6 measures. Tonga is highest, at 182.22; DR Congo is lowest, at 3.73. The middle country reads 54.63. Against 2020, 172 values changed (113 up, 59 down), the same countries are covered.

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Meat Supply per Person · Data for 2021

HighestTonga

182.22

LowestDR Congo

3.73

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
2021the year it describes
172distinct values2 decimals, as published
Oct 3, 2026read from the publisher
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01Values only

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Every country and every column of Meat Supply per Person, 2021, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Meat Supply per Person, 2021: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

TongaTONPolynesia	182.22	17.20	16.01	25.99	121.05	1.97
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	137.43	32.45	1.33	52.14	49.45	2.06
NauruNRUMicronesia	127.78	31.20	5.73	40.82	47.40	2.64
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	121.74	30.71	65.09	2.92	6.13	16.89
United StatesUSANorthern America	120.83	37.45	0.70	29.46	52.31	0.91
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	118.30	16.02	0.99	30.52	70.63	0.14
BahamasBHSCaribbean	117.64	7.13	1.77	35.33	72.99	0.44
MacauMACEastern Asia	115.68	13.38	1.09	52.46	47.49	1.26
ArgentinaARGSouth America	111.50	44.72	1.14	16.05	48.32	1.26
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	110.87	10.04	0.98	15.37	84.34	0.14
IsraelISRWestern Asia	110.31	33.95	4.94	1.33	70.08	0.01
SamoaWSMPolynesia	109.40	10.29	2.64	19.12	77.36	0.00
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	108.34	24.77	8.74	25.61	48.24	0.97
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	101.15	23.60	0.73	57.05	19.11	0.65
BrazilBRASouth America	100.13	35.42	0.68	15.38	48.32	0.33
SpainESPSouthern Europe	99.81	12.78	1.75	53.48	30.21	1.58
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	98.42	5.27	1.79	15.96	75.27	0.14
ChileCHLSouth America	97.03	33.39	0.41	24.18	38.15	0.90
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	96.85	13.91	1.58	60.76	19.54	1.07
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	93.02	20.47	2.22	38.84	30.71	0.79
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	92.99	9.71	1.84	17.78	63.61	0.04
BelarusBLREastern Europe	92.46	18.88	0.12	39.55	33.70	0.22
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	92.01	14.92	17.25	20.06	29.30	10.48
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	89.43	10.60	1.82	9.29	67.01	0.70
CanadaCANNorthern America	88.28	24.80	1.06	22.24	39.58	0.60
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	87.77	23.22	3.91	27.58	30.50	2.57
PolandPOLEastern Europe	87.77	0.26	0.02	56.90	30.48	0.10
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	87.61	12.72	1.74	56.70	16.38	0.07
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	87.27	8.26	0.81	38.19	39.94	0.07
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	87.01	17.51	9.69	2.57	53.44	3.81
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	86.52	13.07	3.89	14.40	55.08	0.08
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	85.59	30.55	1.10	34.30	18.80	0.83
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	84.73	19.15	9.74	27.48	26.20	2.15
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	84.11	6.79	1.44	16.03	58.73	1.12
FranceFRAWestern Europe	83.08	22.47	2.34	32.63	25.05	0.59
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	82.70	5.75	0.42	50.39	25.48	0.65
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	82.17	17.89	4.03	25.28	33.78	1.18
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	82.09	10.99	0.28	46.89	23.17	0.76
QatarQATWestern Asia	81.71	13.18	13.44	0.24	54.27	0.56
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	81.65	5.74	0.10	50.01	25.34	0.46
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	81.33	20.32	0.41	38.30	22.14	0.15
TuvaluTUVPolynesia	80.56	5.73	5.06	18.69	50.43	0.65
BoliviaBOLSouth America	79.41	21.75	3.16	9.80	42.89	1.81
PanamaPANCentral America	78.53	15.66	0.01	12.50	49.30	1.07
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	78.31	13.95	21.38	0.70	41.05	1.24
RussiaRUSEastern Europe	77.96	13.23	1.48	28.29	31.24	3.72
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	76.39	9.77	4.46	50.79	11.34	0.03
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	75.61	14.35	7.48	26.00	25.76	2.01
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	75.31	14.90	0.70	41.68	17.09	0.94
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	75.13	14.12	0.96	43.33	16.42	0.30
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	74.96	19.18	4.72	27.60	21.72	1.74
MexicoMEXCentral America	74.91	15.10	0.84	20.13	38.23	0.63
ItalyITASouthern Europe	74.26	15.84	0.81	35.58	20.92	1.11
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	74.08	19.32	0.44	30.79	22.79	0.75
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	73.66	12.33	13.69	0.00	45.19	2.45
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	72.99	6.54	3.74	35.51	26.70	0.50
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	72.85	4.98	0.32	42.69	24.50	0.36
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	71.81	9.77	0.37	39.74	21.50	0.42
GuyanaGUYSouth America	71.60	3.53	1.04	5.93	60.89	0.21
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	71.41	8.73	0.12	19.86	42.69	0.01
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	68.57	5.13	2.81	38.11	22.33	0.19
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	68.46	17.42	0.96	24.99	24.36	0.73
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	67.74	19.72	1.33	28.03	17.59	1.06
GabonGABMiddle Africa	67.04	4.49	0.63	10.08	38.66	13.18
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	66.40	21.67	1.15	27.89	15.52	0.15
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	65.98	13.27	0.88	35.66	14.06	2.10
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	65.73	7.54	3.86	36.42	17.04	0.86
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	65.73	20.00	8.82	8.50	21.81	6.59
UruguayURYSouth America	64.95	16.46	0.81	20.91	24.99	1.77
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	64.56	6.84	7.55	—	48.22	1.96
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	64.45	12.14	0.84	23.01	28.05	0.42
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	64.04	11.34	2.53	12.71	37.39	0.06
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	63.97	7.10	0.96	6.46	49.44	0.01
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	63.58	6.55	0.09	42.77	13.03	1.15
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	62.59	3.97	1.64	34.60	21.69	0.70
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	61.95	15.90	3.36	5.49	36.41	0.79
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	61.70	16.55	0.81	30.13	11.70	2.51
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	61.64	6.35	0.81	2.66	51.79	0.02
ColombiaCOLSouth America	60.86	13.40	0.02	12.22	35.07	0.15
SurinameSURSouth America	60.33	4.74	0.04	7.68	47.79	0.08
Costa RicaCRICentral America	60.14	13.50	0.06	15.08	31.50	0.00
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	59.08	6.70	1.18	7.81	43.23	0.16
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	58.21	25.86	3.76	10.05	18.51	0.03
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	57.15	0.84	1.42	8.95	2.96	42.98
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	56.83	44.31	1.97	0.74	7.42	2.38
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	55.20	6.54	2.80	3.53	41.61	0.72
PeruPERSouth America	54.90	4.31	0.78	4.78	43.88	1.15
EcuadorECUSouth America	54.35	12.99	0.41	12.47	27.89	0.58
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	54.29	6.33	0.18	11.91	35.85	0.03
BelizeBLZCentral America	53.42	4.28	0.12	15.12	33.80	0.09
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	53.29	4.62	0.22	31.51	16.69	0.25
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	51.85	23.25	18.78	0.08	7.50	2.24
OmanOMNWestern Asia	50.41	11.10	12.75	0.06	22.65	3.84
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	49.12	9.87	0.21	17.54	20.99	0.51
UkraineUKREastern Europe	47.66	6.20	0.27	17.38	23.38	0.42
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	47.35	4.34	5.71	0.07	36.75	0.48
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	47.22	14.32	0.42	12.19	19.88	0.41
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	45.13	2.42	0.28	8.72	25.70	8.00
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	44.86	10.66	0.02	6.15	28.03	0.00
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	44.68	26.42	2.14	0.64	3.06	12.43
FijiFJIMelanesia	43.26	3.52	5.39	3.21	31.15	0.00
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	42.42	11.25	0.13	5.40	25.49	0.16
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	42.11	16.94	5.54	0.00	19.61	0.02
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	41.63	30.13	4.50	0.21	6.49	0.31
VenezuelaVENSouth America	40.99	13.31	0.39	8.24	19.03	0.03
JordanJORWestern Asia	40.84	7.84	4.39	0.01	28.49	0.10
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	40.68	2.16	1.36	11.44	25.64	0.08
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	40.63	9.19	0.09	12.42	18.89	0.04
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	40.24	13.22	8.05	5.97	12.93	0.06
HondurasHNDCentral America	39.95	6.31	0.03	8.37	25.19	0.05
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	39.65	14.95	8.56	0.83	15.31	0.00
KiribatiKIRMicronesia	39.12	7.03	0.12	16.58	15.39	0.01
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	38.18	1.05	0.00	11.85	24.93	0.34
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	37.84	12.37	1.37	0.64	23.46	0.00
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	37.72	15.32	9.55	2.04	7.51	3.30
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	37.35	6.29	1.08	11.22	18.34	0.41
ParaguayPRYSouth America	36.01	14.77	0.39	9.89	10.76	0.22
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	33.81	22.62	7.32	0.28	3.42	0.18
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	33.75	11.84	1.32	0.70	18.16	1.73
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	33.37	3.67	0.29	13.84	15.41	0.16
IranIRNSouthern Asia	32.82	4.37	3.12	0.00	25.23	0.10
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	32.81	7.78	5.68	0.02	17.55	1.77
NicaraguaNICCentral America	32.46	2.38	0.01	6.31	23.48	0.29
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	32.33	6.65	12.38	0.01	7.08	6.20
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	31.61	7.16	0.65	0.01	22.70	1.10
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	31.06	3.76	0.58	0.19	24.84	1.69
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	30.41	4.16	5.90	0.01	19.56	0.78
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	29.16	8.87	0.38	13.68	6.17	0.06
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	28.96	3.04	3.23	15.52	7.17	0.00
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	26.92	4.88	3.53	5.38	8.87	4.25
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	26.41	15.43	1.85	1.85	6.77	0.51
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	26.10	1.36	0.04	12.98	11.68	0.06
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	26.00	1.47	0.48	7.00	4.74	12.31
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	25.42	5.75	2.28	10.18	6.79	0.43
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	24.77	2.62	0.06	5.36	16.71	0.03
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	22.19	1.68	1.86	1.44	13.54	3.66
HaitiHTICaribbean	22.11	4.35	0.58	4.07	12.27	0.85
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	21.07	3.50	0.71	7.86	8.72	0.28
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	20.47	9.63	3.17	0.00	7.55	0.12
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	20.30	2.63	0.22	5.18	12.26	0.00
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	19.61	0.69	0.39	4.67	12.26	1.60
SenegalSENWestern Africa	19.21	5.81	3.53	1.01	7.78	1.08
IraqIRQWestern Asia	18.89	3.58	1.52	0.40	13.27	0.11
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	18.12	3.61	8.07	0.01	6.09	0.35
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	17.67	6.39	2.50	1.07	7.72	0.00
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	17.53	2.94	7.90	0.21	6.38	0.10
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	17.21	9.62	0.84	1.48	3.16	2.12
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	16.77	2.84	0.38	0.91	12.63	0.01
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	16.05	2.37	0.15	5.06	8.46	0.01
YemenYEMWestern Asia	15.68	2.27	3.90	0.01	9.34	0.15
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	15.13	5.96	0.24	3.55	5.37	0.00
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	14.77	1.79	0.69	0.27	11.26	0.76
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	14.68	5.67	4.05	0.17	4.15	0.64
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	14.57	4.40	1.61	1.76	3.90	2.90
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	13.98	3.68	1.09	6.18	3.03	0.00
GuineaGINWestern Africa	13.57	5.02	2.02	0.28	5.79	0.47
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	12.23	8.08	1.54	0.66	1.53	0.41
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	12.04	1.63	0.46	1.12	7.43	1.41
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	12.02	4.15	0.01	6.12	1.73	0.01
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	11.87	1.23	0.15	0.09	10.40	0.00
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	11.37	4.97	0.85	2.97	1.92	0.66
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	11.04	2.18	0.44	4.41	1.27	2.74
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	10.79	0.84	0.67	0.78	2.19	6.31
KenyaKENEastern Africa	10.23	4.71	2.04	0.42	1.69	1.37
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	10.18	0.75	0.11	3.60	5.71	0.01
NigerNERWestern Africa	8.02	2.66	2.02	0.06	0.91	2.37
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	7.90	2.29	3.79	0.01	1.52	0.29
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	7.51	1.51	1.94	1.66	1.57	0.81
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	6.98	2.91	1.23	0.55	1.01	1.29
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	6.58	3.33	1.80	0.02	0.40	1.03
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	6.50	2.24	0.58	0.23	3.31	0.14
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	5.46	1.16	0.15	0.90	2.97	0.28
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	4.38	1.29	1.33	0.00	1.65	0.10
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	3.73	0.27	0.22	0.52	1.01	1.72

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

Tonga182.22
Hong Kong137.43
Nauru127.78
Mongolia121.74
United States120.83

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 54.63. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Beef and veal (kg)
HighestArgentina44.72
LowestPoland0.26
Middle country: 8.17
Mutton and goat (kg)
HighestMongolia65.09
LowestMoldova0.00
Middle country: 1.21
Pigmeat (kg)
HighestCroatia60.76
Lowest5 share it
Middle country: 9.29
Poultry (kg)
HighestTonga121.05
LowestEthiopia0.40
Middle country: 21.60
Other meat (kg)
HighestPapua New Guinea42.98
Lowest12 share it
Middle country: 0.51

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
172values changed, of 174 in both
113 · 59rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Tonga141.52 → 182.22+40.70
Saint Lucia61.68 → 92.99+31.31
Botswana27.63 → 44.68+17.05
Marshall Islands103.61 → 118.30+14.69
Croatia83.28 → 96.85+13.57

Fell most

Moldova61.39 → 38.18−23.21
Tuvalu95.28 → 80.56−14.72
Australia119.78 → 108.34−11.44
Bahrain88.27 → 78.31−9.96
Paraguay44.62 → 36.01−8.61

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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