Data for 2023

Meat Supply per Person, 2023

2023, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Meat Supply per Person, 2023 covers 174 countries on 6 measures. Tonga is highest, at 156.95; DR Congo is lowest, at 3.49. The middle country reads 57.83. Against 2022, 174 values changed (98 up, 76 down), the same countries are covered.

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Meat Supply per Person · Data for 2023

HighestTonga

156.95

LowestDR Congo

3.49

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
2023the year it describes
174distinct 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, 2023, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Meat Supply per Person, 2023: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

TongaTONPolynesia	156.95	14.41	20.77	32.90	87.93	0.94
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	136.14	33.28	69.40	2.20	7.65	23.61
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	125.68	18.49	1.04	31.54	74.21	0.40
United StatesUSANorthern America	122.06	37.04	0.56	29.13	54.54	0.79
MacauMACEastern Asia	121.23	18.39	0.81	57.71	42.64	1.68
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	118.47	12.85	0.77	18.64	86.21	0.00
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	116.78	26.91	10.56	25.05	53.13	1.13
ArgentinaARGSouth America	114.95	48.99	1.07	17.04	46.73	1.12
BahamasBHSCaribbean	114.91	12.27	3.27	32.46	66.29	0.62
BelarusBLREastern Europe	111.72	26.29	0.10	39.12	46.00	0.21
NauruNRUMicronesia	109.41	15.88	4.59	35.02	53.35	0.56
SamoaWSMPolynesia	109.05	11.00	8.04	18.01	71.99	0.01
IsraelISRWestern Asia	108.73	30.06	4.71	1.13	72.82	0.01
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	107.43	17.46	0.45	46.02	41.44	2.07
BrazilBRASouth America	104.57	39.07	0.72	16.75	47.55	0.48
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	101.27	21.58	0.71	57.90	20.32	0.76
SpainESPSouthern Europe	100.79	11.77	1.59	53.04	32.96	1.44
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	99.71	15.67	1.97	61.06	20.10	0.91
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	99.32	22.43	2.01	39.29	34.94	0.65
ChileCHLSouth America	98.54	27.49	0.42	31.39	37.86	1.37
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	98.38	23.14	4.29	31.11	36.20	3.65
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	98.05	17.26	17.19	21.23	31.54	10.83
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	96.86	14.34	1.62	58.97	21.90	0.03
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	96.37	14.69	1.95	11.85	67.80	0.09
CanadaCANNorthern America	94.79	25.64	1.12	25.90	41.56	0.57
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	91.50	9.02	1.03	39.05	42.32	0.07
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	90.33	6.95	2.18	16.81	64.39	0.00
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	88.88	7.11	2.00	16.81	62.97	0.00
GuyanaGUYSouth America	88.72	3.68	1.08	7.01	76.85	0.10
TuvaluTUVPolynesia	85.22	6.58	3.81	20.01	54.20	0.62
RussiaRUSEastern Europe	84.77	12.86	1.48	31.75	34.68	4.00
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	84.44	16.85	3.66	24.66	38.18	1.09
BoliviaBOLSouth America	84.43	23.54	3.34	10.58	45.17	1.80
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	84.20	11.10	4.78	50.59	17.69	0.04
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	84.00	18.84	0.65	39.71	24.58	0.22
PolandPOLEastern Europe	83.31	0.19	0.03	52.02	30.95	0.11
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	83.03	29.82	0.97	31.52	19.91	0.80
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	82.65	7.79	0.36	41.58	32.47	0.46
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	82.29	11.25	0.28	44.46	24.45	1.86
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	81.99	14.97	7.11	27.82	30.27	1.83
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	80.87	4.44	0.38	48.04	27.51	0.50
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	80.46	8.26	3.24	22.15	45.70	1.12
FranceFRAWestern Europe	80.31	21.65	2.21	31.18	24.74	0.52
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	79.54	17.69	11.54	22.46	25.96	1.90
MexicoMEXCentral America	78.22	15.78	0.86	22.41	38.58	0.58
PanamaPANCentral America	78.02	15.48	0.01	12.06	50.01	0.44
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	77.95	8.69	3.71	33.41	31.80	0.34
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	76.33	4.43	0.14	47.21	24.08	0.47
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	76.26	13.89	21.63	0.64	39.20	0.90
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	76.25	11.94	3.92	11.31	48.97	0.10
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	73.71	13.85	1.00	40.86	17.54	0.46
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	73.54	7.89	4.02	42.16	18.71	0.76
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	72.45	4.61	2.98	39.28	25.38	0.20
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	71.76	18.21	0.96	24.14	27.24	1.23
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	71.58	16.88	0.84	36.70	14.76	2.39
QatarQATWestern Asia	71.43	13.25	9.27	0.13	48.28	0.50
ItalyITASouthern Europe	71.20	14.49	0.87	34.13	20.47	1.24
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	70.70	13.92	3.30	13.02	40.36	0.10
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	70.67	13.55	0.75	38.67	16.77	0.93
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	70.40	18.43	4.30	24.87	21.33	1.48
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	70.01	6.76	0.13	41.41	19.73	1.98
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	69.39	17.30	0.41	27.87	23.32	0.50
UruguayURYSouth America	69.30	21.31	0.62	23.78	23.34	0.25
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	69.07	8.75	1.17	7.24	51.90	0.02
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	68.35	22.44	1.33	27.38	16.88	0.33
BelizeBLZCentral America	68.18	4.56	0.31	16.01	47.30	0.01
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	67.84	9.33	8.49	0.00	46.44	3.58
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	66.96	5.66	1.15	3.35	56.79	0.01
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	65.74	7.17	2.30	6.56	49.48	0.24
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	64.90	18.78	7.18	6.70	23.39	8.84
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	64.73	7.81	0.35	35.54	20.81	0.22
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	64.55	7.56	2.88	4.27	49.13	0.71
Costa RicaCRICentral America	64.12	13.66	0.06	15.39	35.01	0.01
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	63.99	7.45	0.12	18.49	37.62	0.32
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	63.97	18.97	1.25	25.27	17.52	0.96
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	63.74	2.81	1.57	32.80	25.91	0.65
FijiFJIMelanesia	63.16	4.95	10.07	1.34	46.80	0.00
GabonGABMiddle Africa	63.08	5.35	0.56	9.17	35.17	12.83
ColombiaCOLSouth America	62.59	12.91	0.02	13.82	35.69	0.15
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	62.54	9.49	14.26	—	36.81	1.98
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	61.60	6.40	0.21	16.33	38.63	0.03
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	60.48	5.92	0.24	34.37	19.65	0.29
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	60.39	10.09	0.83	19.34	29.83	0.31
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	59.97	13.15	0.96	30.55	13.25	2.05
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	58.47	0.80	2.42	8.68	3.97	42.60
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	58.27	15.64	2.36	5.48	33.95	0.84
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	58.08	6.63	6.42	0.00	42.94	2.09
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	57.58	45.48	2.31	1.00	6.46	2.33
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	56.68	15.90	8.41	7.51	24.78	0.08
EcuadorECUSouth America	56.24	11.79	0.42	11.94	31.51	0.58
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	55.80	2.78	0.26	8.47	36.57	7.74
PeruPERSouth America	55.44	4.38	0.77	5.47	43.69	1.13
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	54.67	22.30	3.50	10.77	18.04	0.07
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	54.26	18.39	0.12	5.73	29.89	0.14
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	51.88	15.05	0.44	13.33	22.57	0.49
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	51.48	9.95	1.10	17.28	22.63	0.51
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	51.16	23.46	17.56	0.08	8.16	1.90
UkraineUKREastern Europe	49.45	6.08	0.31	17.49	25.17	0.40
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	49.37	19.71	8.00	0.00	21.64	0.02
SurinameSURSouth America	48.48	4.24	0.04	7.52	36.64	0.03
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	47.36	32.27	7.03	0.13	7.65	0.29
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	45.65	10.17	0.02	5.56	29.90	0.00
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	45.42	7.66	1.29	16.00	20.29	0.18
KiribatiKIRMicronesia	45.09	4.04	0.51	14.85	25.66	0.02
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	43.85	3.41	1.55	13.91	24.80	0.19
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	43.68	5.64	5.94	0.01	31.28	0.80
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	43.27	25.18	2.23	0.50	2.75	12.62
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	40.99	9.14	0.07	11.82	19.93	0.02
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	40.50	1.05	0.00	12.06	27.06	0.34
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	39.97	16.19	9.59	1.18	8.73	4.27
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	39.43	14.21	8.61	0.93	15.68	0.00
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	38.19	13.99	0.76	0.97	22.47	0.01
VenezuelaVENSouth America	37.98	13.80	0.35	4.78	19.04	0.02
HondurasHNDCentral America	37.69	6.24	0.02	7.21	24.16	0.06
OmanOMNWestern Asia	37.59	5.69	11.95	1.24	15.06	3.65
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	36.53	6.34	12.57	0.00	11.31	6.31
NicaraguaNICCentral America	36.26	3.09	0.01	6.77	26.14	0.26
JordanJORWestern Asia	35.09	7.11	4.75	0.01	23.14	0.08
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	33.64	3.36	0.26	14.11	15.75	0.16
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	32.92	21.92	5.87	0.39	4.56	0.18
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	32.79	7.01	5.08	0.02	18.78	1.90
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	31.81	1.67	0.37	12.12	5.13	12.53
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	31.08	9.31	0.42	13.64	7.41	0.29
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	30.93	4.32	5.61	0.01	20.19	0.79
IranIRNSouthern Asia	29.90	3.23	3.10	0.00	23.47	0.10
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	29.62	9.06	2.04	0.82	17.50	0.20
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	28.23	3.23	2.91	17.43	4.66	0.00
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	27.62	7.08	0.56	0.01	18.95	1.03
ParaguayPRYSouth America	26.94	6.82	0.40	9.80	9.68	0.25
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	26.59	3.95	0.59	0.12	21.93	0.00
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	25.19	2.15	0.07	5.28	17.68	0.00
IraqIRQWestern Asia	24.57	4.44	1.59	0.48	17.97	0.09
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	24.48	1.45	0.04	12.67	10.23	0.09
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	24.19	5.01	3.90	3.53	7.77	3.98
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	23.08	5.76	2.21	8.03	6.65	0.43
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	22.38	13.19	2.53	2.07	4.55	0.04
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	22.27	3.22	8.64	0.00	9.88	0.52
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	21.24	9.22	3.18	0.00	8.72	0.12
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	20.88	2.65	0.22	5.91	12.09	0.00
HaitiHTICaribbean	20.73	4.43	0.60	4.76	10.10	0.82
SenegalSENWestern Africa	20.01	5.98	3.43	1.22	8.29	1.09
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	19.95	3.01	0.41	0.56	15.95	0.01
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	19.14	1.54	0.64	0.84	15.53	0.59
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	18.79	2.40	0.57	5.65	7.50	2.67
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	18.59	3.48	0.65	6.79	7.41	0.26
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	17.63	10.08	0.87	1.29	3.38	2.01
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	17.37	1.57	1.90	1.14	9.07	3.70
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	16.23	1.80	8.88	0.17	5.34	0.03
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	16.13	5.69	0.01	6.47	3.91	0.05
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	15.62	2.19	0.08	4.04	9.30	0.01
GuineaGINWestern Africa	15.18	6.35	2.11	0.37	5.90	0.45
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	14.76	4.29	1.56	1.83	4.23	2.84
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	14.66	6.85	0.32	2.15	5.34	0.00
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	14.48	3.92	2.66	1.10	6.80	0.00
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	14.07	6.01	3.99	0.25	3.18	0.64
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	14.01	3.62	1.01	5.50	3.89	0.00
YemenYEMWestern Asia	13.72	1.98	3.51	0.00	8.15	0.09
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	12.32	0.36	3.48	2.40	3.53	2.54
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	12.17	7.92	1.53	0.72	1.62	0.39
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	12.02	0.88	0.70	0.45	3.83	6.16
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	11.56	1.19	0.13	0.03	10.21	0.00
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	10.85	4.79	0.76	2.80	1.88	0.62
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	10.82	1.99	0.49	0.68	6.31	1.36
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	10.35	0.75	0.12	3.37	6.09	0.01
KenyaKENEastern Africa	10.18	4.28	1.87	0.72	1.71	1.60
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	8.12	2.32	1.89	0.26	3.52	0.14
NigerNERWestern Africa	7.66	2.63	1.72	0.06	0.97	2.27
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	7.11	1.40	1.87	1.64	1.43	0.78
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	6.91	3.35	2.05	0.02	0.50	0.99
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	6.43	2.55	0.92	0.64	0.90	1.43
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	6.39	1.73	3.57	0.00	0.81	0.28
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	5.34	0.96	0.19	1.01	2.91	0.27
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	4.49	1.22	1.45	0.01	1.70	0.12
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	3.49	0.31	0.20	0.61	0.76	1.61

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

Tonga156.95
Mongolia136.14
Marshall Islands125.68
United States122.06
Macau121.23

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 57.83. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Beef and veal (kg)
HighestArgentina48.99
LowestPoland0.19
Middle country: 7.90
Mutton and goat (kg)
HighestMongolia69.40
LowestMoldova0.00
Middle country: 1.31
Pigmeat (kg)
HighestCroatia61.06
Lowest9 share it
Middle country: 9.17
Poultry (kg)
HighestTonga87.93
LowestEthiopia0.50
Middle country: 22.20
Other meat (kg)
HighestPapua New Guinea42.60
Lowest14 share it
Middle country: 0.48

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
174values changed, of 174 in both
98 · 76rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Belarus96.14 → 111.72+15.58
Marshall Islands111.38 → 125.68+14.30
Ireland88.40 → 98.38+9.98
Macau111.92 → 121.23+9.31
Tuvalu76.50 → 85.22+8.72

Fell most

Qatar83.60 → 71.43−12.17
Suriname57.93 → 48.48−9.45
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines127.50 → 118.47−9.03
Namibia33.03 → 24.19−8.84
Bahrain84.78 → 76.26−8.52

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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