Countries by Meat Consumption Per Person

Complete ranking of 168 countries • kg/person/year • Updated 2026

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Hong Kong leads all 168 countries in Meat Consumption Per Person with a value of 137.08, while Bangladesh ranks last at 4.04. This represents a 34-fold difference between the highest and lowest values.

What Meat Consumption Per Person Measures

Annual meat consumption or supply figure per person from Wikipedia country tables.

Why This Ranking Matters

Examining Meat Consumption Per Person across all countries reveals patterns that might not be obvious at the national level. Regional clusters, outlier nations, and historical trajectories all become clearer when the full global picture is assembled in a single ranking.

Global Range

Values range from 4.04 (Bangladesh) to 137.08 (Hong Kong) — a 34-fold difference across 168 countries.

Regional Patterns

European countries lead with 7 entries in the top 20, though representation spans multiple continents. Regional factors clearly play a role, but outliers from other parts of the world show that national policy and geography matter as much as continental trends.

Values are broadly distributed across countries, with the middle 50% ranging from 23.68 to 72.83. The overall spread from 4.04 to 137.08 reflects significant global variation.

Notable Outliers

The top of the ranking is competitive: Hong Kong and United States are separated by only 10%, indicating that the leading positions could shift with updated data.

Continental Leaders

Asia

Hong Kong

137.08

North America

United States

124.11

Oceania

Australia

121.61

South America

Argentina

109.39

Europe

Spain

100.26

Africa

South Africa

60.03

Highest Ranked

The top five countries for Meat Consumption Per Person are Hong Kong (137.08), United States (124.11), Australia (121.61), Argentina (109.39), and Macao (103.15). Together, these nations represent the global leaders in this metric.

Lowest Ranked

At the other end of the spectrum, Bangladesh (4.04), Ethiopia (5.40), India (6.08), Nigeria (7.15), and Gambia (7.82) have the lowest values globally.

Data Source & Methodology

Rankings are based on the latest available data from Wikipedia Food Consumption Tables, covering 168 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.

Top 10 Countries

1stHong Kong137.1 years

2ndUnited States124.1 years

3rdAustralia121.6 years

4thArgentina109.4 years

5thMacao103.2 years

6thNew Zealand100.9 years

7thSpain100.3 years

8thIsrael97.0 years

9thSamoa96.7 years

10thFrench Polynesia96.1 years

Full Rankings

Meat Consumption Per Person ranking for 168 countries
				Percentile
1st	Hong Kong	137.1 years	Asia	100%
2nd	United States	124.1 years	North America	99%
3rd	Australia	121.6 years	Oceania	99%
4th	Argentina	109.4 years	South America	98%
5th	Macao	103.2 years	Asia	98%
6th	New Zealand	100.9 years	Oceania	97%
7th	Spain	100.3 years	Europe	96%
8th	Israel	97.0 years	Asia	96%
9th	Samoa	96.7 years	Oceania	95%
10th	French Polynesia	96.1 years	Oceania	95%
11th	Portugal	94.1 years	Europe	94%
12th	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	91.0 years	North America	93%
13th	Iceland	91.0 years	Europe	93%
14th	Saint Lucia	90.9 years	North America	92%
15th	Poland	88.7 years	Europe	92%
16th	Mongolia	88.4 years	Asia	91%
17th	Russia	87.8 years	Europe	90%
18th	Germany	87.8 years	Europe	90%
19th	Uruguay	87.3 years	South America	89%
20th	Austria	87.2 years	Europe	89%
21st	Chile	83.2 years	South America	88%
22nd	France	83.0 years	Europe	88%
23rd	Czechia	82.8 years	Europe	87%
24th	Canada	82.6 years	North America	86%
25th	Saint Kitts and Nevis	82.5 years	North America	86%
26th	Malta	82.1 years	Europe	85%
27th	Belarus	81.5 years	Europe	85%
28th	Lithuania	81.3 years	Europe	84%
29th	Italy	81.0 years	Europe	83%
30th	Luxembourg	80.1 years	Europe	83%
31st	United Kingdom	79.9 years	Europe	82%
32nd	Hungary	79.7 years	Europe	82%
33rd	Taiwan	77.6 years	Asia	81%
34th	Brazil	77.3 years	South America	80%
35th	Sweden	77.1 years	Europe	80%
36th	Ireland	76.8 years	Europe	79%
37th	Finland	76.7 years	Europe	79%
38th	Slovenia	76.4 years	Europe	78%
39th	Netherlands	75.8 years	Europe	77%
40th	Croatia	75.3 years	Europe	77%
41st	Montenegro	73.0 years	Europe	76%
42nd	Cyprus	72.8 years	Europe	76%
43rd	Antigua and Barbuda	72.0 years	North America	75%
44th	Greece	71.7 years	Europe	74%
45th	Bolivia	71.4 years	South America	74%
46th	Barbados	71.4 years	North America	73%
47th	Denmark	70.8 years	Europe	73%
48th	South Korea	70.7 years	Asia	72%
49th	Latvia	68.7 years	Europe	71%
50th	Trinidad and Tobago	68.7 years	North America	71%
51st	New Caledonia	68.6 years	Oceania	70%
52nd	Switzerland	67.5 years	Europe	70%
53rd	Norway	67.5 years	Europe	69%
54th	Kuwait	67.1 years	Asia	68%
55th	Bahamas	67.0 years	North America	68%
56th	Belgium	65.8 years	Europe	67%
57th	Panama	65.0 years	North America	67%
58th	Kazakhstan	64.9 years	Asia	66%
59th	Mexico	64.9 years	North America	65%
60th	Romania	63.9 years	Europe	65%
61st	Estonia	63.6 years	Europe	64%
62nd	Vietnam	63.3 years	Asia	64%
63rd	United Arab Emirates	62.0 years	Asia	63%
64th	China	60.6 years	Asia	63%
65th	Turkmenistan	60.2 years	Asia	62%
66th	South Africa	60.0 years	Africa	61%
67th	Grenada	59.4 years	North America	61%
68th	Slovakia	59.4 years	Europe	60%
69th	Gabon	59.2 years	Africa	60%
70th	Jamaica	59.0 years	North America	59%
71st	Bulgaria	58.3 years	Europe	58%
72nd	Myanmar	58.3 years	Asia	58%
73rd	Colombia	55.9 years	North America	57%
74th	Cuba	55.5 years	North America	57%
75th	Dominican Republic	55.3 years	North America	56%
76th	Dominica	55.0 years	North America	55%
77th	Saudi Arabia	54.1 years	Asia	55%
78th	Paraguay	54.1 years	South America	54%
79th	Costa Rica	53.6 years	North America	54%
80th	Serbia	53.5 years	Europe	53%
81st	Malaysia	52.9 years	Asia	52%
82nd	Mauritius	50.9 years	Africa	52%
83rd	Japan	49.3 years	Asia	51%
84th	Albania	47.5 years	Europe	51%
85th	Ukraine	46.9 years	Europe	50%
86th	Armenia	45.6 years	Europe	49%
87th	Ecuador	45.2 years	South America	49%
88th	Guyana	45.2 years	North America	48%
89th	Fiji	43.9 years	Oceania	48%
90th	Oman	43.3 years	Asia	47%
91st	Suriname	42.4 years	North America	46%
92nd	Belize	41.1 years	North America	46%
93rd	Venezuela	40.9 years	North America	45%
94th	Congo	40.1 years	Africa	45%
95th	Turkey	38.9 years	Europe	44%
96th	Moldova	38.1 years	Europe	43%
97th	Jordan	37.9 years	Asia	43%
98th	Philippines	37.0 years	Asia	42%
99th	North Macedonia	36.6 years	Europe	42%
100th	Guatemala	36.4 years	North America	41%
101st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	36.0 years	Europe	40%
102nd	Vanuatu	36.0 years	Oceania	40%
103rd	Iran	36.0 years	Asia	39%
104th	Central African Republic	35.9 years	Africa	39%
105th	Morocco	35.1 years	Africa	38%
106th	Uzbekistan	34.4 years	Asia	38%
107th	Azerbaijan	34.1 years	Europe	37%
108th	Honduras	33.1 years	North America	36%
109th	Cabo Verde	32.2 years	Africa	36%
110th	Georgia	31.8 years	Europe	35%
111st	Timor-Leste	31.5 years	Asia	35%
112nd	Mauritania	31.1 years	Africa	34%
113rd	Nicaragua	30.8 years	North America	33%
114th	Namibia	30.5 years	Africa	33%
115th	El Salvador	30.5 years	North America	32%
116th	Kyrgyzstan	30.5 years	Asia	32%
117th	Laos	30.4 years	Asia	31%
118th	Kiribati	30.0 years	Oceania	30%
119th	Tunisia	28.4 years	Africa	30%
120th	Thailand	27.4 years	Asia	29%
121st	Chad	26.5 years	Africa	29%
122nd	Egypt	26.3 years	Africa	28%
123rd	Botswana	24.4 years	Africa	27%
124th	Peru	24.4 years	South America	27%
125th	Lebanon	24.0 years	Asia	26%
126th	Mali	23.7 years	Africa	26%
127th	Angola	23.5 years	Africa	25%
128th	Sudan	21.4 years	Africa	24%
129th	Maldives	20.6 years	Asia	24%
130th	Malawi	20.3 years	Africa	23%
131st	Benin	20.2 years	Africa	23%
132nd	Lesotho	19.9 years	Africa	22%
133rd	Liberia	18.3 years	Africa	21%
134th	Algeria	18.1 years	Africa	21%
135th	Zimbabwe	17.7 years	Africa	20%
136th	Haiti	17.6 years	North America	20%
137th	Guinea-Bissau	17.3 years	Africa	19%
138th	Pakistan	16.9 years	Asia	18%
139th	Yemen	16.9 years	Asia	18%
140th	Tajikistan	16.5 years	Asia	17%
141st	Kenya	15.9 years	Africa	17%
142nd	Djibouti	15.0 years	Africa	16%
143rd	Sao Tome and Principe	14.2 years	Africa	15%
144th	Senegal	14.1 years	Africa	15%
145th	Ghana	13.7 years	Africa	14%
146th	North Korea	13.7 years	Asia	14%
147th	Nepal	13.6 years	Asia	13%
148th	Zambia	13.1 years	Africa	13%
149th	Guinea	13.1 years	Africa	12%
150th	Niger	12.8 years	Africa	11%
151st	Togo	12.6 years	Africa	11%
152nd	Côte d'Ivoire	12.4 years	Africa	10%
153rd	Cambodia	12.3 years	Asia	10%
154th	Madagascar	12.3 years	Africa	9%
155th	Burkina Faso	12.0 years	Africa	8%
156th	Cameroon	12.0 years	Africa	8%
157th	Solomon Islands	11.7 years	Oceania	7%
158th	Indonesia	11.7 years	Asia	7%
159th	Uganda	9.7 years	Africa	6%
160th	Mozambique	9.4 years	Africa	5%
161st	Rwanda	9.1 years	Africa	5%
162nd	Sri Lanka	9.0 years	Asia	4%
163rd	Sierra Leone	8.2 years	Africa	4%
164th	Gambia	7.8 years	Africa	3%
165th	Nigeria	7.2 years	Africa	2%
166th	India	6.1 years	Asia	2%
167th	Ethiopia	5.4 years	Africa	1%
168th	Bangladesh	4.0 years	Asia	1%