The Most Popular Type of Meat to Eat in Every Country

Meat is one of the most popular food groups in the world, with 86% percent of people in the world saying that their diet contains meat. From beef and chicken to fish and mutton, different types of meat make up a significant part of cuisine in many cultures. But which is the most popular meat in each country?

The How To Cook Recipes research team looked at data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to see what type of meat has the highest supply in nearly every country in the world.

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Every Country’s Most Popular Meat to Consume

The following is a list of meat consumption by country per capita per year measured in kilograms:

Area Beef Mutton and Goat Pork Poultry Fish and Seafood Other Meat Total Meat Supply Most Popular Type of Meat
Afghanistan 3.63 4.31 0.01 1.43 0.24 0.31 9.93 Mutton and Goat
Albania 13.38 10.90 5.35 9.48 8.64 0.00 47.75 Beef
Algeria 4.64 7.85 0.01 6.98 3.78 0.36 23.62 Mutton and Goat
Angola 4.10 0.82 6.70 11.76 19.56 0.31 43.25 Fish and Seafood
Antigua and Barbuda 7.11 1.34 7.55 57.64 55.14 0.14 128.92 Poultry
Argentina 55.44 1.27 14.45 44.25 7.22 1.11 123.74 Beef
Armenia 18.32 2.90 6.28 15.17 5.82 0.03 48.52 Beef
Australia 28.21 9.23 25.86 48.66 26.38 1.06 139.40 Poultry
Austria 16.65 1.14 48.95 18.51 13.98 1.34 100.57 Pork
Azerbaijan 12.61 7.77 0.53 13.87 3.16 0.00 37.94 Poultry
Bahamas 7.06 1.74 25.79 51.88 24.66 0.12 111.25 Poultry
Bangladesh 1.29 1.41 0.00 1.59 25.73 0.00 30.02 Fish and Seafood
Barbados 12.20 3.99 8.42 48.66 42.92 0.05 116.24 Poultry
Belarus 16.39 0.11 38.46 28.84 11.84 0.22 95.86 Pork
Belgium 11.86 1.14 28.35 11.51 22.89 1.85 77.60 Pork
Belize 3.95 0.11 19.14 25.78 13.75 0.25 62.98 Poultry
Benin 3.39 0.84 0.69 9.95 17.12 0.80 32.79 Fish and Seafood
Bolivia 23.28 2.91 9.61 42.59 2.53 1.85 82.77 Poultry
Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.32 0.47 9.81 19.76 5.80 0.51 48.67 Poultry
Botswana 5.47 2.73 0.71 3.93 2.82 12.24 27.90 Other Meat
Brazil 37.47 0.60 13.52 47.05 9.02 0.67 108.33 Poultry
Bulgaria 3.49 1.50 31.79 22.67 7.10 0.75 67.30 Pork
Burkina Faso 5.58 2.37 2.24 2.41 7.96 0.62 21.18 Fish and Seafood
Cabo Verde 2.33 1.89 10.18 17.50 11.03 0.23 43.16 Poultry
Cambodia 4.28 0.00 5.41 2.46 42.06 0.00 54.21 Fish and Seafood
Cameroon 3.35 1.21 1.32 3.19 17.60 3.04 29.71 Fish and Seafood
Canada 26.78 0.99 23.52 40.48 21.89 0.01 113.67 Poultry
Central African Republic 21.46 4.94 2.88 2.02 7.94 3.88 43.12 Beef
Chad 7.05 3.04 0.04 0.45 6.97 0.75 18.30 Beef
Chile 22.05 0.53 27.43 40.85 11.62 0.66 103.14 Poultry
China 5.38 3.55 38.17 13.72 37.96 0.96 99.74 Fish and Seafood
Colombia 17.07 0.17 9.44 34.61 6.95 0.11 68.35 Poultry
Congo 4.07 0.34 0.63 24.54 28.59 8.88 67.05 Fish and Seafood
Costa Rica 12.76 0.02 12.42 26.97 18.28 0.00 70.45 Poultry
Côte d’Ivoire 1.36 0.49 0.52 1.80 20.36 6.13 30.66 Fish and Seafood
Croatia 12.66 1.48 52.13 12.36 18.86 1.16 98.65 Pork
Cuba 6.68 1.17 18.91 28.41 5.69 5.47 66.33 Poultry
Cyprus 6.81 4.95 38.77 25.17 24.74 1.04 101.48 Pork
Czechia 10.14 0.32 46.55 22.29 9.29 4.39 92.98 Pork
Denmark 23.52 0.84 26.66 26.90 26.59 1.41 105.92 Poultry
Djibouti 6.75 5.10 0.07 3.24 3.63 0.73 19.52 Beef
Dominica 8.47 1.15 9.44 42.44 27.85 0.13 89.48 Poultry
Dominican Republic 6.43 0.21 11.59 37.23 8.37 0.01 63.84 Poultry
Ecuador 12.49 0.33 14.64 20.49 8.48 0.06 56.49 Poultry
Egypt 11.42 0.76 0.01 17.38 23.22 1.19 53.98 Fish and Seafood
El Salvador 6.65 0.02 4.34 24.05 6.60 0.00 41.66 Poultry
Estonia 8.64 0.47 37.76 22.17 14.68 0.13 83.85 Pork
Eswatini 15.42 1.98 2.02 6.90 3.85 0.30 30.47 Beef
Ethiopia 3.71 1.59 0.03 0.69 0.53 1.06 7.61 Beef
Fiji 4.62 6.19 4.85 23.76 30.09 0.01 69.52 Fish and Seafood
Finland 19.26 0.57 37.69 19.40 33.55 1.20 111.67 Pork
France 20.69 2.74 31.45 22.99 33.30 1.11 112.28 Fish and Seafood
French Polynesia 22.25 2.97 15.95 48.86 46.92 1.40 138.35 Poultry
Gabon 6.11 0.69 6.03 29.64 30.14 14.58 87.19 Fish and Seafood
Gambia 2.99 0.74 0.24 3.79 26.73 0.71 35.20 Fish and Seafood
Georgia 6.34 0.81 10.20 16.52 8.91 0.13 42.91 Poultry
Germany 14.79 0.82 43.20 18.15 12.68 1.79 91.43 Pork
Ghana 0.94 1.59 0.86 9.06 24.79 2.81 40.05 Fish and Seafood
Greece 15.68 6.64 29.09 20.01 19.52 1.79 92.73 Pork
Grenada 3.20 1.36 8.71 42.76 27.07 0.41 83.51 Poultry
Guatemala 11.27 0.13 4.87 18.45 3.09 0.15 37.96 Poultry
Guinea 7.76 1.97 0.16 2.20 10.26 0.50 22.85 Fish and Seafood
Guinea-Bissau 4.10 1.49 8.25 2.20 1.22 0.00 17.26 Pork
Guyana 3.32 1.10 2.36 38.68 25.21 0.13 70.80 Poultry
Haiti 4.35 0.62 3.71 8.65 6.41 0.41 24.15 Poultry
Honduras 6.75 0.03 4.78 23.20 2.67 0.01 37.44 Poultry
Hong Kong 23.38 0.95 56.96 39.84 65.02 3.33 189.48 Fish and Seafood
Hungary 4.48 0.15 53.53 25.46 6.31 0.32 90.25 Pork
Iceland 14.89 22.00 20.91 30.86 91.70 2.73 183.09 Fish and Seafood
India 1.04 0.53 0.22 2.32 6.83 0.00 10.94 Fish and Seafood
Indonesia 2.83 0.45 1.22 7.92 44.17 0.01 56.60 Fish and Seafood
Iran 4.72 5.02 0.00 27.24 11.57 0.16 48.71 Poultry
Iraq 2.97 1.70 0.00 9.44 3.84 0.06 18.01 Poultry
Ireland 20.39 3.42 29.42 24.48 23.11 0.25 101.07 Pork
Israel 27.44 1.76 1.34 67.54 25.49 0.01 123.58 Poultry
Italy 16.60 0.87 43.63 18.89 29.76 1.70 111.45 Pork
Jamaica 4.00 0.90 3.48 51.57 25.29 0.08 85.32 Poultry
Japan 9.59 0.15 21.45 18.78 45.60 0.10 95.67 Fish and Seafood
Jordan 4.88 4.63 0.01 24.75 5.25 0.06 39.58 Poultry
Kazakhstan 24.43 9.25 7.10 18.62 2.82 5.81 68.03 Beef
Kenya 11.14 1.38 0.31 0.61 3.01 2.13 18.58 Beef
Kiribati 2.53 0.10 10.66 16.05 75.47 0.11 104.92 Fish and Seafood
Kuwait 7.89 12.77 0.00 47.97 14.41 1.44 84.48 Poultry
Kyrgyzstan 13.98 8.76 2.68 3.39 1.12 1.51 31.44 Beef
Laos 7.59 0.28 10.44 5.80 24.87 0.00 48.98 Fish and Seafood
Latvia 5.73 0.38 43.63 21.03 24.46 0.50 95.73 Pork
Lebanon 9.70 1.55 0.90 17.83 8.68 0.01 38.67 Poultry
Lesotho 7.50 3.64 5.66 7.84 1.82 3.97 30.43 Poultry
Liberia 0.52 0.47 4.41 14.69 4.67 1.96 26.72 Poultry
Lithuania 5.36 0.38 48.39 29.04 32.07 0.53 115.77 Pork
Luxembourg 25.16 1.31 34.41 18.96 31.50 1.82 113.16 Pork
Macao 12.65 0.72 55.21 34.15 60.42 1.28 164.43 Fish and Seafood
Madagascar 6.87 0.52 2.53 3.05 5.53 0.32 18.82 Beef
Malawi 2.60 2.18 4.56 3.35 11.93 0.00 24.62 Fish and Seafood
Malaysia 5.75 0.84 8.15 39.04 56.84 0.01 110.63 Fish and Seafood
Maldives 6.30 1.12 0.86 13.16 86.98 0.13 108.55 Fish and Seafood
Mali 7.98 7.54 0.14 2.47 9.06 2.68 29.87 Fish and Seafood
Malta 18.46 1.40 25.79 26.57 32.60 5.65 110.47 Fish and Seafood
Mauritania 7.00 12.63 0.01 5.14 8.91 6.28 39.97 Mutton and Goat
Mauritius 4.19 4.18 4.04 39.59 24.06 0.77 76.83 Poultry
Mexico 15.06 0.92 18.18 34.46 14.22 0.64 83.48 Poultry
Moldova 1.72 0.22 18.42 18.85 11.61 0.18 51.00 Poultry
Mongolia 21.09 49.53 1.13 2.95 0.59 10.29 85.58 Mutton and Goat
Montenegro 13.78 2.37 45.25 16.64 14.05 0.04 92.13 Pork
Morocco 7.07 5.00 0.02 20.26 19.23 1.83 53.41 Poultry
Mozambique 0.60 0.85 4.38 3.80 12.10 0.01 21.74 Fish and Seafood
Myanmar 5.56 1.02 12.30 29.10 45.59 0.00 93.57 Fish and Seafood
Namibia 8.89 3.50 3.83 9.91 12.30 4.98 43.41 Fish and Seafood
Nepal 8.38 2.70 0.84 2.06 3.09 0.00 17.07 Beef
Netherlands 16.80 1.02 35.96 13.11 21.94 2.29 91.12 Pork
New Caledonia 19.44 1.71 15.46 34.76 23.13 0.01 94.51 Poultry
New Zealand 21.15 14.05 27.12 25.51 24.52 1.95 114.30 Pork
Nicaragua 1.67 0.01 5.13 20.47 6.09 0.43 33.80 Poultry
Niger 2.90 2.14 0.07 1.11 2.00 2.45 10.67 Beef
Nigeria 1.99 1.99 1.47 1.08 8.88 0.98 16.39 Fish and Seafood
North Korea 0.87 0.62 4.32 1.67 11.09 5.94 24.51 Fish and Seafood
North Macedonia 7.38 0.67 10.54 19.73 6.21 0.31 44.84 Poultry
Norway 17.66 5.24 22.88 20.57 50.95 1.32 118.62 Fish and Seafood
Oman 7.58 11.52 0.02 20.63 27.57 2.43 69.75 Fish and Seafood
Pakistan 8.82 2.47 0.00 4.92 1.68 0.00 17.89 Beef
Panama 16.19 0.01 13.92 33.92 14.12 1.06 79.22 Poultry
Papua New Guinea 0.79 1.58 10.12 3.36 0.00 47.81 63.66 Other Meat
Paraguay 22.48 0.37 7.95 9.97 4.11 0.12 45.00 Beef
Peru 4.34 0.82 4.62 13.59 24.61 1.22 49.20 Fish and Seafood
Philippines 4.71 0.58 18.91 12.83 25.82 0.01 62.86 Fish and Seafood
Poland 0.27 0.03 57.61 30.46 12.43 0.11 100.91 Pork
Portugal 18.60 2.42 40.76 31.64 57.02 1.26 151.70 Fish and Seafood
Romania 5.19 3.95 35.99 19.31 8.20 0.39 73.03 Pork
Russia 13.35 1.39 26.02 31.31 20.04 3.61 95.72 Poultry
Rwanda 2.66 1.42 0.76 1.28 7.66 1.63 15.41 Fish and Seafood
Saint Kitts and Nevis 5.94 1.96 15.04 50.56 39.73 2.71 115.94 Poultry
Saint Lucia 6.38 2.60 22.35 61.22 33.91 0.25 126.71 Poultry
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10.42 1.00 10.93 73.41 19.59 0.09 115.44 Poultry
Samoa 9.14 3.59 18.56 63.49 46.16 0.17 141.11 Poultry
Sao Tome and Principe 1.23 0.05 4.38 9.66 28.72 0.00 44.04 Fish and Seafood
Saudi Arabia 4.55 4.55 0.00 35.00 11.13 1.35 56.58 Poultry
Senegal 5.85 3.02 0.98 4.46 18.68 0.68 33.67 Fish and Seafood
Serbia 2.99 3.40 37.89 11.68 6.20 0.22 62.38 Pork
Sierra Leone 1.46 0.52 1.03 4.14 25.08 1.59 33.82 Fish and Seafood
Slovakia 5.82 0.11 35.67 14.15 9.69 1.61 67.05 Pork
Slovenia 14.41 0.89 29.78 24.06 11.95 0.42 81.51 Pork
Solomon Islands 2.69 0.07 4.38 4.65 29.36 0.01 41.16 Fish and Seafood
South Africa 16.73 3.19 4.84 38.57 6.35 0.76 70.44 Poultry
South Korea 16.53 0.17 37.33 16.91 56.70 0.13 127.77 Fish and Seafood
Spain 12.27 2.08 52.34 30.48 42.42 1.63 141.22 Pork
Sri Lanka 1.23 0.07 0.06 5.25 30.19 0.00 36.80 Fish and Seafood
Sudan 8.20 7.88 0.00 1.60 1.11 3.47 22.26 Beef
Suriname 4.36 0.04 6.01 33.46 16.80 0.30 60.97 Poultry
Sweden 22.58 1.40 30.86 16.88 32.59 1.44 105.75 Fish and Seafood
Switzerland 18.62 1.48 28.22 15.47 16.80 1.26 81.85 Pork
Taiwan 5.45 0.88 39.07 35.67 29.17 0.05 110.29 Pork
Tajikistan 4.40 5.98 0.22 3.25 0.44 0.00 14.29 Mutton and Goat
Tanzania 7.43 1.12 0.27 1.44 6.83 0.46 17.55 Beef
Thailand 1.53 0.05 14.04 13.26 29.08 0.00 57.96 Fish and Seafood
Timor-Leste 1.41 0.42 11.75 4.18 7.83 14.98 40.57 Other Meat
Togo 1.42 1.31 1.34 7.25 12.27 0.81 24.40 Fish and Seafood
Trinidad and Tobago 4.86 1.86 6.31 63.49 23.75 0.58 100.85 Poultry
Tunisia 5.28 5.49 0.00 17.34 12.74 0.28 41.13 Poultry
Turkey 13.23 5.38 0.00 20.84 4.83 0.01 44.29 Poultry
Turkmenistan 25.40 23.76 0.33 4.66 2.89 0.02 57.06 Beef
Uganda 6.08 1.20 3.03 1.61 10.86 0.00 22.78 Fish and Seafood
Ukraine 7.36 0.32 16.61 24.56 11.73 0.47 61.05 Poultry
United Arab Emirates 13.77 8.43 0.17 43.04 26.05 2.75 94.21 Poultry
United Kingdom 17.80 4.17 24.20 30.21 18.61 0.87 95.86 Poultry
United States 37.16 0.54 27.99 56.64 22.22 0.81 145.36 Poultry
Uruguay 26.40 1.53 14.95 9.39 9.20 1.05 62.52 Beef
Uzbekistan 28.47 4.51 0.99 2.06 2.74 0.13 38.90 Beef
Vanuatu 12.32 0.29 14.46 12.12 30.18 0.12 69.49 Fish and Seafood
Venezuela 15.81 0.26 4.53 15.61 9.99 0.01 46.21 Beef
Vietnam 11.30 0.17 37.67 15.89 37.29 0.13 102.45 Pork
Yemen 4.13 4.40 0.00 6.47 3.10 0.09 18.19 Poultry
Zambia 10.78 0.69 1.70 3.32 11.70 2.34 30.53 Fish and Seafood
Zimbabwe 8.50 1.27 1.25 4.83 3.47 2.57 21.89 Beef

 

Beef includes animals in the cattle category, including beef, bison, and buffalo. The “other meat” category includes animals like rabbit, camel, etc.

When you average out global meat consumption on a per-capita basis, the most popular meat in the world is pork, but consumption of poultry, like chicken and turkey, is growing the fastest. Poultry is also the most popular type of meat in 60 different countries.

The country with the highest overall meat supply is Hong Kong, with 189.48 kilograms of meat consumed per capita per year. The most popular type of meat consumed is fish and seafood. The country with the lowest meat supply is Ethiopia, with a 7.61 kilogram per year per-capita supply.

 

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