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Comparison · Food

Meat supply per capita

kg per year

EU2778.5kg per year · 2023
US122.1kg per year · 2023
China73.5kg per year · 2023
315782107132200020052010201520202023US 122.1EU27 78.5China 73.5

EU27 US China Range of the member states

Range within the EU: 2023: 60.0 (Belgium) to 101.3 (Denmark), median 76.3, 27 member states

All member states (2023)
Denmark101.3
Spain100.8
Croatia99.7
Portugal99.3
Ireland98.4
Poland83.3
Luxembourg83.0
Latvia82.7
Czechia82.3
Greece82.0
Lithuania80.9
France80.3
Cyprus78.0
Hungary76.3
Austria73.7
Romania72.5
Malta71.8
Netherlands71.6
Italy71.2
Germany70.7
Slovakia70.0
Finland69.4
Sweden68.3
Estonia64.7
Bulgaria63.7
Slovenia60.4
Belgium60.0
Values as a table
YearEU27USChina
202378.5122.173.5
202279.0122.569.9
202179.7120.865.7
202079.4125.658.7
201980.8125.062.5
201882.8122.662.1
201781.0118.461.5
201681.3117.562.0
201581.6115.960.8
201480.4114.460.4
201382.2115.159.0
201283.3115.057.9

Definition

Meat available for human consumption per inhabitant and year (all meat types, carcass weight).

Caveats

Measures supply from food balance sheets, not actual intake: retail and household waste is included. Data appear with a lag of about two years.

Source
FAO Food Balances, via Our World in Data · meat-supply-per-person
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EU value
Our World in Data EU-27 aggregate.
retrieved
25 Oct 2026