Cattle meat consumption per capita fell 11.7% to 14.5 kg in Panama in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, cattle meat consumption per capita in Panama reached an all time high of 21.9 kg in 2012 and an all time low of 14.5 kg in 2020. When compared to Panama's main peers, cattle meat consumption per capita in Colombia amounted to 13.7 kg, 11.4 kg in Costa Rica, 6.03 kg in Honduras and 2.16 kg in Nicaragua in 2020.
Panama has been ranked 46th within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of cattle meat consumption per capita, 22 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Cattle Meat Consumption Per Capita | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Belize | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.42 | 4.06 | 3.41 | 3.26 | 4.03 | ||||||
| Brazil | kg | 38.9 | 37.9 | 37.0 | 37.1 | 37.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | kg | 17.2 | 17.3 | 16.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.3 | 12.8 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.8 | ||||||
| El Salvador | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.62 | 5.64 | 5.82 | 6.31 | 6.79 | ||||||
| Guatemala | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.4 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.5 | 11.1 | ||||||
| Honduras | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.78 | 7.11 | 7.19 | 6.86 | 6.58 | ||||||
| Mexico | kg | 15.4 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 15.0 | 15.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.63 | 3.20 | 1.51 | 3.59 | 1.67 | ||||||
| Panama | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21.0 | 19.6 | 18.1 | 16.6 | 16.2 | ||||||
| Peru | kg | 4.73 | 4.67 | 4.51 | 4.35 | 4.34 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kg | 37.4 | 35.2 | 36.1 | 37.1 | 37.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | kg | 25.2 | 18.5 | 15.5 | 14.7 | 15.7 |
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