Cattle meat consumption per capita fell 30.7% to 19.4 kg in Uruguay in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, cattle meat consumption per capita in Uruguay reached an all time high of 33.8 kg in 2014 and an all time low of 19.4 kg in 2020. When compared to Uruguay's main peers, cattle meat consumption per capita in Argentina amounted to 46.9 kg, 35.4 kg in Brazil, 23.7 kg in Chile and 21.9 kg in Paraguay in 2020.
Uruguay has been ranked 25th within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of cattle meat consumption per capita, 19 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 |
| Argentina | kg | 51.6 | 52.5 | 49.9 | 51.8 | 52.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bolivia | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20.6 | 22.0 | 22.6 | 22.9 | 23.3 | ||||||
| Brazil | kg | 38.9 | 37.9 | 37.0 | 37.1 | 37.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chile | kg | 20.8 | 21.9 | 23.0 | 21.5 | 22.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Paraguay | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.0 | 13.1 | 14.8 | 25.5 | 22.5 | ||||||
| Peru | kg | 4.73 | 4.67 | 4.51 | 4.35 | 4.34 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uruguay | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 33.8 | 32.5 | 26.1 | 31.3 | 26.4 | ||||||
| Venezuela | kg | 25.2 | 18.5 | 15.5 | 14.7 | 15.7 |
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