Cattle meat consumption per capita fell 5.43% to 15.9 kg in Italy in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, cattle meat consumption per capita in Italy reached an all time high of 27.5 kg in 1991 and an all time low of 14.9 kg in 1961. When compared to Italy's main peers, cattle meat consumption per capita in Austria amounted to 14.9 kg, 20.8 kg in France, 15.3 kg in Slovenia and 19.1 kg in Switzerland in 2020.
Italy has been ranked 38th 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 |
| Austria | kg | 13.9 | 14.1 | 15.9 | 15.5 | 16.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kg | 12.6 | 12.3 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 12.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | kg | 11.2 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 12.3 | 12.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kg | 21.4 | 21.3 | 21.1 | 20.6 | 20.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kg | 13.5 | 14.2 | 14.6 | 14.9 | 14.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | kg | 4.21 | 3.80 | 4.04 | 4.19 | 4.48 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | kg | 19.3 | 17.0 | 16.9 | 15.8 | 16.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | kg | 17.1 | 17.9 | 18.0 | 17.4 | 14.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | kg | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 13.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | kg | 19.4 | 18.9 | 18.8 | 18.3 | 20.8 |
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