Cattle meat consumption per capita rose 11.0% to 7.55 kg in Iran in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, cattle meat consumption per capita in Iran reached an all time high of 7.55 kg in 2020 and an all time low of 3.30 kg in 1966. When compared to Iran's main peers, cattle meat consumption per capita in Iraq amounted to 3.08 kg, 9.83 kg in Pakistan and 22.5 kg in Turkmenistan in 2020.
Iran has been ranked 83rd within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of cattle meat consumption per capita, 2 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 |
| Afghanistan | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.80 | 3.73 | 3.16 | 2.82 | 2.62 | ||||||
| China | kg | 4.70 | 4.85 | 4.91 | 5.11 | 5.51 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kg | 0.930 | 0.990 | 0.930 | 0.860 | 1.07 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | kg | 5.78 | 6.36 | 6.96 | 7.47 | 6.61 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.85 | 2.94 | 2.77 | 3.17 | 3.30 | ||||||
| Kazakhstan | kg | 23.2 | 23.3 | 23.3 | 24.0 | 24.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.16 | 9.47 | 7.73 | 7.75 | 7.89 | ||||||
| Pakistan | kg | 8.58 | 8.65 | 8.77 | 8.85 | 9.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.47 | 5.37 | 4.27 | 4.81 | 4.55 | ||||||
| Syria | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.07 | 3.04 | 3.04 | 3.10 | 3.27 | ||||||
| Turkmenistan | kg | 28.2 | 27.1 | 26.2 | 26.9 | 23.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | kg | 27.5 | 27.8 | 28.1 | 28.2 | 29.5 |
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