Cattle meat consumption per capita rose 23.3% to 16.0 kg in Turkey in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, cattle meat consumption per capita in Turkey reached an all time high of 16.0 kg in 2020 and an all time low of 2.70 kg in 1978. When compared to Turkey's main peers, cattle meat consumption per capita in Bulgaria amounted to 3.45 kg, 14.5 kg in Greece, 3.08 kg in Iraq and 7.55 kg in Iran in 2020.
Turkey has been ranked 37th within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of cattle meat consumption per capita, 28 places above 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 |
| Albania | kg | 13.4 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | kg | 3.95 | 3.87 | 3.93 | 3.68 | 3.30 | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | kg | 15.0 | 14.1 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 15.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | kg | 5.78 | 6.36 | 6.96 | 7.47 | 6.61 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.85 | 2.94 | 2.77 | 3.17 | 3.30 | ||||||
| Kuwait | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.16 | 9.47 | 7.73 | 7.75 | 7.89 | ||||||
| Macedonia | kg | 7.45 | 7.38 | 6.98 | 7.06 | 7.38 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | kg | 8.58 | 8.65 | 8.77 | 8.85 | 9.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Romania | kg | 6.71 | 7.20 | 6.55 | 5.31 | 5.19 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.47 | 5.37 | 4.27 | 4.81 | 4.55 | ||||||
| Serbia | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.09 | 8.16 | 8.27 | 6.62 | 2.99 | ||||||||||
| Syria | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.07 | 3.04 | 3.04 | 3.10 | 3.27 | ||||||
| Turkey | kg | 11.8 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 12.9 | 13.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | kg | 28.2 | 27.1 | 26.2 | 26.9 | 23.7 |
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