Cattle meat consumption per capita rose 7.06% to 6.67 kg in China in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, cattle meat consumption per capita in China reached an all time high of 6.67 kg in 2020 and an all time low of 0.100 kg in 1961. When compared to China's main peers, cattle meat consumption per capita in India amounted to 1.14 kg, 9.56 kg in Japan, 12.9 kg in Russia and 37.9 kg in USA in 2020.
China has been ranked 90th within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of cattle meat consumption per capita, 25 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 |
| Bangladesh | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.34 | 1.39 | 1.34 | 1.22 | 1.22 | ||||||
| Canada | kg | 29.9 | 27.8 | 26.0 | 26.1 | 27.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kg | 4.70 | 4.85 | 4.91 | 5.11 | 5.51 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kg | 13.5 | 14.2 | 14.6 | 14.9 | 14.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kg | 0.930 | 0.990 | 0.930 | 0.860 | 1.07 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kg | 8.89 | 8.50 | 8.47 | 9.19 | 9.59 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kg | 15.4 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 15.0 | 15.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | kg | 8.58 | 8.65 | 8.77 | 8.85 | 9.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kg | 15.8 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 13.2 | 13.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kg | 14.5 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 15.4 | 16.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.36 | 1.32 | 1.30 | 1.17 | 1.22 | ||||||
| USA | kg | 37.4 | 35.2 | 36.1 | 37.1 | 37.2 |
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