Pork meat consumption per capita fell 5.05% to 27.8 kg in Ireland in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, pork meat consumption per capita in Ireland reached an all time high of 42.5 kg in 1999 and an all time low of 23.9 kg in 1961. When compared to Ireland's main peers, pork meat consumption per capita in Canada amounted to 18.4 kg, 33.5 kg in France, 19.9 kg in Iceland and 25.3 kg in United Kingdom in 2021.
Ireland has been ranked 32nd within the group of 156 countries we follow in terms of pork meat consumption per capita, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Pork Meat Consumption Per Capita | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Australia | kg | 26.1 | 25.6 | 25.5 | 25.8 | 28.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kg | 28.5 | 41.4 | 28.7 | 31.2 | 31.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kg | 25.1 | 23.3 | 24.2 | 23.5 | 24.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | kg | 20.8 | 23.7 | 25.8 | 26.6 | 23.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kg | 34.4 | 33.4 | 33.5 | 34.2 | 33.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kg | 51.6 | 46.0 | 44.7 | 45.6 | 46.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | kg | 19.8 | 20.0 | 19.9 | 20.3 | 21.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | kg | 29.8 | 27.0 | 28.7 | 30.0 | 29.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | kg | 37.0 | 36.4 | 40.7 | 38.5 | 36.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kg | 17.0 | 17.4 | 17.9 | 18.9 | 19.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | kg | 23.5 | 23.5 | 22.9 | 25.8 | 24.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | kg | 53.4 | 52.6 | 53.6 | 57.0 | 54.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | kg | 32.0 | 31.7 | 30.9 | 30.6 | 29.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kg | 26.3 | 26.5 | 26.4 | 29.6 | 30.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | kg | 25.7 | 26.5 | 25.7 | 25.9 | 25.6 |
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