Pork meat consumption per capita rose 0.816% to 38.3 kg in South Korea in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, pork meat consumption per capita in South Korea reached an all time high of 40.7 kg in 2018 and an all time low of 1.51 kg in 1962. When compared to South Korea's main peers, pork meat consumption per capita in China amounted to 33.6 kg, 4.41 kg in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 21.9 kg in Japan and 27.3 kg in Vietnam in 2021.
South Korea has been ranked 16th within the group of 156 countries we follow in terms of pork meat consumption per capita, 17 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 |
Cambodia | kg | 7.22 | 7.21 | 7.12 | 6.93 | 5.76 | ||||||||||||||||
China | kg | 39.6 | 39.9 | 39.5 | 38.3 | 37.0 | ||||||||||||||||
Dem. People's Republic of Korea | kg | 4.73 | 5.02 | 5.10 | 5.05 | 5.00 | ||||||||||||||||
India | kg | 0.290 | 0.290 | 0.280 | 0.270 | 0.260 | ||||||||||||||||
Japan | kg | 20.1 | 21.0 | 21.8 | 21.9 | 22.2 | ||||||||||||||||
Laos | kg | 11.2 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 12.3 | 13.1 | ||||||||||||||||
Russia | kg | 24.0 | 25.4 | 26.6 | 26.0 | 27.1 | ||||||||||||||||
South Korea | kg | 35.9 | 37.0 | 37.7 | 40.7 | 40.1 | ||||||||||||||||
Thailand | kg | 13.1 | 13.2 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 12.2 | ||||||||||||||||
USA | kg | 26.3 | 26.5 | 26.4 | 29.6 | 30.4 | ||||||||||||||||
Vietnam | kg | 27.6 | 28.8 | 29.0 | 29.6 | 25.5 |