Pork meat consumption per capita rose 14.0% to 6.12 kg in Nicaragua in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, pork meat consumption per capita in Nicaragua reached an all time high of 7.11 kg in 1977 and an all time low of 1.12 kg in 2000. When compared to Nicaragua's main peers, pork meat consumption per capita in Costa Rica amounted to 16.0 kg, 5.90 kg in El Salvador, 8.40 kg in Honduras and 20.3 kg in Mexico in 2021.
Nicaragua has been ranked 84th within the group of 156 countries we follow in terms of pork meat consumption per capita, 16 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 |
| Belize | kg | 13.0 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 24.1 | 25.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | kg | 10.1 | 11.1 | 12.2 | 12.3 | 13.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | kg | 3.50 | 3.95 | 4.12 | 4.75 | 4.94 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | kg | 4.70 | 4.54 | 4.50 | 4.84 | 4.21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | kg | 5.06 | 5.47 | 5.47 | 6.01 | 6.15 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kg | 17.0 | 17.4 | 17.9 | 18.9 | 19.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | kg | 4.43 | 4.96 | 5.07 | 5.06 | 5.29 | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | kg | 12.8 | 14.2 | 13.9 | 14.2 | 16.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kg | 26.3 | 26.5 | 26.4 | 29.6 | 30.4 |
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