Pork meat consumption per capita rose 19.6% to 12.6 kg in Panama in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, pork meat consumption per capita in Panama reached an all time high of 16.7 kg in 2019 and an all time low of 3.58 kg in 1965. When compared to Panama's main peers, pork meat consumption per capita in Colombia amounted to 12.1 kg, 16.0 kg in Costa Rica, 8.40 kg in Honduras and 6.12 kg in Nicaragua in 2021.
Panama has been ranked 60th 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 |
| Belize | kg | 13.0 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 24.1 | 25.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | kg | 12.8 | 13.0 | 13.6 | 14.4 | 14.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | kg | 7.94 | 8.83 | 9.48 | 10.5 | 11.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Peru | kg | 4.25 | 4.34 | 4.55 | 4.61 | 4.77 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kg | 26.3 | 26.5 | 26.4 | 29.6 | 30.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | kg | 7.07 | 6.46 | 4.53 | 4.67 | 4.71 |
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