Who's the Major Beef Eater?

Based on a comparison of 165 countries in 2020, Argentina ranked the highest in cattle meat consumption per capita with 46.9 kg followed by Zimbabwe and USA. On the other end of the scale was Dem. Republic of the Congo with 0.260 kg, Liberia with 0.420 kg and Mozambique with 0.560 kg.

Average cattle meat consumption per capita reached 9.09 kg in 2020 in the World according to Faostat. This is 0.22 % more than in the previous year and -3.30 % less than 10 years ago.

Historically, average cattle meat consumption per capita reached an all time high of 11.5 kg in 1976 and an all time low of 8.84 kg in 2017. The average annual growth amounted to -0.039 % since 1961.

Data for more countries are available at Cattle Meat Consumption Per Capita indicator page.