Who's the Major Lamb Eater?

Based on a comparison of 151 countries in 2013, Mongolia ranked the highest in sheep and goat meat consumption per capita with 48.5 kg followed by Turkmenistan and New Zealand. On the other end of the scale was Thailand with 0.050 kg, Belize with 0.100 kg and Sri Lanka with 0.100 kg.

Average sheep and goat meat consumption per capita reached 1.90 kg in 2013 in the World according to Faostat. This is 0 % the same as in the previous year and 5.26 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, average sheep and goat meat consumption per capita reached an all time high of 2.00 kg in 2007 and an all time low of 1.50 kg in 1977. The average annual growth amounted to 0.000 % since 1961.

Data for more countries are available at Sheep and Goat Meat Consumption Per Capita indicator page.