Who eats the most big Macs per person, and does this relate to the charts above?   The map and list below shows which countries eat the most meat per capita.

The USA is the per capita leader in Big Mac consumption.

Current Worldwide Annual Meat Consumption per capita

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This map shows current worldwide annual Meat Consumption per capita.  World average meat consumption: 41.90 kg per person per year

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Last updated: 6 years ago

Category: Food & Agriculture

Tags: world consumption environment food meat

countries	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000

Albania	44.1	43.7	48.7	44.8	41.2	40.8	39.5	39.9	33.6	29
Algeria	19.5	19.4	20.1	20.2	21.6	21.4	18.9	17.4	17.5	19.1
Angola	22.4	23.7	20.9	19.3	18.4	16.8	19	18.1	14.8	16.4
Antigua and Barbuda	84.3	87.9	81.8	77.9	76.8	67.5	66.8	67	68.4	69
Argentina	98.3	96.5	93.9	92.8	88.7	86.4	83.3	79.7	93.8	98.2
Armenia	45.8	53.5	41.6	30.1	29.2	26.8	24.9	23.2	21.9	21.2
Australia	111.5	111.6	121	109.9	115.5	106.1	115.9	108.2	108	109.5
Austria	102	101	105.9	104.1	108	111.7	110.7	110.7	109.5	113.5
Azerbaijan	32	23.8	24.2	20.1	19	18	17.4	16.1	15.6	16.4
Bahamas	109.5	108.9	107.2	107.8	105.1	102.8	106	116.6	108.3	107.2
Bangladesh	4	4	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5
Barbados	74.5	72.2	79.9	71	78.7	65	66.5	67.1	68.1	69.4
Belarus	78.4	76.5	72.2	67.7	60.9	58.7	58.4	57.7	58.8	58.9
Belgium	76.9	79.2	83.4	79.3	81.9	78.6	80.4	84.3	86.8	82
Belize	42.5	44.6	45.9	44.9	47.3	49.3	48.3	49.9	45	40.8
Benin	20.9	20.4	15.9	14	14.1	15.3	19.5	19	14.3	16.1
Bermuda	101.7	97.2	98.3	94.3	80.6	78.1	91.9	96.2	94.4	99.9
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	59.1	58.6	57.1	51.8	51.4	50.6	50	50	49.3	48.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	27.9	25.3	21.3	19.7	21.1	19.7	19.6	23	20.2	17.8
Botswana	26.2	27.5	24.5	25.4	27.9	26.2	19.8	23	20.8	23.2
Brazil	85.3	86.3	80.6	78	74.6	81.3	79.7	78.7	76.4	79
Brunei Darussalam	67.5	67.7	65.8	61.3	61.4	68.3	61.1	59.1	66	60.5
Bulgaria	53	50.5	46.1	47.7	51.1	51.9	46.4	54.7	56.4	57.6
Burkina Faso	14.8	14.7	15.9	16.2	15.8	15.5	15.3	15	14.8	14.5
Burundi	5.2	4.8	5.1	5	4.1	4.1	4	3.8	3.8	3.5
Cambodia	16.6	16.2	16.2	16.1	16.1	15.9	15.9	15.3	15.8	16.1
Cameroon	12.7	12.8	13.2	13.2	13.6	15.5	14.9	14.7	14.6	14.7
Canada	94.3	96.5	98.8	95.5	95.3	99.6	99.1	100.8	101.4	101.4
Cape Verde	46.1	43.3	41.5	38.3	36.3	33.4	31.1	27.7	28.3	25.5
Central African Republic	33.5	33.6	33.3	32.6	32.6	32.6	32.2	31.8	31.2	31.5
Chad	13	13	13	13	13.1	13.3	13.4	13.6	14	13.9
Chile	74.1	77.8	78	75.5	70.5	69.3	67.2	64.9	65.4	65.7
China	58.2	56.3	52.9	54.4	53.4	51.2	50.6	49.3	48.7	48.7
Colombia	46.5	45.1	43.6	42.3	39.9	37.2	35.6	36.1	35.8	35.2
Comoros	13.4	12	13.2	12.7	13.8	15.8	15.6	9.4	6.4	7.8
Congo	13.4	21.1	21.3	19.1	15.6	20.5	21.7	15.4	13.1	14.9
Costa Rica	51.1	49.7	50	45.7	43	41.7	41.4	39.7	42.9	42.5
Côte d’Ivoire	13.3	13.3	13.1	13.6	13.5	13.7	13.3	12.3	12	12.8
Croatia	66.3	61.8	61.8	57.2	49.2	48.6	42	40.1	35.3	35.4
Cuba	49.4	43.7	39.3	37.5	30.5	34.2	30.6	31.4	29.6	29.6
Cyprus	78.1	81	82.4	81.1	84.9	82.3	82.2	87.8	86.2	88
Czech Republic	83.4	83.5	85.1	84.1	86.6	85.5	79.7	77.5	76.7	76.5
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	13.4	13	13.5	14	14.5	14.4	14.3	15.8	13.3	11.2
Denmark	95.2	97	96.6	96.9	100.7	110.8	111.7	112.1	113.8	113.4
Djibouti	23.7	25.4	31.6	26.5	19.9	15	15.2	14.6	15.4	16.4
Dominica	68.6	68.8	65.8	64.4	70.2	72.3	64	68.5	67.4	67.6
Dominican Republic	53.7	52.7	56.1	53.8	49.3	39.5	32.7	36.8	39.3	40.3
Ecuador	56.4	58.4	56.6	51.3	45.2	45.6	46.2	45.3	44.1	40
Egypt	25.6	24.5	27.4	24.5	22	21.1	20.3	20.2	19.6	22.4
El Salvador	28.3	28.2	30.1	29.8	27.4	25.4	23.5	25.6	23.1	21.1
Eritrea	7.7	6.9	8.2	7.2	7.6	7.9	8.4	7.7	8.3	9
Estonia	59.6	59.2	59.9	56.7	59.6	54.1	60.9	64	60.8	59.1
Ethiopia	8.5	8.4	8.4	8.4	8	7.9	7.9	8.2	7.3	7
Fiji	38.8	44.5	44.2	47	45.5	44.5	41.8	41.4	42.1	44.9
Finland	74.8	76.2	74.1	72.3	72.8	72.6	70.6	68.4	67.7	66.6
France	86.7	86.9	88.6	85.9	91	93.5	98.4	99.8	102.7	100.9
French Polynesia	101.9	103.8	109.2	98.8	101.9	106.1	102.2	102.6	98.2	96.2
Gabon	66.4	57.7	58.6	60.8	58.2	54.5	45	45.8	47.4	47.4
Gambia	8.1	7.6	9.7	9.5	10.3	9.6	6.1	5.7	5.8	6.8
Georgia	25.5	26.3	28.2	26.8	31.3	29.6	29.8	29.4	26.1	28.4
Germany	88.1	87.8	88.1	84.3	83.8	84.2	84.3	82.2	82.7	84
Ghana	13.9	13.9	13.8	12	11.9	11.8	12.1	10.4	9.9	10.4
Greece	74.8	73	74.7	79.2	78.5	75.5	79.1	77.8	86.3	83.6
Grenada	61	58.5	55.3	70.4	66.6	58.4	56.6	59.4	45.4	50.2
Guatemala	28.8	28.4	28.7	26	27.8	27.5	26.6	27.2	24.3	23.3
Guinea	8.6	8.6	8.3	8	7.7	7.4	7.1	6.6	6.5	6.4
Guinea-Bissau	16.2	16	15.4	15.3	15	15.2	15.3	14.6	15.3	15.3
Guyana	39	38.3	40.4	34.1	36.6	38.8	38.5	33.5	32.1	37.9
Haiti	15.6	16.7	16	13.7	14.4	13.5	15.7	15	14	13.3
Honduras	34.3	36.5	35.8	34.4	35.2	32.3	31.1	28.5	23.9	25.3
Hungary	76	78.2	80.1	80.8	81.5	87.3	82	92.5	83.4	87.2
Iceland	86.2	92.9	94.4	89.7	83.5	84.1	86	84.7	80.4	81.7
India	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.1	4.1	4	3.8	4	4	3.9
Indonesia	11.6	11.2	10.8	10.9	9.9	10.4	9.9	9.5	8.5	8.2
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	36.3	35.5	34.1	31.9	29.9	29.4	28	25.5	25.3	24
Ireland	87.9	91.1	94.4	103.7	103.8	104.6	100.6	102.5	100.1	97.7
Israel	96	102.2	99.2	103.1	101	100.8	99.8	99.1	91.8	85.3
Italy	90.7	89.2	91.5	88.5	88.1	89.1	89.5	92.4	93.1	91.6
Jamaica	59.1	64.1	64.7	60.4	62.2	62.8	62.5	57.3	54.9	54.3
Japan	45.9	46.8	46.4	46.1	46.9	44.5	45.1	44.7	44.8	45.3
Jordan	42	44.1	43.7	38.3	39.1	40.5	35.8	35.4	36.8	36.1
Kazakhstan	62.6	63.7	63.6	61.9	56.3	52.3	49.1	46.8	44.6	41
Kenya	16.7	16.4	16.4	16.4	15.6	14.7	14.5	14	13.1	12
Kiribati	38.5	37.6	38.1	37.7	40.8	36	35.4	32.1	32.3	28.3
Kuwait	119.2	110.5	94.4	84	110.7	92.8	76	69.9	78.4	73.1
Kyrgyzstan	36.9	34.5	33.9	34.6	35	36	35.5	37.7	38.6	38.6
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	21.3	20.2	18.5	18.1	17.4	17.1	16.8	15.1	14.7	13.9
Latvia	61.5	62.7	60.7	57.9	57.4	53.7	51.5	45.7	39.4	36.8
Lebanon	58.8	52.4	51.5	50.4	49.3	49	48.3	46.5	43.2	44.7
Lesotho	18.3	18	17.9	21.2	17.2	16.7	16.4	16.5	16.5	16.2
Liberia	10.4	10.9	10.2	9	10.6	11.2	8.6	8.6	8.7	9.9
Libya	33.5	35.6	33.5	30.3	29.5	32.7	27.5	28.8	30.2	31.3
Lithuania	78.2	86.7	81.4	75.7	72.9	69.1	61.2	52.3	41.6	49.2
Luxembourg	107.9	116.1	112.3	114.9	117.8	114.9	112.9	112.2	106	118.2
Madagascar	14.7	15.1	15	15	14.4	13	13.2	13.1	13.8	16
Malawi	8.3	7.3	6.1	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.3	5.6	5.5
Malaysia	52.3	49.2	50.9	51.5	49.8	49.4	47.6	47.3	46.6	44.7
Maldives	21.6	23.5	21.2	21	19.4	20.3	18.7	15.6	14.1	14.1
Mali	22.2	21.7	20	19.4	20.1	19.3	19.6	18.2	17.6	16.6
Malta	84.5	85	88.4	82.2	81.1	83	80.2	75.9	75.3	77
Mauritania	29.7	29.2	31.2	31.3	32.4	32.7	33.4	33.4	32.3	31.6
Mauritius	49.4	47.8	46	44.1	42	42.2	39.7	39.6	38.2	34.7
Mexico	63.8	63.3	62.3	62	61	59.2	58.2	58.7	56.9	55.1
Mongolia	82.1	80.5	70.2	65.8	70	73.4	70.2	74.7	86.8	100.1
Montenegro	57.7	55.6	53.3	50.2
Morocco	30.1	27.8	25.1	24.5	24.1	22	22.2	22	20.9	20.9
Mozambique	7.8	7.8	8.4	7.6	9.7	9.1	8.5	10.3	10.2	10.8
Myanmar	32.1	32.4	29.6	26.8	23.6	19.8	17	14.1	11.7	10.5
Namibia	28.3	38	30.9	30.2	31.4	32.9	33.3	30.6	37.3	42.8
Nepal	9.9	9.8	9.7	9.6	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7
Netherlands	85.5	84.8	71.4	78.3	74.1	75.5	65	78.9	87.6	87.8
Netherlands Antilles	91	89.8	81.6	85.6	90.8	85.1	82.6	84.5	91.8	94.9
New Caledonia	72.6	73.3	74.9	67	70.6	72.9	68.4	66.7	65.9	60.8
New Zealand	106.4	116.4	115.7	108.9	102.7	108.8	107.3	104.7	101	92.5
Nicaragua	25.3	25.2	24.8	23.4	20.5	19.7	18.7	16.5	17.9	16.2
Niger	25.6	24.3	24.2	23.6	23.8	23.4	22.6	22	21.2	20.6
Nigeria	8.8	8.7	8.7	8.5	8.7	8.8	8.7	9	8.9	8.5
Norway	66	69	65.4	65	66.1	64.5	62.2	61.9	61.6	60.8
Occupied Palestinian Territory	21.3	21.4	21	24.4	29.1	26	28.3	32.1	30.6	31.7
Pakistan	14.7	14.4	14.2	13.8	12.2	12.1	12.1	11.9	11.8	11.7
Panama	63.5	62.2	60.2	58.4	56.7	54.9	55	57.6	59.2	60.6
Paraguay	41.9	41.8	43.8	48.9	46.6	52.1	62.2	73.3	65.6	70.5
Peru	20.8	20.7	20.7	19.7	18.7	17.5	17.4	17	16.5	16.6
Philippines	33.6	33.7	33.1	31.3	29.8	30.3	30.8	30.4	29.4	28.9
Poland	76.9	74.3	77.6	76.1	73	73.6	75.3	74.1	70.8	70.8
Portugal	93.4	92.9	93.8	87.5	85.2	84.4	83.2	85.6	87.3	87.6
Republic of Korea	54.1	55.6	56.4	54.7	49.8	45.1	53.1	50.3	43.6	47.6
Republic of Moldova	26.8	29.6	32.2	31.1	31.2	26.2	24.6	23	23	19.5
Romania	64.7	61.5	62.6	62.6	63.5	54	60.2	54.8	48.8	47.8
Russian Federation	62.9	64.2	60.3	55.8	52.1	50	51.8	50	45.6	39.9
Rwanda	6.5	6.5	6.3	6.1	5.7	5.7	5.4	4.9	4.8	4.6
Saint Kitts and Nevis	70.8	71.7	69.6	75	75.7	91.7	79.3	81.4	75.3	76.9
Saint Lucia	93.6	91.7	93.9	90.1	93.7	98.7	91.6	91.1	92.8	99.1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	91.4	92.3	90.1	86.5	82.5	83.1	80	77.5	65.5	66.1
Samoa	87.2	86.8	80.7	72.4	84.2	79.7	84.7	81.2	84.3	73.8
Sao Tome and Principe	16.5	14	13.9	13.5	13.7	12.6	14.1	9.6	8	7.9
Saudi Arabia	54.4	51.2	52.9	51.3	53.5	48.7	50.8	49.2	50.8	53.3
Senegal	15.8	15.2	14.1	14.8	13.5	12.9	12.7	12.7	13	12.4
Serbia	45.2	45.3	44.9	41.1
Serbia and Montenegro					82	79.2	82.2	86.8	79.6	87.7
Seychelles	35.6	26.5	34.7	36	30.5	24.5	34.1	24.1	27.5	29.4
Sierra Leone	7.3	7.3	7.3	6.9	6.6	6.8	7.1	7.3	5.3	6.1
Slovakia	60.4	60	58.8	60.9	64.5	61.4	64.1	60.1	53.7	57
Slovenia	88.3	88.9	83.8	86.2	90.6	88.3	92.8	81.7	86.5	92.8
Solomon Islands	11.9	11.4	10.7	10.4	9.6	9.2	8.8	9.7	7.6	7.6
South Africa	58.6	57.7	53.6	50.1	46.3	43.8	42.3	40.2	39.2	41.7
Spain	97	101.7	110.2	106.4	107.3	108	118.4	119.5	115	113.7
Sri Lanka	6.3	6.5	6.7	5.8	6.9	6.8	6.6	6.4	6.3	5.4
Sudan (former)	19.1	19.5	20.1	20.9	21.5	20	20.2	19.7	20	19.1
Suriname	47.5	47.5	47.2	41.4	39.5	38.3	37.2	40.3	39.3	40
Swaziland	26.9	27.5	28.4	30.1	33.2	46.8	35.8	33.9	26.9	25
Sweden	80.2	79.6	78.7	77	77.4	77	76.4	74.7	70.2	69
Switzerland	74.7	75.4	73.6	72.3	72.4	72.2	72.2	72.7	72.2	71.5
Syrian Arab Republic	22.8	22.8	24.2	23.2	22.3	22	21.5	17.9	20.5	21.9
Tajikistan	14.7	15	12.8	9.5	10.5	9.1	9.7	9.3	8.2	8.8
Thailand	25.8	27.2	29.9	28.4	27.4	26.1	27.2	25.8	25	26.3
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	40.8	38.9	49.9	37.9	38	40.2	37.8	37.3	30.5	31.6
Timor-Leste	33.8	33.1	33.4	33	32	39.7	40.3	41.3	40	38.5
Togo	11.7	11.5	9.9	9.8	9.5	9.6	10.1	9.7	9.5	9.4
Trinidad and Tobago	47.7	47.1	47.9	42.6	42.2	43.5	38.8	37.2	36.9	36.6
Tunisia	25.9	26.5	26.8	24.4	25.5	26.5	25.6	27.5	27	26.9
Turkey	25.3	24.2	25.5	22.5	22.7	23.1	22.1	20.7	20.1	21.9
Turkmenistan	58.6	57.7	54.6	44.2	44.4	44.9	45.1	41.7	35.7	33.9
Uganda	11	11	11.2	11.1	11.6	11.6	11.8	11.5	11.3	11
Ukraine	48.5	51.1	44.8	41.6	38	38.8	34.3	32	30.3	31.2
United Arab Emirates	73.8	78.7	75.7	70.9	72.1	74.8	91.9	88.7	74.7	72.8
United Kingdom	84.2	81.5	85.5	86.2	84	85.3	83.3	80.4	78.5	77.4
United Republic of Tanzania	9.6	9.8	10	10.2	10.3	10.4	10.7	10.6	10.5	10
United States of America	120.2	124.4	126.7	126.6	126.2	126.5	123.9	125.3	121.8	122.6
Uruguay	55.3	61.2	56	53.7	63.5	55	53.9	71.9	79.8	88.4
Uzbekistan	28.4	27.2	26	26.5	25.1	24	22.7	20.8	20.4	21.1
Vanuatu	35.4	39.7	37.4	32.9	33	32.1	32.7	32.9	35.2	36.1
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	76.8	72.5	79.7	67.2	60.9	61.2	57.7	65.8	65.6	59.6
Viet Nam	49.9	45.6	42.5	38.6	35.5	32.4	30.4	28.5	26	24.2
Yemen	17.9	16.2	16.8	15.2	16.6	16.3	17.1	14.9	13.9	13.1
Zambia	12.3	12.1	12.5	12.6	13.8	13.4	14.1	14	13.6	13.5
Zimbabwe	21.3	19.4	19	18.6	18.2	17.6	16.3	15.3	17.1	13.4

Which countries have the greatest capacity to reduce and which do not? Canada is in the highest quartile with a small downward trend.   Will new data show the continuation of this trend?

Source

• FAO 2013, Current Worldwide Annual Meat Consumption per capita, Livestock and Fish Primary Equivalent, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, viewed 31st March, 2013, <http://faostat.fao.org/site/610/DesktopDefault.aspx?PageID=610#ancor>.

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Citation

ChartsBin statistics collector team 2013, Current Worldwide Annual Meat Consumption per capita, ChartsBin.com, viewed 11th October, 2018, <http://chartsbin.com/view/12730>.