Meat Consumption

Explore the amount of beef, pig, poultry, and sheep from 22 countries around the world from 1990-2020.

The global meat industry provides food and a livelihood for billions of people, it also has significant environmental and health consequences for the planet. Meat consumption in a country is related to living standards, diet, livestock production, and consumer prices. Meat demand is also associated with higher incomes and a shift - due to urbanization - to food consumption changes that favor increased proteins from animal sources in diets.