Summary
The FAO provides data for member countries’ food supply during a specified reference period for the type and availability of food sources. According to the FAO, data are compiled yearly, mainly with country-level data on the production and trade of food commodities
With these data from the FAO, Our World in Data presents the evolution of daily per capita meat consumption globally, grouping the countries into five regions: Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Africa, and Oceania. According to OWD, an increase in meat consumption per capita is observed between 1961 and 2019 in all regions, with different rates between countries. The subset of data used for this analysis is available by clicking the Downloaded tab on this graph.
Note: FAOSTAT Food Balances data prior to 2010 can be found here.
Our World in Citation: Hannah Ritchie, Pablo Rosado and Max Roser (2017) – “Meat and Dairy Production”. Published online at OurWorldInData.org. Retrieved from: https://ourworldindata.org/meat-production [Online Resource]
*Note: according to the FAO, geographical comparisons are limited due to different methods in each area. Additionally, the FAO states there is fairly good comparability for shorter time periods, but that full comparability cannot be expected for very long periods (i.e., from 1961) due to changes in product definition and classification.