Global meat consumption, World, 1961 to 2050
Expressed in tonnes of meat. Data from 1961-2013 is based on published FAO estimates; from 2013-2050 based on FAO projections. Projections are based onfuture population projections and the expected impacts of regional and national economic growth trends on meat consumption.
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- Aquaculture production
- Beef production
- Capture fishery production
- Cattle meat per animal
- Chicken meat production
- Chicken meat yield per animal
- Daily meat consumption per person
- Dietary land use vs. beef consumption
- Egg production
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- Eggs per bird
- Energy efficiency of meat and dairy production
- Environmental footprints of dairy and plant-based milks
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- Fish and seafood consumption vs. GDP per capita
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- Global fishery catch by sector
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- Global meat production
- Livestock counts
- Meat production
- Meat production by livestock type
- Meat supply per person
- Meat supply vs. GDP per capita
- Milk supply per person
- Milk per animal
- Milk production
- Number of cattle
- Number of pigs
- Number of poultry birds
- Per capita egg consumption
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- Per capita meat consumption by typeStacked bar chart
- Per capita meat consumption in the EU28 OECD, 1990-2018
- Per capita meat consumption in the United States
- Pig meat per animal
- Pigmeat production
- Poultry meat per animal
- Poultry production
- Protein efficiency of meat and dairy production
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- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquacultureLine chart
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- Share of egg production that is cage-free
- Status of the world's fish stocks
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