Source record
FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026).
Key findings
- Global meat supply rose from 23 kg/person in 1961 to 45.1 in 2023; supply is about 8 kg in India, 122 in the US and 117 in Australia.
Record
- Source type
- Government Statistics
- Study type
- Not Applicable
- Topics
- Climate & emissions
- Geography
- See study or jurisdiction in title
- Funding & conflicts
- Not recorded.
- Source quality
- Moderate evidenceImported from the dated research notes; original-source editorial verification remains pending.
Limitations
- Supply includes waste and carcass weight; it is not measured intake.
Statistics we use from this source
- 23kg per person per yearMeat supply per person, 1961
- 26.7kg per person per yearMeat supply per person, 1970
- 30.2kg per person per yearMeat supply per person, 1980
- 32.9kg per person per yearMeat supply per person, 1990
- 36.4kg per person per yearMeat supply per person, 2000
- 40.9kg per person per yearMeat supply per person, 2010
- 42kg per person per yearMeat supply per person, 2020
- 45.1kg per person per yearMeat supply per person, 2023