Table 1.
Projected increase in meat consumption, by region (UN FAO, 2003)
| Food consumption of meat | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964/66 | 1974/76 | 1984/86 | 1994/96 | 1997/99 | 2015 | 2030 | |
| kg per capita, carcass weight equivalent | |||||||
| World | 24.2 | 27.4 | 30.7 | 34.6 | 36.4 | 41.3 | 45.3 |
| Developing countries | 10.2 | 11.4 | 15.5 | 22.7 | 25.5 | 31.6 | 36.7 |
| excl. China | 11.0 | 12.1 | 14.5 | 17.5 | 18.2 | 22.7 | 28.0 |
| excl. China and Brazil | 10.1 | 11.0 | 13.1 | 14.9 | 15.5 | 19.8 | 25.1 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 9.9 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 10.9 | 13.4 |
| Near East/North Africa | 11.9 | 13.8 | 20.4 | 19.7 | 21.2 | 28.6 | 35.0 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 31.7 | 35.6 | 39.7 | 50.1 | 53.8 | 65.3 | 76.6 |
| excl. Brazil | 34.1 | 37.5 | 39.6 | 42.4 | 45.4 | 56.4 | 67.7 |
| South Asia | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 7.6 | 11.7 |
| East Asia | 8.7 | 10.0 | 16.9 | 31.7 | 37.7 | 50.0 | 58.5 |
| excl. China | 9.4 | 10.9 | 14.7 | 21.9 | 22.7 | 31.0 | 40.9 |
| Industrial countries | 61.5 | 73.5 | 80.7 | 86.2 | 88.2 | 95.7 | 100.1 |
| Transition countries | 42.5 | 60.0 | 65.8 | 50.5 | 46.2 | 53.8 | 60.7 |
| Memo item | |||||||
| World excl. China | 28.5 | 32.6 | 34.3 | 34.1 | 34.2 | 36.9 | 40.3 |
| World excl. China and transition countries | 26.5 | 29.0 | 30.6 | 32.4 | 33.0 | 35.6 | 39.1 |
Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization.