In 2024, around *** million tons of poultry meat were consumed worldwide, making it the most consumed type of meat globally. Pork was the second most consumed meat worldwide, followed by beef and veal. Leading consumers The per capita consumption of meat is forecast to grow in every part of the world by 2033. OECD countries had the highest per capita consumption of meat from 2021 to 2023, at **** kilograms of retail weight per person. The world average per capita consumption is only about **** kilograms. Shift towards meat substitutes Meat production is a significant greenhouse gas emitter and beef specifically emits more greenhouse gases than any other food product. Because of this and other climate change threats caused by meat production, such as deforestation, meat alternatives have been on the rise. It is projected that by 2040, ** percent of all “meat” consumed will be vegan meat alternatives, and only ** percent of consumption will be from traditionally produced meat.

The dataset consists of consumption rate per capita of each individual, Carcass rate, Slaughter rate and GDP per capita. The GDP per capita can be used to indicating whether the rich countries consume more meat than other countries. Each specified meat has its own categories of animal used. The dataset provided is from the year 1960-2022. The data gives room for analysis, forecast analysis and data manipulation.

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