Israelis' meat consumption is among the highest in the world, a new OECD study published Monday found. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Israel is fourth in meat consumption worldwide, with a yearly average of 86.1 kilograms per capita. Australia topped the list, with a yearly average of 90.3 kg of meat per capita; the U.S. came in second, with 90.1 kg; Argentina, the birthplace of asado, came in third with an average of 86.6 kg per capita; and, after Israel, Brazil rounded up the world's top-five meat consumers, with an average of 78 kg per capita. India ranked last, with a mere 3.2 kg per capita. The study, focused on the consumption of chicken, beef, veal, and pork in 2014-2015. It also included countries outside the OECD. Interestingly, the average in Iran and Turkey is significantly lower than in Israel. In Turkey, the nation that gave birth to kebab, meat consumption averages only 28.2 kg per capita, while Iranians consume just 29.3 kg of meat per capita. The Japanese do not eat much meat, consuming a yearly average of 35.7 kg per person. China is relatively high on the list, at 49.8 kg per capita. A closer look at the findings explains Israel's high ranking, as Israelis ate the most amount of chicken in the world in 2015 -- 57.7 kg per person. Rivaling Israel's chicken consumption were the U.S. (47.6 kg) and Muslim countries like Malaysia (41.4 kg) and Saudi Arabia, (41.2 kg). The countries with the lowest chicken consumption -- excluding India, where almost no meat is eaten at all -- were Ghana and Mozambique, where consumption averaged 1.5 kg per capita. The data also ranked Israel seventh place in beef consumption with 20.2 kg per capita. South America dominates the top five, with Uruguay eating 46.4 kg of beef, followed by Argentina (40.4 kg), Paraguay (25.6 kg), and Brazil (24.2 kg). U.S. beef consumption was 24.7 kg per capita, the report said.
In the EU, average meat consumption stood at 64.9 kg.
Not surprisingly, Israel ranked very low in pork consumption -- 29th on the list with an average of 1.6 kg per capita.
Israel 4th worldwide in meat consumption, OECD report says
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development study for global meat consumption in 2014-2015 finds the average Israeli eats 86.1 kilograms of meat per year • Australia tops list with 90.3 kg per capita, India last on the list with only 3.2 kg.
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