Animal Fats, Butter and Cream Consumption by Country

India held 5,538 thousand tonnes of listed animal fats food supply in 2023, 20.4 percent of a 27,139-thousand-tonne total, while recording only 3.85 kilograms per person. The single-year change was almost flat, at a gain of 62 thousand tonnes, with much of China's gain offset by Belgium's 23.4 percent fall. All ten of the highest per-capita figures belong to European reporters, led by Belgium at 35.17 kilograms per person per year.

India leads at 5,538 thousand tonnes, 2.32 times China at 2,392, with the United States third at 2,267 and Pakistan fourth at 1,505. Per capita, the highest values are concentrated in Europe: Belgium at 35.17 kilograms from 412 thousand tonnes, then Slovakia at 27.07 and Austria at 25.64 kilograms. India, first by total, records 3.85 kilograms per person.

Animal Fats Food Supply at a Glance

• India had the largest listed animal fats food supply in 2023 at 5,538 thousand tonnes.
• China ranked second at 2,392 thousand tonnes, followed by the United States at 2,267 thousand tonnes.
• Belgium had the highest per-capita food supply at 35.17 kilograms per person per year.
• The listed total was 27,139 thousand tonnes across 176 reporters with reported values.
• Among 176 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed animal fats food supply increased by 1,331 thousand tonnes, or 5.2 percent.
• The FAO Food element measures food available for human consumption and is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten.

Key Takeaways

The animal fats aggregate combines the animal-fat items in the FAO Food Balances classification, including raw animal fats, butter and ghee, and cream, each also treated in separate articles. Raw animal fats account for 10,708 thousand tonnes, while butter and ghee and cream make up the remainder of the 27,139-thousand-tonne aggregate.

India and the United States together added 1,418 thousand tonnes over five years, more than the net gain of 1,331. The single year balanced China's 173-thousand-tonne gain against Belgium's 126-thousand-tonne fall, with the remaining movers splitting evenly on each side.

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#	Country	2023 (thousand tonnes)2023	2023 (kg per person per year)2023
1	India IN	5.54K	3.85
2	China CN	2.39K	1.68
3	United States US	2.27K	6.6
4	Pakistan PK	1.51K	6.08
5	Germany DE	1.37K	16.23
6	France FR	1.3K	19.58
7	Brazil BR	1.15K	5.44
8	Russia RU	1.08K	7.41
9	Poland PL	774	19.96
10	Italy IT	689	11.57
11	Canada CA	638	16.23
12	Belgium BE	412	35.17
13	United Kingdom GB	348	5.07
14	Philippines PH	316	2.75
15	Mexico MX	307	2.36
16	Vietnam VN	268	2.67
17	Argentina AR	257	5.65
18	Austria AT	234	25.64
19	South Korea KR	232	4.48
20	Spain ES	230	4.8
21	Iran IR	229	2.53
22	Czech Republic CZ	222	20.53
23	Netherlands NL	217	12.02
24	Türkiye TR	169	1.94
25	Uzbekistan UZ	168	4.72
26	Saudi Arabia SA	163	4.91
27	Romania RO	154	8.08
28	Slovakia SK	149	27.07
29	Australia AU	142	5.36
30	Denmark DK	141	23.64
31	Hungary HU	141	14.57
32	Egypt EG	134	1.17
33	Portugal PT	127	12.17
34	Sweden SE	120	11.35
35	Nigeria NG	112	0.49
36	Ukraine UA	109	2.88
37	Malaysia MY	108	3.07
38	Belarus BY	107	11.72
39	Taiwan TW	101	4.31
40	Finland FI	98	17.42
41	Thailand TH	95	1.32
42	Switzerland CH	84	9.43
43	Ecuador EC	83	4.61
44	Kazakhstan KZ	83	4.1
45	Colombia CO	81	1.56
46	Tanzania TZ	81	1.22
47	Croatia HR	79	20.22
48	Nepal NP	78	2.62
49	Azerbaijan AZ	77	7.44
50	Chile CL	77	3.92
51	Iraq IQ	76	1.95
52	Ireland IE	73	14.03
53	Greece GR	68	6.6
54	Bangladesh BD	64	0.37
55	Syria SY	64	2.71
56	Indonesia ID	62	0.22
57	Norway NO	61	11.13
58	Guatemala GT	60	3.29
59	Kenya KE	59	1.07
60	Afghanistan AF	58	1.39
61	Ethiopia ET	56	0.43
62	Morocco MA	54	1.44
63	Myanmar MM	46	0.85
64	Hong Kong HK	45	6.07
65	Bolivia BO	44	3.59
66	New Zealand NZ	43	8.35
67	Bulgaria BG	41	6.08
68	Latvia LV	40	21.37
69	Venezuela VE	36	1.29
70	Tunisia TN	35	2.87
71	Estonia EE	33	24.14
72	South Africa ZA	33	0.52
73	Zimbabwe ZW	31	1.93
74	Jordan JO	30	2.67
75	Paraguay PY	29	4.29
76	Peru PE	29	0.84
77	Costa Rica CR	28	5.49
78	Burkina Faso BF	27	1.18
79	United Arab Emirates AE	27	2.51
80	Niger NE	26	0.99
81	Panama PA	26	5.87
82	Slovenia SI	26	12.48
83	Malawi MW	25	1.18
84	Uruguay UY	25	7.43
85	Angola AO	24	0.65
86	Mongolia MN	24	6.96
87	Yemen YE	24	0.6
88	Lithuania LT	23	8.13
89	Serbia RS	22	3.27
90	Armenia AM	21	7.2
91	Georgia GE	21	5.42
92	Algeria DZ	20	0.44
93	Cambodia KH	19	1.08
94	Dominican Republic DO	19	1.7
95	Israel IL	19	2.06
96	Uganda UG	19	0.4
97	Moldova MD	17	6.78
98	Tajikistan TJ	16	1.58
99	Turkmenistan TM	16	2.16
100	Bahrain BH	15	9.41
101	Honduras HN	15	1.36
102	El Salvador SV	13	2.13
103	Laos LA	12	1.58
104	Zambia ZM	12	0.58
105	Libya LY	11	1.48
106	Nicaragua NI	11	1.66
107	Albania AL	10	3.53
108	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	10	3.04
109	Cameroon CM	10	0.36
110	Kuwait KW	10	2.14
111	Kyrgyzstan KG	10	1.42
112	Oman OM	10	1.99
113	Lebanon LB	9	1.64
114	Mozambique MZ	9	0.26
115	Senegal SN	9	0.51
116	Jamaica JM	8	2.64
117	Mauritania MR	7	1.31
118	North Macedonia MK	7	3.78
119	Qatar QA	7	2.37
120	Botswana BW	6	2.36
121	Cyprus CY	6	4.2
122	Ghana GH	6	0.18
123	Haiti HT	6	0.5
124	Iceland IS	6	16.66
125	Namibia NA	6	2.05
126	Papua New Guinea PG	6	0.57
127	DR Congo CD	5	0.05
128	Sri Lanka LK	5	0.21
129	Fiji FJ	4	4.28
130	Guinea GN	4	0.29
131	Macau MO	4	5.96
132	Rwanda RW	4	0.27
133	Trinidad and Tobago TT	4	2.91
134	Ivory Coast CI	3	0.1
135	Luxembourg LU	3	5.07
136	Madagascar MG	3	0.11
137	Montenegro ME	3	3.95
138	Barbados BB	2	5.71
139	Bhutan BT	2	3.03
140	French Polynesia PF	2	8.14
141	Maldives MV	2	2.98
142	Malta MT	2	4.17
143	Mauritius MU	2	1.66
144	New Caledonia NC	2	6.75
145	Bahamas BS	1	2.54
146	Belize BZ	1	1.47
147	Comoros KM	1	0.77
148	Congo CG	1	0.13
149	Djibouti DJ	1	0.5
150	Eswatini SZ	1	1.18
151	Gabon GA	1	0.3
152	Gambia GM	1	0.22
153	Guinea-Bissau GW	1	0.27
154	Lesotho LS	1	0.27
155	Liberia LR	1	0.12
156	Saint Lucia LC	1	4.62
157	Samoa WS	1	4
158	Sierra Leone SL	1	0.07
159	Solomon Islands SB	1	1.06
160	Timor-Leste TL	1	0.66
161	Antigua and Barbuda AG	0	3.02
162	Cape Verde CV	0	0.74
163	Grenada GD	0	1.68
164	Guyana GY	0	0.45
165	Kiribati KI	0	0.91
166	Marshall Islands MH	0	3.65
167	Micronesia FM	0	0.78
168	Nauru NR	0	1.06
169	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	0	1.16
170	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	0	0.78
171	Sao Tome and Principe ST	0	0.6
172	Seychelles SC	0	2.82
173	Suriname SR	0	0.45
174	Tonga TO	0	4.54
175	Tuvalu TV	0	2.58
176	Vanuatu VU	0	1.18

India Holds 20.4 Percent While Recording 3.85 Kilograms Per Person

The 2023 table is led by India at 5,538 thousand tonnes, with China second at 2,392 and the United States third at 2,267. Pakistan and Germany complete the top five at 1,505 and 1,372 thousand tonnes, respectively. India holds 20.4 percent of the 27,139-thousand-tonne listed total.

The top three reporters accounted for 37.6 percent of the listed total, the top five 48.2 percent and the top ten 66.6 percent. India's per-capita figure of 3.85 kilograms sits below every per-capita top-ten entry, and China's 1.68 kilograms is lower still. Belgium, the per-capita leader at 35.17 kilograms, ranks outside the top ten by total with 412 thousand tonnes.

China's Gain Meets Belgium's Fall in a 0.2 Percent Annual Change

Among the 176 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply increased from 27,077 thousand tonnes to 27,139 thousand tonnes, a gain of 62 thousand tonnes (0.2 percent). The two years share the same 176 reporters, with no reporter entering or leaving the comparison. China added 173 thousand tonnes (up 7.8 percent), India added 124 thousand tonnes (up 2.3 percent), the United States added 54 thousand tonnes (up 2.4 percent) and Poland added 49 thousand tonnes (up 6.8 percent), while Belgium fell 126 thousand tonnes (down 23.4 percent), the Netherlands fell 52 thousand tonnes (down 19.3 percent), Germany fell 50 thousand tonnes (down 3.5 percent) and Uzbekistan fell 49 thousand tonnes (down 22.6 percent).

The four gainers added 400 thousand tonnes and the four decliners removed 277 thousand tonnes, so the near-zero headline is the remainder of two balanced sides rather than a quiet year. Belgium's fall from 538 to 412 thousand tonnes is the largest absolute annual decline.

India and the United States Add More Than the 5.2 Percent Five-Year Net Gain

For the 176 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply rose from 25,808 thousand tonnes to 27,139 thousand tonnes, a gain of 1,331 thousand tonnes (5.2 percent). The 2019 total includes 177 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 total includes 176; Cuba, with 28 thousand tonnes in 2019, had no reported 2023 value. India added 740 thousand tonnes (up 15.4 percent), the United States added 678 thousand tonnes (up 42.7 percent) and Brazil added 244 thousand tonnes (up 27.0 percent), while Germany fell 162 thousand tonnes (down 10.6 percent), Russia fell 145 thousand tonnes (down 11.9 percent), Belgium fell 126 thousand tonnes (down 23.4 percent), Türkiye fell 118 thousand tonnes (down 41.1 percent) and Myanmar fell 99 thousand tonnes (down 68.3 percent).

India contributes 55.6 percent of the five-year net increase and the United States 50.9 percent, so the two together account for 106.5 percent of a net gain smaller than their combined increase. Türkiye's fall from 287 to 169 thousand tonnes and Myanmar's from 145 to 46 are the steepest proportional declines among the reporters listed in this comparison.

What Does the Animal Fats Food Supply Measure?

The numbers in this article come from the Animal Fats item in the FAO Food Balances, measured under the Food element as food available for human consumption during the reference year. A combined animal fats total of this kind should not be read as an estimate of what people actually ate. The aggregate sums the animal-fat items, including raw animal fats, butter and ghee, and cream, and several of those items are also covered in separate articles.

The per-capita measure converts the reported food supply into kilograms available per person during the year. It offers a population-adjusted view of the same item, which is why animal fats look concentrated in populous countries by total but in European reporters on a per-person basis.

Animal Fats, Butter and Cream Consumption by Country

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#	Country	2019 (1000 t)	2019 (kg/cap/yr)	2020 (1000 t)	2020 (kg/cap/yr)	2021 (1000 t)	2021 (kg/cap/yr)	2022 (1000 t)	2022 (kg/cap/yr)	2023 (1000 t)	2023 (kg/cap/yr)
1	India	4.8K	3.45	4.9K	3.49	5.42K	3.83	5.41K	3.8	5.54K	3.85
2	China	2.44K	1.71	2.43K	1.7	2.35K	1.65	2.22K	1.56	2.39K	1.68
3	United States	1.59K	4.7	1.46K	4.29	1.83K	5.39	2.21K	6.48	2.27K	6.6
4	Pakistan	1.41K	6.13	1.39K	5.93	1.44K	5.99	1.47K	6.02	1.51K	6.08
5	Germany	1.53K	18.36	1.55K	18.57	1.55K	18.51	1.42K	16.91	1.37K	16.23
6	France	1.3K	19.81	1.24K	18.84	1.27K	19.26	1.31K	19.75	1.3K	19.58
7	Brazil	905	4.36	941	4.51	1.08K	5.16	1.13K	5.35	1.15K	5.44
8	Russia	1.22K	8.35	1.07K	7.34	1.07K	7.33	1.11K	7.64	1.08K	7.41
9	Poland	679	17.75	753	19.74	744	19.56	725	18.88	774	19.96
10	Italy	735	12.22	700	11.68	677	11.33	671	11.25	689	11.57
11	Canada	630	16.67	640	16.78	640	16.63	642	16.55	638	16.23
12	Belgium	538	46.84	453	39.24	448	38.75	538	46.2	412	35.17
13	United Kingdom	330	4.91	340	5.04	394	5.82	362	5.31	348	5.07
14	Philippines	378	3.41	331	2.95	318	2.81	322	2.82	316	2.75
15	Mexico	343	2.73	332	2.62	332	2.6	331	2.58	307	2.36
16	Vietnam	217	2.23	174	1.77	201	2.04	227	2.27	268	2.67
17	Argentina	179	3.99	184	4.08	239	5.27	263	5.8	257	5.65
18	Austria	236	26.62	233	26.1	230	25.63	220	24.29	234	25.64
19	South Korea	220	4.24	226	4.37	238	4.59	256	4.95	232	4.48
20	Spain	170	3.58	271	5.69	224	4.7	237	4.95	230	4.8
21	Iran	222	2.55	238	2.71	247	2.79	196	2.19	229	2.53
22	Czech Republic	207	19.59	224	21.21	226	21.49	225	21.03	222	20.53
23	Netherlands	227	12.94	159	8.99	305	17.22	269	15	217	12.02
24	Türkiye	287	3.36	168	1.95	160	1.84	141	1.62	169	1.94
25	Uzbekistan	122	3.71	126	3.76	186	5.44	217	6.2	168	4.72
26	Saudi Arabia	136	4.45	151	4.88	152	4.86	164	5.09	163	4.91
27	Romania	149	7.64	156	8.03	156	8.1	148	7.74	154	8.08
28	Slovakia	145	26.66	157	28.75	170	31.26	166	30.38	149	27.07
29	Australia	182	7.13	174	6.76	154	5.93	151	5.76	142	5.36
30	Denmark	193	33.18	198	33.92	153	26.19	143	24.27	141	23.64
31	Hungary	166	16.94	156	16.05	157	16.18	151	15.57	141	14.57
32	Egypt	139	1.29	151	1.38	153	1.38	166	1.47	134	1.17
33	Portugal	120	11.63	130	12.56	137	13.2	132	12.64	127	12.17
34	Sweden	170	16.51	147	14.22	133	12.79	121	11.55	120	11.35
35	Nigeria	68	0.33	81	0.38	124	0.57	84	0.38	112	0.49
36	Ukraine	137	3.05	149	3.34	156	3.53	106	2.57	109	2.88
37	Malaysia	85	2.54	92	2.72	87	2.53	119	3.44	108	3.07
38	Belarus	101	10.71	104	11.1	94	10.21	110	12.01	107	11.72
39	Taiwan	79	3.35	107	4.53	106	4.48	104	4.46	101	4.31
40	Finland	94	17.07	95	17.19	92	16.6	101	18.09	98	17.42
41	Thailand	85	1.19	95	1.33	102	1.42	101	1.41	95	1.32
42	Switzerland	70	8.14	75	8.65	77	8.89	82	9.28	84	9.43
43	Ecuador	92	5.29	86	4.91	82	4.65	78	4.39	83	4.61
44	Kazakhstan	57	2.97	75	3.86	69	3.49	72	3.58	83	4.1
45	Colombia	77	1.55	71	1.41	83	1.63	81	1.57	81	1.56
46	Tanzania	63	1.07	68	1.12	71	1.13	78	1.2	81	1.22
47	Croatia	77	19.19	74	18.78	80	20.41	79	20.13	79	20.22
48	Nepal	95	3.36	72	2.49	77	2.61	78	2.62	78	2.62
49	Azerbaijan	59	5.84	66	6.43	75	7.38	82	7.98	77	7.44
50	Chile	88	4.57	105	5.43	83	4.27	77	3.92	77	3.92
51	Iraq	84	2.39	67	1.86	93	2.53	87	2.31	76	1.95
52	Ireland	53	10.81	51	10.25	52	10.39	77	15.13	73	14.03
53	Greece	56	5.23	51	4.73	56	5.27	63	6.01	68	6.6
54	Bangladesh	55	0.33	56	0.34	61	0.36	63	0.37	64	0.37
55	Syria	64	3.14	65	3.11	66	3.03	68	3.01	64	2.71
56	Indonesia	77	0.28	71	0.26	68	0.25	78	0.28	62	0.22
57	Norway	70	13	68	12.69	60	11.18	62	11.44	61	11.13
58	Guatemala	21	1.24	23	1.32	27	1.56	55	3.1	60	3.29
59	Kenya	54	1.05	53	1.01	57	1.07	60	1.1	59	1.07
60	Afghanistan	55	1.46	60	1.54	58	1.44	61	1.51	58	1.39
61	Ethiopia	46	0.4	62	0.52	46	0.37	49	0.39	56	0.43
62	Morocco	79	2.17	75	2.04	76	2.07	62	1.65	54	1.44
63	Myanmar	145	2.76	43	0.8	42	0.8	45	0.84	46	0.85
64	Hong Kong	49	6.5	47	6.22	51	6.79	48	6.4	45	6.07
65	Bolivia	43	3.66	39	3.28	39	3.26	40	3.31	44	3.59
66	New Zealand	43	8.7	63	12.35	59	11.48	45	8.85	43	8.35
67	Bulgaria	42	6.01	42	6.02	44	6.37	43	6.32	41	6.08
68	Latvia	40	20.78	44	23.35	45	24.1	37	19.9	40	21.37
69	Venezuela	34	1.18	32	1.13	43	1.52	35	1.26	36	1.29
70	Tunisia	31	2.64	30	2.51	31	2.61	31	2.52	35	2.87
71	Estonia	39	29.46	41	30.63	35	26.12	36	26.86	33	24.14
72	South Africa	34	0.56	42	0.69	41	0.66	40	0.64	33	0.52
73	Zimbabwe	9	0.61	26	1.66	29	1.81	29	1.81	31	1.93
74	Jordan	22	2.1	22	2.05	27	2.44	30	2.66	30	2.67
75	Paraguay	25	3.83	25	3.85	30	4.46	30	4.49	29	4.29
76	Peru	22	0.68	33	1	29	0.89	28	0.85	29	0.84
77	Costa Rica	26	5.12	25	5.01	26	5.11	28	5.42	28	5.49
78	Burkina Faso	42	1.98	42	1.94	32	1.44	27	1.18	27	1.18
79	United Arab Emirates	30	3.15	58	6.09	39	3.99	26	2.58	27	2.51
80	Niger	25	1.08	27	1.13	25	1.04	26	1.03	26	0.99
81	Panama	26	6.12	20	4.68	25	5.78	28	6.33	26	5.87
82	Slovenia	29	14.16	29	13.66	30	14.42	27	12.98	26	12.48
83	Malawi	19	0.97	16	0.83	22	1.07	23	1.12	25	1.18
84	Uruguay	19	5.49	23	6.79	23	6.73	18	5.42	25	7.43
85	Angola	18	0.57	15	0.46	17	0.49	18	0.5	24	0.65
86	Mongolia	29	8.9	25	7.71	23	6.95	25	7.49	24	6.96
87	Yemen	25	0.7	26	0.72	25	0.69	27	0.7	24	0.6
88	Lithuania	23	8.16	23	8.39	19	6.76	22	7.89	23	8.13
89	Serbia	20	2.89	20	2.96	20	2.91	20	2.97	22	3.27
90	Armenia	20	6.76	21	7.36	21	7.36	27	9.24	21	7.2
91	Georgia	14	3.56	12	3.18	28	7.34	27	7.08	21	5.42
92	Algeria	28	0.66	26	0.58	21	0.46	21	0.45	20	0.44
93	Cambodia	17	1.05	18	1.07	16	0.94	17	0.97	19	1.08
94	Dominican Republic	17	1.53	18	1.67	18	1.62	21	1.91	19	1.7
95	Israel	15	1.75	23	2.6	18	2.01	16	1.8	19	2.06
96	Uganda	16	0.38	17	0.37	18	0.4	18	0.38	19	0.4
97	Moldova	24	9.33	23	9.14	21	8.27	18	6.95	17	6.78
98	Tajikistan	12	1.26	14	1.4	15	1.52	26	2.53	16	1.58
99	Turkmenistan	16	2.37	17	2.41	18	2.53	17	2.31	16	2.16
100	Bahrain	18	11.96	24	16.47	14	9.14	14	8.93	15	9.41
101	Honduras	29	2.9	31	3.1	31	3.03	16	1.52	15	1.36
102	El Salvador	13	2.15	13	2.09	16	2.5	16	2.51	13	2.13
103	Laos	11	1.47	11	1.53	11	1.52	14	1.82	12	1.58
104	Zambia	9	0.5	12	0.61	10	0.53	12	0.57	12	0.58
105	Libya	17	2.46	12	1.73	8	1.1	10	1.32	11	1.48
106	Nicaragua	7	1.08	7	1.11	11	1.66	11	1.66	11	1.66
107	Albania	10	3.32	8	2.85	7	2.5	10	3.47	10	3.53
108	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9	2.74	9	2.68	9	2.69	10	3.01	10	3.04
109	Cameroon	8	0.33	8	0.3	15	0.56	10	0.38	10	0.36
110	Kuwait	12	2.6	10	2.28	10	2.34	10	2.11	10	2.14
111	Kyrgyzstan	5	0.74	9	1.33	9	1.3	13	1.91	10	1.42
112	Oman	16	3.58	17	3.8	16	3.5	23	4.93	10	1.99
113	Lebanon	13	2.33	7	1.27	7	1.24	8	1.43	9	1.64
114	Mozambique	9	0.31	12	0.38	12	0.36	15	0.45	9	0.26
115	Senegal	10	0.62	10	0.61	10	0.61	11	0.6	9	0.51
116	Jamaica	7	2.44	5	1.72	6	2.08	7	2.41	8	2.64
117	Mauritania	5	1.03	5	1.18	5	1.16	6	1.22	7	1.31
118	North Macedonia	8	4.2	9	4.84	8	4.24	8	4.18	7	3.78
119	Qatar	6	2.08	6	2.29	7	2.38	10	3.4	7	2.37
120	Botswana	2	1.07	4	1.53	5	2.07	5	2	6	2.36
121	Cyprus	6	4.48	5	4.06	5	3.74	5	3.7	6	4.2
122	Ghana	7	0.22	7	0.21	6	0.2	6	0.19	6	0.18
123	Haiti	6	0.55	6	0.58	6	0.54	6	0.52	6	0.5
124	Iceland	6	16.84	6	16.82	6	15.89	6	16.24	6	16.66
125	Namibia	4	1.62	5	1.98	6	2.06	5	1.72	6	2.05
126	Papua New Guinea	6	0.61	6	0.58	12	1.17	11	1.07	6	0.57
127	DR Congo	5	0.05	4	0.04	5	0.05	5	0.05	5	0.05
128	Sri Lanka	5	0.21	6	0.26	6	0.27	6	0.26	5	0.21
129	Fiji	8	8.2	7	7.69	9	9.44	5	5.44	4	4.28
130	Guinea	6	0.46	7	0.55	4	0.3	4	0.26	4	0.29
131	Macau	4	5.65	3	4.4	4	5.78	4	5.54	4	5.96
132	Rwanda	4	0.33	4	0.34	4	0.33	4	0.31	4	0.27
133	Trinidad and Tobago	4	2.77	5	3.22	4	2.52	4	2.44	4	2.91
134	Ivory Coast	3	0.11	4	0.14	4	0.12	3	0.11	3	0.1
135	Luxembourg	20	32.86	4	6.22	4	6.16	4	6.69	3	5.07
136	Madagascar	4	0.16	5	0.18	5	0.16	3	0.11	3	0.11
137	Montenegro	2	3.93	2	3.77	2	3.73	2	3.65	3	3.95
138	Barbados	2	5.47	2	7.43	2	8.72	2	6.55	2	5.71
139	Bhutan	3	3.4	2	3.14	2	2.93	2	2.9	2	3.03
140	French Polynesia	2	8.51	3	11.4	4	12.63	3	10.87	2	8.14
141	Maldives	1	2.63	1	1.7	2	4.18	1	2.52	2	2.98
142	Malta	2	4.34	2	4.29	2	4.18	2	4.33	2	4.17
143	Mauritius	4	2.94	3	2.15	3	2.07	4	3.07	2	1.66
144	New Caledonia	2	5.37	2	6.66	2	6.29	2	6.25	2	6.75
145	Bahamas	1	2.1	1	1.61	1	2.28	1	1.89	1	2.54
146	Belize	1	1.63	1	3.77	1	1.57	1	1.3	1	1.47
147	Comoros	1	0.97	0	0.34	0	0.2	0	0.41	1	0.77
148	Congo	1	0.1	1	0.11	1	0.19	1	0.22	1	0.13
149	Djibouti	1	0.63	1	0.61	1	0.72	1	0.65	1	0.5
150	Eswatini	1	1.17	1	1.09	1	1.01	1	0.91	1	1.18
151	Gabon	1	0.35	1	0.51	1	0.51	1	0.42	1	0.3
152	Gambia	0	0.17	0	0.17	0	0.13	0	0.12	1	0.22
153	Guinea-Bissau	1	0.3	1	0.32	1	0.29	1	0.27	1	0.27
154	Lesotho	0	0.21	1	0.25	1	0.32	1	0.25	1	0.27
155	Liberia	1	0.18	1	0.16	2	0.31	1	0.12	1	0.12
156	Saint Lucia	1	3.82	1	3.64	1	3	1	3.6	1	4.62
157	Samoa	3	14.37	4	17.07	3	13.17	1	4.4	1	4
158	Sierra Leone	1	0.07	1	0.07	1	0.08	1	0.07	1	0.07
159	Solomon Islands	1	1.1	1	1.08	1	1.1	1	1.08	1	1.06
160	Timor-Leste	2	1.53	1	0.67	1	0.48	1	0.67	1	0.66
161	Antigua and Barbuda	0	2.98	0	1.63	0	3.57	0	3.31	0	3.02
162	Cape Verde	0	0.68	0	0.54	0	0.55	0	0.66	0	0.74
163	Grenada	0	1.1	0	1.11	0	0.99	0	1.78	0	1.68
164	Guyana	0	0.49	0	0.43	0	0.43	0	0.47	0	0.45
165	Kiribati	0	0.96	0	0.78	0	0.88	0	0.96	0	0.91
166	Marshall Islands	0	2.01	0	1.08	0	2.49	0	2.09	0	3.65
167	Micronesia	0	1.55	0	1.56	0	1.07	0	0.96	0	0.78
168	Nauru	0	2.75	0	2.36	0	1.45	0	1.39	0	1.06
169	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	1.09	0	0.86	0	0.72	0	1.06	0	1.16
170	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	1	0	0.76	0	0.79	0	0.85	0	0.78
171	Sao Tome and Principe	0	0.56	0	0.71	0	0.63	0	0.81	0	0.6
172	Seychelles	0	1.68	0	1.92	0	2.15	0	2.64	0	2.82
173	Suriname	0	0.24	0	0.56	0	0.6	0	0.49	0	0.45
174	Tonga	0	4.41	1	4.93	1	4.93	1	5.08	0	4.54
175	Tuvalu	0	1.83	0	2.79	0	2.1	0	2.65	0	2.58
176	Vanuatu	0	1.38	0	1.12	0	1.16	0	1.18	0	1.18
177	Cuba	28	2.54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Animal Fats, Butter and Cream Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, according to FAO Food Balances, the 176 reporters with reported values recorded a combined 27,139 thousand tonnes of listed animal fats food supply. India had the largest total at 5,538 thousand tonnes, followed by China at 2,392 and the United States at 2,267 thousand tonnes. Belgium had the highest per-capita animal fats food supply at 35.17 kilograms per person per year. These figures represent food available for human consumption, not a direct measurement of animal fats actually eaten.

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals use FAO Food Balances food quantity (Element 5142, thousand tonnes), while the per-capita figures use food supply quantity (Element 645, kg/capita/year) for Animal Fats from 2019 through 2023. The Food element represents the quantity available for human consumption during the reference period. It is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten, because food available for human consumption is not the same as actual dietary intake. No percentage change is shown where the base-year value is zero.

The reporter universe for this item contains 177 reporters. The tables list reporters only; aggregate rows such as World, regions and China (aggregate) are excluded, while China figures refer to the China reporter. For year-to-year comparisons, only reporters with values in both endpoint years are included in the arithmetic. A zero indicates a displayed value of zero, while an empty cell indicates that no value is available for that reporter and year.

Quantities are shown in thousand tonnes as reported, without additional rounding. The FAO dataset reports the Food element in thousand tonnes and food supply quantity in kilograms per capita per year. The listed total of 27,139 thousand tonnes is the sum of the 176 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value. This article covers the animal fats aggregate; raw animal fats, butter and ghee, and cream are treated in separate articles.