Animal Fats Consumption by Country

In 2023, China held 1,881 thousand tonnes of listed animal fats food supply, 17.6 percent of a 10,708-thousand-tonne total spread across 176 reporters. The five-year net gain of 575 thousand tonnes came almost entirely from one reporter: the United States added 623 thousand tonnes while China shrank by 221. Slovakia recorded the highest per-capita figure at 14.99 kilograms per person per year. The series spans 2019 through 2023, although some reporters have missing values for individual years.

China leads at 1,881 thousand tonnes, 1.49 times the United States at 1,264. Central European countries occupy the top three per-capita positions: Slovakia at 14.99 kilograms from 83 thousand tonnes, followed by Austria at 12.60 and Hungary at 12.29 kilograms. Neither volume leader appears in the per-capita top ten.

Animal Fats Food Supply at a Glance

• China had the largest listed animal fats food supply in 2023 at 1,881 thousand tonnes.
• The United States ranked second at 1,264 thousand tonnes, followed by Brazil at 991 thousand tonnes.
• Slovakia had the highest per-capita food supply at 14.99 kilograms per person per year.
• The listed total was 10,708 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 575 thousand tonnes, or 5.7 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 five-year change was driven largely by the United States, while China and Russia recorded major declines. The United States added 623 thousand tonnes (up 97.2 percent), worth 108.3 percent of the net gain, while China fell 221 thousand tonnes and Russia 143 thousand tonnes. Brazil added 200 thousand tonnes and France 106 thousand tonnes, partly offsetting the declines in China and Russia.

Between 2022 and 2023, listed supply across the 176 reporters with data in both years eased by 67 thousand tonnes, or 0.6 percent. China, Vietnam, Nigeria and Russia added between 23 and 169 thousand tonnes each, while Belgium, Uzbekistan, the United States and Mexico gave back between 34 and 71 thousand tonnes each. These figures represent food available for human consumption in the FAO Food Balances and should not be interpreted as the amount of animal fats actually eaten.

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#	Country	2023 (thousand tonnes)2023	2023 (kg per person per year)2023
1	China CN	1.88K	1.32
2	United States US	1.26K	3.68
3	Brazil BR	991	4.7
4	Russia RU	493	3.39
5	Germany DE	465	5.5
6	France FR	345	5.2
7	Philippines PH	295	2.57
8	Poland PL	273	7.04
9	Mexico MX	257	1.98
10	Vietnam VN	243	2.42
11	Canada CA	240	6.11
12	Pakistan PK	234	0.95
13	Italy IT	230	3.87
14	Argentina AR	229	5.02
15	United Kingdom GB	141	2.05
16	Netherlands NL	131	7.27
17	Hungary HU	119	12.29
18	Czech Republic CZ	118	10.9
19	Austria AT	115	12.6
20	South Korea KR	102	1.97
21	Romania RO	101	5.27
22	Nigeria NG	99	0.43
23	Belgium BE	92	7.83
24	Slovakia SK	83	14.99
25	Spain ES	83	1.73
26	India IN	82	0.06
27	Thailand TH	79	1.1
28	Malaysia MY	78	2.23
29	Ecuador EC	77	4.29
30	Taiwan TW	64	2.73
31	Ukraine UA	64	1.71
32	Iraq IQ	60	1.56
33	Uzbekistan UZ	60	1.68
34	Portugal PT	58	5.53
35	Colombia CO	57	1.09
36	Guatemala GT	49	2.7
37	Syria SY	46	1.95
38	Bolivia BO	42	3.42
39	Chile CL	42	2.16
40	Croatia HR	39	9.9
41	Ireland IE	36	6.89
42	Switzerland CH	36	4.01
43	Australia AU	35	1.33
44	Ethiopia ET	35	0.27
45	Azerbaijan AZ	34	3.32
46	Bulgaria BG	30	4.38
47	Hong Kong HK	30	3.99
48	Venezuela VE	29	1.02
49	Paraguay PY	28	4.16
50	Zimbabwe ZW	28	1.73
51	Belarus BY	27	2.91
52	Indonesia ID	27	0.09
53	Myanmar MM	27	0.5
54	Burkina Faso BF	25	1.07
55	Denmark DK	25	4.27
56	Malawi MW	25	1.17
57	Bangladesh BD	24	0.14
58	New Zealand NZ	23	4.38
59	Angola AO	22	0.61
60	Costa Rica CR	20	3.86
61	Jordan JO	20	1.77
62	Egypt EG	19	0.17
63	Tanzania TZ	19	0.29
64	Peru PE	18	0.52
65	Uganda UG	17	0.34
66	Panama PA	16	3.64
67	Tajikistan TJ	16	1.56
68	Dominican Republic DO	15	1.3
69	Norway NO	15	2.7
70	Afghanistan AF	14	0.34
71	Armenia AM	14	4.7
72	Greece GR	14	1.4
73	Algeria DZ	13	0.27
74	Georgia GE	13	3.43
75	Latvia LV	13	6.98
76	Serbia RS	13	1.86
77	South Africa ZA	13	0.21
78	Turkmenistan TM	13	1.76
79	Yemen YE	13	0.34
80	El Salvador SV	12	1.96
81	Laos LA	12	1.55
82	Mongolia MN	12	3.52
83	Nepal NP	12	0.39
84	Uruguay UY	12	3.62
85	Kenya KE	11	0.19
86	Morocco MA	11	0.29
87	Saudi Arabia SA	11	0.32
88	Cambodia KH	10	0.59
89	Cameroon CM	10	0.35
90	Finland FI	10	1.87
91	Kazakhstan KZ	10	0.47
92	Lithuania LT	10	3.48
93	Slovenia SI	10	4.85
94	Tunisia TN	10	0.82
95	United Arab Emirates AE	10	0.93
96	Zambia ZM	10	0.49
97	Nicaragua NI	9	1.39
98	Honduras HN	8	0.72
99	Mozambique MZ	8	0.22
100	Senegal SN	7	0.38
101	Türkiye TR	7	0.08
102	Albania AL	6	2.22
103	Ghana GH	6	0.17
104	Haiti HT	6	0.49
105	Jamaica JM	6	2.15
106	Israel IL	5	0.5
107	Namibia NA	5	1.59
108	Papua New Guinea PG	5	0.52
109	DR Congo CD	4	0.04
110	Estonia EE	4	3.09
111	Guinea GN	4	0.25
112	Niger NE	4	0.14
113	Oman OM	4	0.83
114	Sweden SE	4	0.36
115	Kyrgyzstan KG	3	0.49
116	Macau MO	3	4.13
117	Madagascar MG	3	0.1
118	Mauritania MR	3	0.56
119	Moldova MD	3	1.26
120	Trinidad and Tobago TT	3	1.79
121	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	2	0.73
122	Botswana BW	2	0.88
123	Ivory Coast CI	2	0.06
124	Lebanon LB	2	0.41
125	North Macedonia MK	2	1.12
126	Rwanda RW	2	0.14
127	Sri Lanka LK	2	0.07
128	Bahrain BH	1	0.93
129	Barbados BB	1	2.73
130	Cyprus CY	1	0.68
131	Eswatini SZ	1	0.98
132	Iceland IS	1	1.52
133	Iran IR	1	0.01
134	Liberia LR	1	0.12
135	Libya LY	1	0.18
136	Luxembourg LU	1	1.46
137	Malta MT	1	2.7
138	Montenegro ME	1	1.54
139	Saint Lucia LC	1	3.91
140	Samoa WS	1	2.35
141	Sierra Leone SL	1	0.06
142	Solomon Islands SB	1	0.99
143	Timor-Leste TL	1	0.63
144	Antigua and Barbuda AG	0	0.06
145	Bahamas BS	0	0.08
146	Belize BZ	0	1.09
147	Bhutan BT	0	0.49
148	Cape Verde CV	0	0.37
149	Comoros KM	0	0.39
150	Congo CG	0	0.07
151	Djibouti DJ	0	0.41
152	Fiji FJ	0	0.45
153	French Polynesia PF	0	0.88
154	Gabon GA	0	0.13
155	Gambia GM	0	0.1
156	Grenada GD	0	0.77
157	Guinea-Bissau GW	0	0.21
158	Guyana GY	0	0.19
159	Kiribati KI	0	0.66
160	Kuwait KW	0	0.04
161	Lesotho LS	0	0.2
162	Maldives MV	0	0.06
163	Marshall Islands MH	0	2.04
164	Mauritius MU	0	0.08
165	Micronesia FM	0	0.77
166	Nauru NR	0	0.4
167	New Caledonia NC	0	1.03
168	Qatar QA	0	0.07
169	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	0	0.17
170	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	0	0.33
171	Sao Tome and Principe ST	0	0.29
172	Seychelles SC	0	0.52
173	Suriname SR	0	0.09
174	Tonga TO	0	1.91
175	Tuvalu TV	0	1.88
176	Vanuatu VU	0	0.79

Animal Fats Consumption by Country in 2023

The 2023 table is led by China at 1,881 thousand tonnes, with the United States second at 1,264 and Brazil third at 991. Russia and Germany complete the top five at 493 and 465 thousand tonnes, respectively.

China holds 17.6 percent of the 10,708-thousand-tonne listed total. The top three reporters accounted for 38.6 percent of the listed total, while the top five represented 47.6 percent and the top ten 60.8 percent. The United States nearly doubled from 641 thousand tonnes in 2019 to 1,264 in 2023.

Nearly Flat Year: China Adds 169 Thousand Tonnes as Listed Supply Eases 67 Thousand Tonnes

Among the 176 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply decreased from 10,775 thousand tonnes to 10,708 thousand tonnes, a decline of 67 thousand tonnes (0.6 percent). The 2022 and 2023 listed totals come from the same 176 reporters, with no reporter entering or leaving the comparison. China added 169 thousand tonnes (up 9.9 percent), Vietnam added 36 thousand tonnes (up 17.4 percent), Nigeria added 28 thousand tonnes (up 39.4 percent) and Russia added 23 thousand tonnes (up 4.9 percent), while Belgium fell 71 thousand tonnes (down 43.6 percent), Uzbekistan fell 53 thousand tonnes (down 46.9 percent), the United States fell 41 thousand tonnes (down 3.1 percent) and Mexico fell 34 thousand tonnes (down 11.7 percent).

United States Adds 623 Thousand Tonnes as Supply Grows 5.7 Percent Since 2019

For the 176 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply rose from 10,133 thousand tonnes to 10,708 thousand tonnes, a gain of 575 thousand tonnes (5.7 percent). The 2019 total includes 177 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 total includes 176; Cuba, with 27 thousand tonnes in 2019, had no reported 2023 value. The United States added 623 thousand tonnes (up 97.2 percent), Brazil added 200 thousand tonnes (up 25.3 percent), France added 106 thousand tonnes (up 44.4 percent) and Argentina added 75 thousand tonnes (up 48.7 percent), while China fell 221 thousand tonnes (down 10.5 percent), Russia fell 143 thousand tonnes (down 22.5 percent), Myanmar fell 67 thousand tonnes (down 71.3 percent) and Mexico fell 57 thousand tonnes (down 18.2 percent).

The United States contributes 108.3 percent of the five-year net increase, followed by Brazil at 34.8 percent. China's 221-thousand-tonne fall is the largest single decline in the window. Per capita, Slovakia's 14.99 kilograms from 83 thousand tonnes lead Austria at 12.60 kilograms, while China, first by total, records 1.32 kilograms.

What Does the Animal Fats Food Supply Measure?

For FAO Food Balances, the figure used here is the FAO item Fats, Animals, Raw recorded under the Food element as available for human consumption. It represents food available for human consumption during the reference year rather than a direct estimate of the amount of animal fats people actually ate. Rendered fats and oils recorded under separate items sit outside this figure.

The per-capita figure expresses the same food supply on a population basis, in kilograms per person per year. A country's total quantity and per-capita value therefore answer different questions: total quantity shows the size of the listed food supply, while the per-capita measure adjusts it for population.

Animal Fats 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	China	2.1K	1.48	2.02K	1.42	1.85K	1.29	1.71K	1.2	1.88K	1.32
2	United States	641	1.9	492	1.45	865	2.54	1.31K	3.82	1.26K	3.68
3	Brazil	791	3.81	828	3.97	965	4.61	974	4.63	991	4.7
4	Russia	636	4.34	461	3.15	456	3.13	470	3.23	493	3.39
5	Germany	515	6.17	516	6.17	529	6.32	467	5.56	465	5.5
6	France	239	3.64	245	3.72	283	4.29	325	4.9	345	5.2
7	Philippines	337	3.04	297	2.65	284	2.51	295	2.59	295	2.57
8	Poland	251	6.57	294	7.71	295	7.75	280	7.31	273	7.04
9	Mexico	314	2.5	284	2.24	292	2.28	291	2.26	257	1.98
10	Vietnam	196	2.02	157	1.6	183	1.85	207	2.07	243	2.42
11	Canada	230	6.08	255	6.69	250	6.5	257	6.61	240	6.11
12	Pakistan	225	0.97	231	0.98	237	0.99	234	0.96	234	0.95
13	Italy	281	4.67	257	4.3	243	4.07	224	3.75	230	3.87
14	Argentina	154	3.44	159	3.52	204	4.51	235	5.18	229	5.02
15	United Kingdom	120	1.8	117	1.74	162	2.39	138	2.02	141	2.05
16	Netherlands	110	6.27	61	3.47	150	8.45	146	8.15	131	7.27
17	Hungary	139	14.26	125	12.78	130	13.44	128	13.18	119	12.29
18	Czech Republic	102	9.66	106	10.04	110	10.46	118	11.08	118	10.9
19	Austria	114	12.85	110	12.31	114	12.66	107	11.82	115	12.6
20	South Korea	119	2.3	113	2.18	112	2.17	118	2.28	102	1.97
21	Romania	103	5.29	103	5.29	105	5.45	102	5.3	101	5.27
22	Nigeria	54	0.26	66	0.31	110	0.5	71	0.32	99	0.43
23	Belgium	128	11.18	135	11.67	164	14.14	163	14.02	92	7.83
24	Slovakia	89	16.27	88	16.13	100	18.31	96	17.49	83	14.99
25	Spain	54	1.13	121	2.53	125	2.61	90	1.89	83	1.73
26	India	49	0.03	49	0.03	82	0.06	93	0.07	82	0.06
27	Thailand	77	1.07	80	1.11	85	1.19	83	1.15	79	1.1
28	Malaysia	56	1.68	64	1.88	57	1.67	86	2.47	78	2.23
29	Ecuador	87	4.99	81	4.62	77	4.35	73	4.08	77	4.29
30	Taiwan	45	1.92	74	3.13	69	2.91	68	2.89	64	2.73
31	Ukraine	78	1.74	88	1.98	86	1.95	63	1.54	64	1.71
32	Iraq	73	2.06	56	1.55	83	2.24	77	2.02	60	1.56
33	Uzbekistan	29	0.87	28	0.85	85	2.48	113	3.23	60	1.68
34	Portugal	68	6.57	70	6.77	79	7.58	68	6.53	58	5.53
35	Colombia	54	1.09	48	0.96	61	1.19	56	1.09	57	1.09
36	Guatemala	12	0.7	13	0.76	17	0.98	45	2.55	49	2.7
37	Syria	48	2.34	47	2.24	48	2.21	50	2.21	46	1.95
38	Bolivia	41	3.51	37	3.12	37	3.1	38	3.16	42	3.42
39	Chile	56	2.92	71	3.67	48	2.47	45	2.31	42	2.16
40	Croatia	34	8.57	35	8.91	40	10.15	38	9.82	39	9.9
41	Ireland	30	6.04	32	6.36	35	7	24	4.65	36	6.89
42	Switzerland	26	3.04	26	3.06	33	3.79	35	3.98	36	4.01
43	Australia	79	3.1	70	2.72	54	2.07	39	1.49	35	1.33
44	Ethiopia	27	0.23	39	0.32	27	0.22	29	0.24	35	0.27
45	Azerbaijan	23	2.25	23	2.28	34	3.29	39	3.8	34	3.32
46	Bulgaria	32	4.56	29	4.21	31	4.44	31	4.61	30	4.38
47	Hong Kong	31	4.15	32	4.29	33	4.45	32	4.24	30	3.99
48	Venezuela	32	1.09	29	1.01	36	1.29	28	1	29	1.02
49	Paraguay	25	3.79	25	3.83	30	4.46	30	4.49	28	4.16
50	Zimbabwe	6	0.41	23	1.47	25	1.61	26	1.61	28	1.73
51	Belarus	28	2.92	28	2.97	27	2.92	33	3.61	27	2.91
52	Indonesia	37	0.13	40	0.14	36	0.13	36	0.13	27	0.09
53	Myanmar	94	1.78	24	0.45	24	0.45	27	0.51	27	0.5
54	Burkina Faso	39	1.86	39	1.8	28	1.28	24	1.05	25	1.07
55	Denmark	54	9.32	46	7.9	38	6.44	32	5.5	25	4.27
56	Malawi	18	0.97	16	0.82	21	1.07	23	1.11	25	1.17
57	Bangladesh	23	0.14	23	0.14	22	0.13	24	0.14	24	0.14
58	New Zealand	6	1.27	12	2.27	12	2.42	16	3.07	23	4.38
59	Angola	14	0.42	11	0.34	13	0.38	14	0.38	22	0.61
60	Costa Rica	18	3.54	17	3.45	19	3.71	19	3.78	20	3.86
61	Jordan	14	1.33	15	1.42	19	1.76	24	2.1	20	1.77
62	Egypt	18	0.17	17	0.16	19	0.17	21	0.18	19	0.17
63	Tanzania	17	0.29	17	0.27	18	0.28	19	0.29	19	0.29
64	Peru	15	0.48	15	0.46	17	0.5	16	0.48	18	0.52
65	Uganda	15	0.35	16	0.36	17	0.36	17	0.36	17	0.34
66	Panama	16	3.82	12	2.74	15	3.43	18	4.16	16	3.64
67	Tajikistan	12	1.25	13	1.37	15	1.49	26	2.52	16	1.56
68	Dominican Republic	13	1.16	14	1.25	13	1.2	17	1.49	15	1.3
69	Norway	16	3.08	18	3.28	10	1.8	12	2.14	15	2.7
70	Afghanistan	14	0.38	13	0.34	15	0.38	18	0.45	14	0.34
71	Armenia	16	5.36	16	5.46	16	5.73	16	5.48	14	4.7
72	Greece	18	1.69	14	1.33	11	1.04	12	1.17	14	1.4
73	Algeria	11	0.25	11	0.25	11	0.26	12	0.27	13	0.27
74	Georgia	7	1.94	6	1.48	22	5.7	19	5.04	13	3.43
75	Latvia	7	3.84	12	6.19	12	6.49	12	6.36	13	6.98
76	Serbia	11	1.54	12	1.67	12	1.73	11	1.62	13	1.86
77	South Africa	15	0.25	19	0.31	19	0.31	19	0.3	13	0.21
78	Turkmenistan	12	1.82	13	1.83	14	1.96	14	1.92	13	1.76
79	Yemen	17	0.49	18	0.51	15	0.39	16	0.42	13	0.34
80	El Salvador	13	2.02	12	1.91	14	2.3	15	2.33	12	1.96
81	Laos	11	1.46	11	1.53	11	1.52	12	1.61	12	1.55
82	Mongolia	16	4.95	11	3.27	11	3.3	12	3.44	12	3.52
83	Nepal	37	1.31	11	0.4	13	0.44	12	0.39	12	0.39
84	Uruguay	11	3.11	10	2.85	11	3.25	11	3.35	12	3.62
85	Kenya	12	0.23	11	0.2	9	0.18	11	0.2	11	0.19
86	Morocco	23	0.64	18	0.5	22	0.61	14	0.39	11	0.29
87	Saudi Arabia	7	0.23	7	0.23	11	0.36	8	0.26	11	0.32
88	Cambodia	9	0.56	10	0.62	10	0.61	10	0.58	10	0.59
89	Cameroon	8	0.32	7	0.29	14	0.53	10	0.37	10	0.35
90	Finland	9	1.61	9	1.68	7	1.3	14	2.58	10	1.87
91	Kazakhstan	12	0.62	14	0.71	10	0.52	12	0.58	10	0.47
92	Lithuania	7	2.59	8	2.79	8	2.83	8	2.95	10	3.48
93	Slovenia	9	4.25	9	4.21	11	5.3	12	5.55	10	4.85
94	Tunisia	8	0.64	7	0.59	9	0.77	8	0.63	10	0.82
95	United Arab Emirates	11	1.21	18	1.86	14	1.47	7	0.71	10	0.93
96	Zambia	8	0.42	10	0.53	9	0.45	10	0.48	10	0.49
97	Nicaragua	6	0.93	6	0.92	10	1.47	9	1.4	9	1.39
98	Honduras	22	2.24	25	2.48	25	2.4	9	0.83	8	0.72
99	Mozambique	9	0.29	11	0.37	11	0.34	14	0.42	8	0.22
100	Senegal	8	0.47	8	0.47	8	0.46	8	0.43	7	0.38
101	Türkiye	1	0.02	3	0.04	5	0.06	5	0.06	7	0.08
102	Albania	5	1.6	4	1.36	4	1.29	6	2.1	6	2.22
103	Ghana	5	0.15	5	0.15	5	0.16	5	0.16	6	0.17
104	Haiti	6	0.5	6	0.56	6	0.53	6	0.51	6	0.49
105	Jamaica	5	1.88	4	1.38	5	1.65	5	1.86	6	2.15
106	Israel	3	0.36	5	0.56	5	0.52	5	0.5	5	0.5
107	Namibia	3	0.95	3	1.02	3	1.05	3	1.19	5	1.59
108	Papua New Guinea	5	0.55	5	0.54	6	0.55	5	0.53	5	0.52
109	DR Congo	4	0.04	4	0.04	4	0.04	4	0.04	4	0.04
110	Estonia	5	3.98	7	5.46	4	3.08	5	3.35	4	3.09
111	Guinea	5	0.4	7	0.49	3	0.24	3	0.2	4	0.25
112	Niger	3	0.14	4	0.16	4	0.15	4	0.15	4	0.14
113	Oman	4	0.87	4	0.87	4	0.93	4	0.86	4	0.83
114	Sweden	12	1.14	11	1.05	10	0.96	6	0.57	4	0.36
115	Kyrgyzstan	2	0.29	2	0.36	3	0.49	3	0.47	3	0.49
116	Macau	2	3.43	2	3.25	3	4.4	3	4.23	3	4.13
117	Madagascar	4	0.14	5	0.17	4	0.15	3	0.1	3	0.1
118	Mauritania	3	0.56	2	0.54	3	0.56	3	0.56	3	0.56
119	Moldova	10	3.67	9	3.68	6	2.29	3	1.19	3	1.26
120	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1.74	4	2.53	3	1.88	3	1.82	3	1.79
121	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0.65	3	0.84	2	0.68	3	0.85	2	0.73
122	Botswana	1	0.56	1	0.45	1	0.53	2	1	2	0.88
123	Ivory Coast	2	0.08	2	0.07	2	0.06	2	0.06	2	0.06
124	Lebanon	3	0.44	2	0.4	2	0.4	2	0.43	2	0.41
125	North Macedonia	2	0.95	2	0.97	2	0.82	2	0.87	2	1.12
126	Rwanda	2	0.19	2	0.17	2	0.18	2	0.17	2	0.14
127	Sri Lanka	2	0.07	3	0.11	3	0.12	3	0.13	2	0.07
128	Bahrain	2	1.13	2	1.04	2	1.03	2	1.11	1	0.93
129	Barbados	1	2.44	1	4.85	2	5.57	1	3.34	1	2.73
130	Cyprus	1	0.46	1	0.4	1	0.49	1	0.41	1	0.68
131	Eswatini	1	0.9	1	0.88	1	0.79	1	0.73	1	0.98
132	Iceland	0	1.14	1	1.36	1	1.41	1	1.46	1	1.52
133	Iran	1	0.01	0	0.01	1	0.01	0	0.01	1	0.01
134	Liberia	1	0.17	1	0.14	1	0.12	1	0.12	1	0.12
135	Libya	1	0.21	1	0.18	1	0.16	1	0.19	1	0.18
136	Luxembourg	1	1.31	1	1.61	1	1.53	1	1.57	1	1.46
137	Malta	1	2.86	1	2.89	2	2.96	2	2.85	1	2.7
138	Montenegro	1	1.65	1	1.83	1	1.44	1	1.35	1	1.54
139	Saint Lucia	0	2.34	1	2.93	0	2.27	1	2.92	1	3.91
140	Samoa	0	0.48	1	3.34	0	0.92	1	2.86	1	2.35
141	Sierra Leone	0	0.06	0	0.06	1	0.07	1	0.07	1	0.06
142	Solomon Islands	1	1.01	1	0.99	1	1.03	1	1.01	1	0.99
143	Timor-Leste	1	0.79	1	0.63	1	0.43	1	0.59	1	0.63
144	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0.08	0	0.17	0	0.07	0	0.11	0	0.06
145	Bahamas	0	0.08	0	0.07	0	0.09	0	0.08	0	0.08
146	Belize	1	1.34	1	1.43	0	1.18	0	1.02	0	1.09
147	Bhutan	0	0.28	0	0.14	0	0.12	0	0.63	0	0.49
148	Cape Verde	0	0.33	0	0.33	0	0.36	0	0.33	0	0.37
149	Comoros	1	0.95	0	0.31	0	0.15	0	0.4	0	0.39
150	Congo	0	0.05	0	0.05	1	0.13	1	0.12	0	0.07
151	Djibouti	0	0.42	0	0.42	1	0.53	1	0.54	0	0.41
152	Fiji	1	0.81	1	1.01	1	1.22	1	0.59	0	0.45
153	French Polynesia	0	0.43	0	1.58	0	1.72	0	0.75	0	0.88
154	Gabon	0	0.13	0	0.13	0	0.13	0	0.13	0	0.13
155	Gambia	0	0.08	0	0.07	0	0.06	0	0.09	0	0.1
156	Grenada	0	0.23	0	0.67	0	0.43	0	1.08	0	0.77
157	Guinea-Bissau	0	0.25	0	0.24	0	0.22	0	0.21	0	0.21
158	Guyana	0	0.23	0	0.21	0	0.19	0	0.19	0	0.19
159	Kiribati	0	0.91	0	0.39	0	0.39	0	0.84	0	0.66
160	Kuwait	0	0.05	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.04
161	Lesotho	0	0.19	0	0.21	0	0.16	0	0.17	0	0.2
162	Maldives	0	0.05	0	0.09	0	0.08	0	0.07	0	0.06
163	Marshall Islands	0	1.69	0	0.47	0	1.73	0	1.13	0	2.04
164	Mauritius	0	0.07	0	0.07	0	0.07	0	0.1	0	0.08
165	Micronesia	0	1.52	0	1.53	0	1.01	0	0.91	0	0.77
166	Nauru	0	0.64	0	0.8	0	0.51	0	0.95	0	0.4
167	New Caledonia	0	0.85	0	0.7	0	0.8	0	1.19	0	1.03
168	Qatar	0	0.16	0	0.14	0	0.16	0	0.12	0	0.07
169	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0.17	0	0.14	0	0.14	0	0.48	0	0.17
170	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0.31	0	0.32	0	0.3	0	0.48	0	0.33
171	Sao Tome and Principe	0	0.21	0	0.19	0	0.21	0	0.27	0	0.29
172	Seychelles	0	0.51	0	0.57	0	0.71	0	0.83	0	0.52
173	Suriname	0	0.09	0	0.1	0	0.1	0	0.09	0	0.09
174	Tonga	0	1.69	0	1.7	0	1.78	0	1.83	0	1.91
175	Tuvalu	0	1.22	0	1.58	0	1.58	0	1.49	0	1.88
176	Vanuatu	0	0.92	0	0.85	0	0.87	0	0.8	0	0.79
177	Cuba	27	2.44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Animal Fats Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, according to FAO Food Balances, China had the largest listed animal fats food supply among the 176 reporters with reported values, at 1,881 thousand tonnes. The United States ranked second at 1,264 thousand tonnes, while Brazil ranked third at 991 thousand tonnes. Slovakia had the highest per-capita animal fats food supply at 14.99 kilograms per person per year. These FAO Food Balances 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 Fats, Animals, Raw 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, as food can be lost or wasted before it is consumed. 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 of 1,000 thousand tonnes and above are shown as whole numbers; smaller quantities retain up to two decimals. FAO Food Balances primarily use official national statistics, with some data also estimated or imputed where applicable. The FAO dataset reports the Food element in thousand tonnes and food supply quantity in kilograms per capita per year. The listed total of 10,708 thousand tonnes is the sum of the 176 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value.