Game Meat, Fresh, Chilled or Frozen Consumption by Country

Papua New Guinea recorded the largest listed supply of fresh, chilled or frozen game meat in 2023, at 442,321 tonnes, or about 23.6 percent of the listed total. The United States ranked second with 239,582 tonnes, followed by Nigeria with 177,151 tonnes. Papua New Guinea also ranked first per person, at 116.64 grams a day, well ahead of Gabon at 32.55 grams. Across the countries with a reported 2023 value, the listed total reached 1,876,299 tonnes. These FAO figures measure food available for human consumption, not the amount people actually ate.

Ivory Coast placed fourth by volume at 159,113 tonnes, and the three leading countries together accounted for about 45.8 percent of the listed 2023 total.

• France recorded the largest decline by tonnage in the latest year.
• Norway lost about an eighth of its 2022 level.
• The United States recorded the largest listed gain by volume.
• Papua New Guinea added 6,650 tonnes, up 1.5 percent.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	Papua New Guinea PG	442.32K	116.64
2	United States US	239.58K	1.91
3	Nigeria NG	177.15K	2.13
4	Ivory Coast CI	159.11K	13.99
5	Ethiopia ET	93.12K	1.98
6	DR Congo CD	90.59K	2.35
7	Cameroon CM	80.45K	7.77
8	Ghana GH	76.34K	6.19
9	Morocco MA	55.78K	4.05
10	Congo CG	47.74K	21.16
11	South Africa ZA	46.33K	2.01
12	Zambia ZM	41.57K	5.5
13	Argentina AR	36.86K	2.22
14	Niger NE	33.13K	3.47
15	Zimbabwe ZW	31.04K	5.2
16	Gabon GA	29.53K	32.55
17	Kenya KE	28.23K	1.4
18	Tanzania TZ	25.88K	1.06
19	Botswana BW	19.31K	21.33
20	Rwanda RW	16.73K	3.29
21	Angola AO	9.6K	0.72
22	Peru PE	8.6K	0.7
23	Hong Kong HK	8.2K	3.02
24	Liberia LR	8.12K	4.05
25	Afghanistan AF	8.01K	0.53
26	Madagascar MG	7.54K	0.66
27	Burkina Faso BF	7.36K	0.88
28	Norway NO	6.49K	3.22
29	Guinea GN	6.48K	1.23
30	Lesotho LS	5.7K	6.75
31	Germany DE	4.01K	0.13
32	Sierra Leone SL	3.39K	1.1
33	Namibia NA	3.13K	2.89
34	Italy IT	2.94K	0.14
35	France FR	2.84K	0.12
36	Iran IR	2.35K	0.07
37	United Kingdom GB	1.95K	0.08
38	Gambia GM	1.6K	1.63
39	Switzerland CH	1.55K	0.48
40	Austria AT	841.98	0.25
41	Mauritius MU	618.71	1.33
42	Sweden SE	568.52	0.15
43	Netherlands NL	547.31	0.08
44	Tunisia TN	533.93	0.12
45	Portugal PT	481.84	0.13
46	Uruguay UY	441.35	0.36
47	Finland FI	322.12	0.16
48	Denmark DK	287.34	0.13
49	Slovenia SI	250.74	0.32
50	Romania RO	173.44	0.02
51	Taiwan TW	114.36	0.01
52	Luxembourg LU	96.17	0.4
53	Senegal SN	87.6	0.01
54	Australia AU	56.21	0.01
55	Greece GR	48.13	0.01
56	Malta MT	47.92	0.25
57	Cyprus CY	41.29	0.08
58	Bahrain BH	37.52	0.07
59	Bulgaria BG	9.63	0
60	Albania AL	8.45	0.01
61	Cape Verde CV	8.09	0.04
62	South Korea KR	3.6	0
63	Oman OM	2.89	0
64	French Polynesia PF	1.72	0.02
65	New Caledonia NC	1.37	0.01
66	Kazakhstan KZ	0.3	0
67	Sao Tome and Principe ST	0.12	0
68	Azerbaijan AZ	0.04	0
69	Marshall Islands MH	0.04	0
70	Türkiye TR	0.03	0
71	Bahamas BS	0	0
72	Guinea-Bissau GW	0	0
73	Ireland IE	0	0
74	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	0	0
75	Seychelles SC	0	0
76	Tonga TO	0	0
77	Uganda UG	0	0
78	Ukraine UA	0	0
79	United Arab Emirates AE	0	0

France Records the Largest Annual Decline

France lost 2,122 tonnes between 2022 and 2023, down 42.7 percent to 2,842 tonnes. Norway lost 938 tonnes, down 12.6 percent, to 6,486 tonnes, and Germany shed 635 tonnes, down 13.7 percent. The United States added 18,894 tonnes, up 8.6 percent, Papua New Guinea added 6,650 tonnes, up 1.5 percent, and Ivory Coast added 1,940 tonnes, up 1.2 percent. The 78 countries with a value in both years rose from 1,843,474 tonnes to 1,876,295 tonnes, up 32,821 tonnes, or 1.8 percent, with South Korea joining the comparison and none leaving it.

Papua New Guinea Leads the Five-Year Increase

Between 2019 and 2023, the 73 countries with a value in both years rose from 1,848,672 tonnes to 1,876,294 tonnes, up 27,622 tonnes, or 1.5 percent. Papua New Guinea recorded the largest increase, adding 28,755 tonnes, up 7.0 percent. Ethiopia added 9,453 tonnes, up 11.3 percent, and Cameroon added 7,456 tonnes, up 10.2 percent. DR Congo recorded the largest decline, losing 21,691 tonnes, down 19.3 percent, while the United States shed 17,539 tonnes, down 6.8 percent, and the Netherlands gave up 16,453 tonnes, down 96.8 percent. Six countries entered the comparison with 2023 values and no 2019 value, while ten left it.

Papua New Guinea Leads in Total and Per-Capita Supply

Papua New Guinea recorded 116.64 grams a day in 2023, well ahead of Gabon at 32.55 grams in second and Botswana at 21.33 grams in third. Congo sat fourth at 21.16 grams. The same country therefore holds both the largest national total and the highest per-person figure by a wide margin, which is unusual across the items in this dataset.

What the Game Meat Data Measures

Fresh, chilled or frozen game meat available for human consumption is recorded in tonnes and in grams per person per day for each reporting country over 2019-2023. Annual totals sum reporting countries only, and the listed total is not a world figure that includes regional aggregates. Total tonnage shows the scale of reported food supply, while grams per person per day adjust the figures for population size.

Of the 91 country rows, 79 reported a value in 2023 and 70 of those were above zero. Nine countries reported zero tonnes in 2023. A reported zero is a recorded value and a blank cell is missing data, so the twelve rows without a 2023 value cannot be read as zero supply.

Game Meat, Fresh, Chilled or Frozen Consumption by Country

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#	Country	2019 (t)	2019 (g/cap/d)	2020 (t)	2020 (g/cap/d)	2021 (t)	2021 (g/cap/d)	2022 (t)	2022 (g/cap/d)	2023 (t)	2023 (g/cap/d)
1	Papua New Guinea	413.57K	117.92	420.64K	117.41	430.13K	117.69	435.67K	116.99	442.32K	116.64
2	United States	257.12K	2.09	259.48K	2.09	259.46K	2.09	220.69K	1.77	239.58K	1.91
3	Nigeria	176.24K	2.3	175.93K	2.25	177.91K	2.23	175.25K	2.15	177.15K	2.13
4	Ivory Coast	151.99K	14.77	154.37K	14.63	155.38K	14.36	157.17K	14.17	159.11K	13.99
5	Ethiopia	83.67K	1.98	84.86K	1.95	91.26K	2.05	92.24K	2.02	93.12K	1.98
6	DR Congo	112.28K	3.31	89.97K	2.57	90.17K	2.49	90.47K	2.42	90.59K	2.35
7	Cameroon	73K	7.84	76.48K	7.99	77.8K	7.92	79.11K	7.84	80.45K	7.77
8	Ghana	74.58K	6.54	75.02K	6.45	75.57K	6.37	76K	6.28	76.34K	6.19
9	Morocco	50.98K	3.86	53.17K	3.98	54.05K	4.01	54.91K	4.03	55.78K	4.05
10	Congo	42.8K	20.88	46.89K	22.33	47.09K	21.9	46.94K	21.31	47.74K	21.16
11	South Africa	42.23K	1.94	41.54K	1.88	44.11K	1.97	45.5K	2	46.33K	2.01
12	Zambia	40.33K	5.97	41.21K	5.92	41.47K	5.8	41.89K	5.7	41.57K	5.5
13	Argentina	35.84K	2.18	37.08K	2.25	36.16K	2.19	36.28K	2.19	36.86K	2.22
14	Niger	29.28K	3.5	31.47K	3.63	31.94K	3.57	32.55K	3.52	33.13K	3.47
15	Zimbabwe	29.89K	5.36	29.18K	5.15	30.51K	5.29	30.88K	5.27	31.04K	5.2
16	Gabon	28.49K	34.42	29.2K	34.45	28.66K	33.03	29.08K	32.78	29.53K	32.55
17	Kenya	25.12K	1.34	27.03K	1.42	28.55K	1.47	27.58K	1.39	28.23K	1.4
18	Tanzania	23.93K	1.11	25.56K	1.15	25.96K	1.13	25.36K	1.07	25.88K	1.06
19	Botswana	17.7K	20.8	17.71K	20.51	18.32K	20.9	18.96K	21.29	19.31K	21.33
20	Rwanda	14.17K	3.04	14.8K	3.1	15.17K	3.11	16.42K	3.3	16.73K	3.29
21	Angola	10.11K	0.86	9.58K	0.78	9.51K	0.75	9.55K	0.73	9.6K	0.72
22	Peru	8.2K	0.69	8.33K	0.7	8.57K	0.71	8.67K	0.71	8.6K	0.7
23	Hong Kong	7.86K	2.88	8.12K	2.97	8.16K	2.99	8.14K	2.99	8.2K	3.02
24	Liberia	7.8K	4.23	8.01K	4.26	8.03K	4.18	8.04K	4.1	8.12K	4.05
25	Afghanistan	8.01K	0.58	8.01K	0.56	8.01K	0.55	8.01K	0.54	8.01K	0.53
26	Madagascar	7.47K	0.73	7.64K	0.72	7.46K	0.69	7.53K	0.68	7.54K	0.66
27	Burkina Faso	6.71K	0.88	7.02K	0.9	7.13K	0.89	7.25K	0.88	7.36K	0.88
28	Norway	6.72K	3.44	6.25K	3.18	7.34K	3.72	7.42K	3.73	6.49K	3.22
29	Guinea	6.28K	1.32	6.34K	1.3	6.39K	1.28	6.44K	1.25	6.48K	1.23
30	Lesotho	5.29K	6.55	5.51K	6.76	5.54K	6.71	5.61K	6.72	5.7K	6.75
31	Germany	5.11K	0.17	3.08K	0.1	5.48K	0.18	4.64K	0.15	4.01K	0.13
32	Sierra Leone	3.29K	1.17	3.34K	1.15	3.36K	1.14	3.41K	1.13	3.39K	1.1
33	Namibia	3.2K	3.31	3.27K	3.28	3.17K	3.09	3.16K	3	3.13K	2.89
34	Italy	4.3K	0.2	2.06K	0.09	2.17K	0.1	3.18K	0.15	2.94K	0.14
35	France	1.33K	0.06	780.54	0.03	2.53K	0.1	4.96K	0.21	2.84K	0.12
36	Iran	4.15K	0.13	3.15K	0.1	3.33K	0.1	2.91K	0.09	2.35K	0.07
37	United Kingdom	4.69K	0.19	4.88K	0.2	4.93K	0.2	2.47K	0.1	1.95K	0.08
38	Gambia	1.4K	1.56	1.51K	1.64	1.97K	2.09	1.56K	1.62	1.6K	1.63
39	Switzerland	1.53K	0.49	1.48K	0.47	1.47K	0.46	1.27K	0.4	1.55K	0.48
40	Austria	869.22	0.27	517.15	0.16	422.37	0.13	1.27K	0.38	841.98	0.25
41	Mauritius	605.89	1.29	625	1.33	625	1.34	618.63	1.33	618.71	1.33
42	Sweden	231.77	0.06	104.78	0.03	222.85	0.06	578.45	0.15	568.52	0.15
43	Netherlands	17K	2.66	17.39K	2.7	4.11K	0.64	532.71	0.08	547.31	0.08
44	Tunisia	525.25	0.12	528.14	0.12	528.01	0.12	530.79	0.12	533.93	0.12
45	Portugal	217.2	0.06	158.41	0.04	156.39	0.04	379.59	0.1	481.84	0.13
46	Uruguay	442.01	0.36	441.45	0.36	440.81	0.36	440.99	0.36	441.35	0.36
47	Finland	835.97	0.41	471.7	0.23	878.79	0.43	823.35	0.41	322.12	0.16
48	Denmark	307.94	0.15	160.73	0.08	0	0	336.34	0.16	287.34	0.13
49	Slovenia	403.58	0.53	49.6	0.06	245.68	0.32	213.65	0.28	250.74	0.32
50	Romania	60.23	0.01	92.64	0.01	187.29	0.03	130.72	0.02	173.44	0.02
51	Taiwan	52.95	0.01	15.89	0	61.13	0.01	57.96	0.01	114.36	0.01
52	Luxembourg	113.25	0.5	97.7	0.42	102.86	0.44	82.85	0.35	96.17	0.4
53	Senegal	82.53	0.01	111.61	0.02	93.88	0.01	138.48	0.02	87.6	0.01
54	Australia	53.09	0.01	0.79	0	0.09	0	26.53	0	56.21	0.01
55	Greece	55.55	0.01	41.46	0.01	39.29	0.01	47.28	0.01	48.13	0.01
56	Malta	54.12	0.29	10.67	0.06	20.22	0.11	36.27	0.19	47.92	0.25
57	Cyprus	20.4	0.04	22.16	0.05	23.3	0.05	5.93	0.01	41.29	0.08
58	Bahrain	29.31	0.05	31.92	0.06	43.32	0.08	32.62	0.06	37.52	0.07
59	Bulgaria	59.67	0.02	5.37	0	2.97	0	7.94	0	9.63	0
60	Albania	6.55	0.01	0.51	0	1.09	0	7.2	0.01	8.45	0.01
61	Cape Verde	15.54	0.08	0	0	2.69	0.01	8.29	0.04	8.09	0.04
62	South Korea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.6	0
63	Oman	3	0	3.43	0	1.4	0	0.1	0	2.89	0
64	French Polynesia	1.9	0.02	0	0	-	-	0	0	1.72	0.02
65	New Caledonia	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3	0	1.37	0.01
66	Kazakhstan	0.26	0	0.31	0	1.6	0	1.87	0	0.3	0
67	Sao Tome and Principe	0.07	0	0.05	0	0.06	0	0.08	0	0.12	0
68	Azerbaijan	0.04	0	0.03	0	0	0	0.06	0	0.04	0
69	Marshall Islands	-	-	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.01	0	0.04	0
70	Türkiye	0.09	0	0	0	0.16	0	0	0	0.03	0
71	Bahamas	-	-	0.34	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0	0
72	Guinea-Bissau	0.13	0	0.06	0	0.17	0	0.08	0	0	0
73	Ireland	0	0	7.95	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
74	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.01	0	0	0
75	Seychelles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0
76	Tonga	-	-	-	-	1.25	0.03	0.22	0.01	0	0
77	Uganda	0	0	0.01	0	0.07	0	0.01	0	0	0
78	Ukraine	0.63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
79	United Arab Emirates	9.04	0	-	-	0	0	0.63	0	0	0
80	Mauritania	-	-	27	0.02	-	-	-	-	-	-
81	Kuwait	31.41	0.02	5.52	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
82	Libya	0	0	0	0	3.69	0	-	-	-	-
83	Haiti	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
84	Panama	0.9	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
85	Iraq	-	-	0.58	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
86	Vanuatu	0	0	0	0	0.22	0	-	-	-	-
87	Georgia	0	0	0.2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
88	Maldives	0	0	0.13	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
89	Djibouti	0.02	0	0.07	0	0.04	0	-	-	-	-
90	Montenegro	0.02	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
91	Moldova	0.02	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-

Methodology

The data come from FAOSTAT Supply Utilization Accounts, using element 5141 for food supply quantity in tonnes and element 665 for food supply quantity in grams per capita per day, for game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen, over 2019-2023. The 2023 listed total sums every country row with a reported value for that year. Comparisons between two years use only countries with values at both endpoints, which gives 78 countries for 2022-2023 and 73 for 2019-2023, so the 2023 common-set totals of 1,876,295 and 1,876,294 tonnes each sit slightly below the overall 2023 total of 1,876,299 tonnes because the covered sets differ. Percentage changes use the earlier year's value as the base and are not calculated when that base is zero. Reported zeros are kept as values, blank cells are treated as missing data, and values under 1,000 tonnes are shown to two decimal places.