Meat of Rabbits and Hares, Fresh or Chilled Consumption by Country

China had the highest listed food supply of fresh or chilled rabbit and hare meat in 2023, at 241,630 tonnes, or about 48.6 percent of the listed total. Egypt ranked second at 72,000 tonnes, followed by Spain at 32,698 tonnes. Czechia ranked first per person at 3.33 grams a day. The listed 2023 total was 496,919 tonnes, and 97 of the 108 country rows reported a value for that year, 92 of them above zero. These FAO figures measure food available for human consumption, not the amount people actually ate.

Italy placed fourth by volume at 22,932 tonnes, and the three leading countries together accounted for about 69.7 percent of the listed 2023 total, with China alone supplying roughly 48.6 percent.

• China recorded the largest decline by tonnage in the latest year.
• Rwanda almost tripled its reported supply.
• Ukraine added 1,699 tonnes, up 25.4 percent.
• Hungary added 485 tonnes, up 40.3 percent.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	China CN	241.63K	0.47
2	Egypt EG	72K	1.72
3	Spain ES	32.7K	1.87
4	Italy IT	22.93K	1.06
5	France FR	19.23K	0.79
6	Russia RU	18.16K	0.34
7	Czech Republic CZ	13.15K	3.33
8	Ukraine UA	8.4K	0.61
9	Algeria DZ	8.24K	0.49
10	Sierra Leone SL	8.02K	2.6
11	Mexico MX	4.52K	0.1
12	Slovakia SK	4.18K	2.08
13	Bulgaria BG	3.99K	1.61
14	Germany DE	3.56K	0.12
15	Peru PE	3.35K	0.27
16	Colombia CO	3.2K	0.17
17	Rwanda RW	3.16K	0.62
18	Poland PL	2.74K	0.19
19	Gabon GA	2.09K	2.31
20	Portugal PT	1.79K	0.47
21	Hungary HU	1.69K	0.48
22	Greece GR	1.68K	0.45
23	South Korea KR	1.45K	0.08
24	Switzerland CH	1.2K	0.37
25	United States US	1.15K	0.01
26	Brazil BR	1.12K	0.01
27	Ecuador EC	1.1K	0.17
28	Botswana BW	1.05K	1.16
29	Moldova MD	840.28	0.9
30	Madagascar MG	790.94	0.07
31	Kenya KE	650.05	0.03
32	Belarus BY	628.75	0.19
33	Romania RO	605.8	0.09
34	United Kingdom GB	455.46	0.02
35	Argentina AR	426.86	0.03
36	Belgium BE	422.03	0.1
37	Austria AT	421.69	0.13
38	Uruguay UY	404.46	0.33
39	Uzbekistan UZ	373.14	0.03
40	Lithuania LT	370.71	0.36
41	Indonesia ID	358.63	0
42	Mozambique MZ	341.82	0.03
43	Cyprus CY	340.34	0.69
44	Georgia GE	286.79	0.21
45	Luxembourg LU	191.82	0.79
46	Malta MT	185.59	0.95
47	Bolivia BO	178.55	0.04
48	Venezuela VE	140	0.01
49	Syria SY	113	0.01
50	Kyrgyzstan KG	98.45	0.04
51	Cameroon CM	96.73	0.01
52	Latvia LV	84.57	0.12
53	United Arab Emirates AE	66.43	0.02
54	Croatia HR	57.07	0.04
55	Netherlands NL	55.05	0.01
56	Slovenia SI	55	0.07
57	Vietnam VN	49.82	0
58	Kazakhstan KZ	48	0.01
59	Saudi Arabia SA	46.59	0
60	Türkiye TR	35.07	0
61	Estonia EE	30.51	0.06
62	Jordan JO	27.72	0.01
63	Norway NO	25.54	0.01
64	Mauritius MU	24.78	0.05
65	Hong Kong HK	20.03	0.01
66	Trinidad and Tobago TT	17.96	0.03
67	Sweden SE	16.66	0
68	Yemen YE	12.76	0
69	Denmark DK	11.96	0.01
70	Qatar QA	11.42	0.01
71	Morocco MA	9.23	0
72	Ivory Coast CI	4.76	0
73	Kuwait KW	2.92	0
74	Maldives MV	2.74	0.01
75	Ireland IE	2.4	0
76	Finland FI	2.09	0
77	Macau MO	2.07	0.01
78	Panama PA	1.91	0
79	Serbia RS	1.81	0
80	Senegal SN	1.51	0
81	Albania AL	1.2	0
82	Armenia AM	1.09	0
83	Congo CG	1.02	0
84	Oman OM	0.94	0
85	Guinea-Bissau GW	0.71	0
86	Afghanistan AF	0.6	0
87	New Caledonia NC	0.6	0.01
88	DR Congo CD	0.53	0
89	Burkina Faso BF	0.49	0
90	Angola AO	0.38	0
91	Bahrain BH	0.25	0
92	Bahamas BS	0.16	0
93	Canada CA	0	0
94	Guinea GN	0	0
95	Marshall Islands MH	0	0
96	Nigeria NG	0	0
97	Saint Lucia LC	0	0

China Records the Largest Annual Decline

China lost 65,831 tonnes between 2022 and 2023, down 21.4 percent. Spain lost 2,897 tonnes, down 8.1 percent, and Italy shed 2,502 tonnes, down 9.8 percent. Hungary added 485 tonnes, up 40.3 percent, Ukraine added 1,699 tonnes, up 25.4 percent, and Rwanda added 2,089 tonnes, up 195.1 percent. The 96 countries with a value in both years fell from 565,594 tonnes to 496,869 tonnes, down 68,725 tonnes, or 12.2 percent, with Vietnam joining the comparison and none leaving it.

China Leads the Five-Year Decline

Between 2019 and 2023, the 91 countries with a value in both years fell from 712,468 tonnes to 496,802 tonnes, down 215,666 tonnes, or 30.3 percent. China recorded the largest decline, losing 182,092 tonnes, down 43.0 percent. France shed 21,212 tonnes, down 52.4 percent, and Spain gave up 15,868 tonnes, down 32.7 percent. Slovakia added 3,784 tonnes from 399.87 tonnes, Czechia added 12,468 tonnes from 682.24 tonnes, and Hungary added 692.39 tonnes. Six countries entered the comparison with 2023 values and no 2019 value, while seven left it.

Czechia Leads Rabbit Meat Supply per Person

Czechia recorded 3.33 grams a day in 2023, ahead of Sierra Leone at 2.60 grams in second and Gabon at 2.31 grams in third. Slovakia sat fourth at 2.08 grams.

What the Rabbit Meat Data Measures

Fresh or chilled rabbit and hare 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.

Five countries reported zero tonnes in 2023, including Guinea after 0.22 tonnes in 2022, the Marshall Islands after 0.02 tonnes, and Nigeria after 0.26 tonnes. A reported zero is a recorded value and a blank cell is missing data, so the eleven rows without a 2023 value cannot be read as zero supply.

Meat of Rabbits and Hares, Fresh or Chilled 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	China	423.72K	0.82	452.6K	0.87	432.77K	0.83	307.46K	0.59	241.63K	0.47
2	Egypt	74.97K	1.91	69.11K	1.73	72.01K	1.78	72K	1.75	72K	1.72
3	Spain	48.57K	2.81	45.16K	2.6	38.6K	2.22	35.6K	2.04	32.7K	1.87
4	Italy	27.62K	1.26	27.28K	1.25	30.64K	1.41	25.43K	1.17	22.93K	1.06
5	France	40.44K	1.69	23.79K	0.99	23.21K	0.96	20.39K	0.84	19.23K	0.79
6	Russia	17.81K	0.33	17.68K	0.33	18.11K	0.34	17.98K	0.34	18.16K	0.34
7	Czech Republic	682.24	0.18	846.83	0.22	647.76	0.17	12.86K	3.3	13.15K	3.33
8	Ukraine	11.6K	0.71	11.32K	0.69	10.91K	0.67	6.7K	0.45	8.4K	0.61
9	Algeria	8.55K	0.54	8.43K	0.52	8.34K	0.51	8.22K	0.5	8.24K	0.49
10	Sierra Leone	7.85K	2.78	8.1K	2.81	7.98K	2.7	7.98K	2.64	8.02K	2.6
11	Mexico	4.46K	0.1	4.48K	0.1	4.5K	0.1	4.51K	0.1	4.52K	0.1
12	Slovakia	399.87	0.2	402.08	0.2	418.84	0.21	4.25K	2.13	4.18K	2.08
13	Bulgaria	4.22K	1.66	4.36K	1.72	4.42K	1.76	4.45K	1.79	3.99K	1.61
14	Germany	4.26K	0.14	4.15K	0.14	4.64K	0.15	4.13K	0.13	3.56K	0.12
15	Peru	3.38K	0.29	3.4K	0.28	3.39K	0.28	3.35K	0.27	3.35K	0.27
16	Colombia	3.23K	0.18	3.21K	0.17	3.21K	0.17	3.2K	0.17	3.2K	0.17
17	Rwanda	4.11K	0.88	3.88K	0.81	2.08K	0.43	1.07K	0.22	3.16K	0.62
18	Poland	3.38K	0.24	3.31K	0.24	2.38K	0.17	3.02K	0.22	2.74K	0.19
19	Gabon	2.04K	2.46	2.06K	2.43	2.07K	2.39	2.08K	2.35	2.09K	2.31
20	Portugal	1.28K	0.34	1.52K	0.4	1.51K	0.4	1.66K	0.44	1.79K	0.47
21	Hungary	995.61	0.28	1.18K	0.33	1.07K	0.3	1.2K	0.34	1.69K	0.48
22	Greece	2.98K	0.76	2.71K	0.69	2.51K	0.65	1.92K	0.51	1.68K	0.45
23	South Korea	1.31K	0.07	1.31K	0.07	1.49K	0.08	1.59K	0.08	1.45K	0.08
24	Switzerland	1.56K	0.5	1.46K	0.46	1.48K	0.47	1.36K	0.42	1.2K	0.37
25	United States	775.23	0.01	908.19	0.01	921.09	0.01	965.65	0.01	1.15K	0.01
26	Brazil	1.22K	0.02	1.22K	0.02	1.19K	0.02	1.16K	0.02	1.12K	0.01
27	Ecuador	1.03K	0.16	1.1K	0.17	1.1K	0.17	1.1K	0.17	1.1K	0.17
28	Botswana	1.06K	1.24	1.05K	1.22	1.08K	1.23	1.05K	1.18	1.05K	1.16
29	Moldova	838.5	0.88	612.86	0.65	791.65	0.86	886.36	0.96	840.28	0.9
30	Madagascar	716.43	0.07	764.11	0.07	777.02	0.07	783.83	0.07	790.94	0.07
31	Kenya	872.83	0.05	2.56K	0.13	993.36	0.05	639.25	0.03	650.05	0.03
32	Belarus	1.04K	0.3	1.19K	0.35	705.61	0.21	682.43	0.2	628.75	0.19
33	Romania	442.66	0.06	454.18	0.06	875.95	0.12	383.32	0.05	605.8	0.09
34	United Kingdom	191.11	0.01	36.14	0	131.14	0.01	529.96	0.02	455.46	0.02
35	Argentina	260.62	0.02	1.13K	0.07	409.81	0.02	0	0	426.86	0.03
36	Belgium	0	0	333.39	0.08	983.48	0.23	225.75	0.05	422.03	0.1
37	Austria	467.64	0.14	562.5	0.17	451.3	0.14	469.56	0.14	421.69	0.13
38	Uruguay	308.56	0.25	318.51	0.26	308.08	0.25	358.25	0.29	404.46	0.33
39	Uzbekistan	335.84	0.03	354.28	0.03	424.21	0.03	418.19	0.03	373.14	0.03
40	Lithuania	394.42	0.39	403.85	0.4	431.22	0.42	393.08	0.38	370.71	0.36
41	Indonesia	0.05	0	465	0	487	0	341.2	0	358.63	0
42	Mozambique	413.8	0.04	370.92	0.03	355	0.03	359.8	0.03	341.82	0.03
43	Cyprus	485.24	1.03	522.92	1.1	580.44	1.21	409.85	0.84	340.34	0.69
44	Georgia	261.17	0.19	315.21	0.23	272.6	0.2	305.48	0.22	286.79	0.21
45	Luxembourg	256.33	1.13	233.77	1.02	220.77	0.94	202.15	0.85	191.82	0.79
46	Malta	190.75	1.04	165.14	0.87	147.37	0.77	106.51	0.55	185.59	0.95
47	Bolivia	177.39	0.04	179.03	0.04	181.92	0.04	179.15	0.04	178.55	0.04
48	Venezuela	123	0.01	132	0.01	127	0.01	108	0.01	140	0.01
49	Syria	29.96	0	29.06	0	26.09	0	116	0.01	113	0.01
50	Kyrgyzstan	147	0.06	107	0.04	104	0.04	149	0.06	98.45	0.04
51	Cameroon	96.62	0.01	96.61	0.01	96.3	0.01	96.74	0.01	96.73	0.01
52	Latvia	76.66	0.11	82.38	0.12	92.03	0.13	76.5	0.11	84.57	0.12
53	United Arab Emirates	1.71	0	27.33	0.01	135.4	0.04	52.34	0.01	66.43	0.02
54	Croatia	33.63	0.02	50.09	0.03	47.2	0.03	53.97	0.04	57.07	0.04
55	Netherlands	396.02	0.06	391.96	0.06	357.61	0.06	190.09	0.03	55.05	0.01
56	Slovenia	62.19	0.08	80.44	0.1	110.47	0.14	82.86	0.11	55	0.07
57	Vietnam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	49.82	0
58	Kazakhstan	72.09	0.01	62.74	0.01	68.5	0.01	65	0.01	48	0.01
59	Saudi Arabia	-	-	17.96	0	0	0	0	0	46.59	0
60	Türkiye	34.9	0	34.86	0	35.06	0	35.07	0	35.07	0
61	Estonia	60.14	0.12	42.46	0.09	45.42	0.09	37.96	0.08	30.51	0.06
62	Jordan	22.59	0.01	27.46	0.01	28.77	0.01	27.09	0.01	27.72	0.01
63	Norway	33.57	0.02	32.56	0.02	34.09	0.02	29.36	0.01	25.54	0.01
64	Mauritius	25.39	0.05	25.02	0.05	25.68	0.05	25.01	0.05	24.78	0.05
65	Hong Kong	4.02	0	53.16	0.02	1.45	0	1.46	0	20.03	0.01
66	Trinidad and Tobago	11.09	0.02	8.32	0.02	5.02	0.01	9.98	0.02	17.96	0.03
67	Sweden	2.01	0	1.89	0	0	0	8.97	0	16.66	0
68	Yemen	0	0	9.68	0	-	-	0	0	12.76	0
69	Denmark	16.4	0.01	13.88	0.01	11.12	0.01	16.6	0.01	11.96	0.01
70	Qatar	-	-	55.46	0.05	0	0	3.95	0	11.42	0.01
71	Morocco	-	-	0	0	4.16	0	10.54	0	9.23	0
72	Ivory Coast	3.03	0	3.27	0	4.15	0	7.2	0	4.76	0
73	Kuwait	1.17	0	33.21	0.02	19.5	0.01	4.58	0	2.92	0
74	Maldives	1.21	0.01	0.12	0	1.47	0.01	2.33	0.01	2.74	0.01
75	Ireland	0.79	0	0.58	0	0.79	0	1.79	0	2.4	0
76	Finland	5.02	0	3.41	0	4.53	0	3.5	0	2.09	0
77	Macau	7.93	0.03	1.54	0.01	4.57	0.02	2.33	0.01	2.07	0.01
78	Panama	11.7	0.01	1	0	2	0	0.61	0	1.91	0
79	Serbia	2.03	0	2.28	0	1.46	0	1.11	0	1.81	0
80	Senegal	1.15	0	0.69	0	0.72	0	1.52	0	1.51	0
81	Albania	0	0	1.11	0	4.36	0	0.98	0	1.2	0
82	Armenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	0	1.09	0
83	Congo	2.38	0	1.53	0	1.78	0	2.11	0	1.02	0
84	Oman	0.04	0	0.86	0	0.93	0	0.03	0	0.94	0
85	Guinea-Bissau	0.19	0	0.14	0	0.26	0	0.3	0	0.71	0
86	Afghanistan	0.55	0	0.47	0	0	0	0.6	0	0.6	0
87	New Caledonia	4.23	0.04	1.55	0.01	1.44	0.01	5.47	0.05	0.6	0.01
88	DR Congo	0.37	0	0	0	0.03	0	0.34	0	0.53	0
89	Burkina Faso	1.03	0	25.44	0	-	-	0	0	0.49	0
90	Angola	3.37	0	5.46	0	4.98	0	3.24	0	0.38	0
91	Bahrain	11.57	0.02	0.86	0	0.49	0	0.08	0	0.25	0
92	Bahamas	2	0.01	0.43	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.16	0
93	Canada	26.96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
94	Guinea	1.29	0	1.81	0	0.14	0	0.22	0	0	0
95	Marshall Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.02	0	0	0
96	Nigeria	0.5	0	0.21	0	0.09	0	0.26	0	0	0
97	Saint Lucia	-	-	-	-	6	0.09	0	0	0	0
98	Lebanon	0	0	0	0	0.18	0	-	-	-	-
99	Iraq	-	-	0.16	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
100	Liberia	0.11	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
101	Djibouti	0.11	0	0.04	0	0.05	0	-	-	-	-
102	Dominican Republic	-	-	0	0	0.04	0	-	-	-	-
103	Namibia	0	0	0.04	0	0.03	0	-	-	-	-
104	Grenada	-	-	-	-	0.01	0	-	-	-	-
105	Montenegro	-	-	-	-	0.01	0	-	-	-	-
106	Antigua and Barbuda	0.01	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
107	Cambodia	0.04	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-
108	Lesotho	0.12	0	0	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 meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled, over 2019-2023. Of the 108 country rows, 97 reported a value in 2023 and 92 of those were above zero. Comparisons between two years use only countries with values at both endpoints, which gives 96 countries for 2022-2023 and 91 for 2019-2023, and the country count and both totals come from that shared set. 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.