Attitudes on reducing meat consumption for climate worldwide 2022| ��ƽ��

Share of consumers that are likely to eat less meat or replace it with alternatives to limit their contribution to climate change in selected countries worldwide in 2022

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Release date

April 2022

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

February 18 to March 4, 2022

Number of respondents

23,577*

Age group

16-74 years**

Special properties

Online adults likely to take this course of action

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows:
"Thinking about things you might do in order to limit your own contribution to climate change, how likely or unlikely would you be to make the following changes within the next year?
Eating less meat, or replacing the meat in some meals with alternatives such as beans."

* This figure refers to the total number of online adult respondents from 31 countries.
Approximately 500+ or 1,000+ individuals were surveyed per country.

** adults aged 16-99 in Norway.

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Consumers are likely to eat less meat or replace it with plant-based food items to a varying degree around the world. The data from this survey carried out in early 2022 suggests that consumers in Peru and Mexico were most likely to do so. A share of ** and ** percent of respondents, respectively, stated that they are likely to eat less meat or to replace it with alternatives such as beans. The biggest market, by numbers of consumers, China, ranked third by the willingness of respondents to do so. In the U.S., a market with high meat consumption, only a of consumers said they are likely to do so.