* Meat consumption is measured in million metric tons of carcass weight (except for poultry, which is expressed as ready-to-cook weight). The conversion factors from carcass weight to retail weight are: 0.7 for beef and veal, 0.78 for pork, and 0.88 for sheep and poultry meat.
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Global meat consumption by type from 1990 to 2023.
Global meat consumption in 2023 more than doubled compared to 1990, reaching around *** million metric tons. By type of meat, poultry has seen the largest increase during this period, rising from **** million metric tons in 1990 to nearly million in 2023. In this way, it has recently become the most popular meat among the population, relegating pork to second place.
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