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Dietary land use vs. beef consumption, 2011

The percentage of global habitable land area needed for agriculture if the total world population was to adopt the average diet of any given country versus annual per
capita beef consumption, measured in kilograms per year. We currently use approximately 50% of habitable land for agriculture, as shown by the grey horizontal line.

Annual beef consumption (per capita)10 kilograms20 kilograms30 kilograms40 kilograms50 kilogramsHALFIndex(habitablelandarea)WorldWorldChinaChinaIndiaIndiaUnited StatesUnited StatesRussiaRussiaEgyptEgyptUnited KingdomUnited KingdomFranceFranceArgentinaArgentinaCanadaCanadaAngolaAngolaAustraliaAustraliaNew ZealandNew ZealandAfricaAsiaEuropeNorth AmericaOceaniaSouth AmericaNo data