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Land use per 100 grams of protein

Land use is measured in meters squared (m²) per 100 grams of protein across various food products.

0 m²20 m²40 m²60 m²80 m²100 m²120 m²140 m²160 m²180 m²Lamb & Mutton184.8 m²Beef (beef herd)163.6 m²Cheese39.8 m²Milk27.1 m²Beef (dairy herd)21.9 m²Pig Meat10.7 m²Nuts7.9 m²Other Pulses7.3 m²Poultry Meat7.1 m²Eggs5.7 m²Grains4.6 m²Fish (farmed)3.7 m²Groundnuts3.5 m²Peas3.4 m²Tofu (soybeans)2.2 m²Prawns (farmed)2 m²

Source: Poore, J., & Nemecek, T. (2018). Additional calculations by Our World in Data.

Note: Data represents the global average land use of food products based on a large meta-analysis of food production covering 38,700 commercially viable farms in 119 countries.