Countries Which Eat the Most Beef

I've never seen Reuben Sandwich offered anywhere in Israel - it's a New York thing and the mix of cheese and beef is a no-no here.

I only guessed Israel because I live there. We eat a lot of chicken and turkey, but beef - not so much, so I was surprised.

Guessed Israel, assuming it offset the lack of pork consumption. But not sure if there's a lot of land there to graze cattle. Not like in USA, Australia and the Pampas. Maybe it's imported?

I was surprised to read that. I had thought I'd read somewhere that Australia was number 3, just behind Uruguay and Argentina, but it might be old info. I know chicken consumption has been on the rise in Australia for about three decades, supplanting the more traditional beef and lamb of the Australian diet of the past. NZ beef consumption, I imagine, is offset by both a similar rise in chicken consumption and an even greater historical preference for lamb.

Fast food chains in the USA have historically had swathes of rainforest cut down just to farm cattle. I'm not surprised at all.

what's weird about it? seems pretty legit to me

I mean... Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil... everyone knows this region produces a ton of beef and leather. More cows down there than anywhere. The USA, Australia, and Mexico are also famous for their beef industries so they show up. Israel - I think they eat more lamb and chicken than beef, but they don't eat much pork so that's why I guessed them. Eastern Europe eats a ton of meat but mostly pork and chicken, however Bosnia and Kazakhstan peek through. Central Asians I knew eat horse and buffalo meat but wasn't surprised to see one show up with beef, too. South Korea was traditionally very vegetarian but last few decades they've added a lot of animal protein to their diet and due to Japanese and American influences that's mostly in the form of beef, chicken, fish, and squid. Then there are some geographically proximate/culturally similar countries... after that I just started guessing countries that were wealthy since those have more to spend on meat, that's how I got Kuwait and Switzerl

and. And finally picked up South Africa just on a guess. I figured the Boer farmers that colonized the country probably found good grazing land there, being similar in climate and topography to some of the South American countries famous for their beef.

I love me some pork belly or some spare ribs as much as the next guy, but not gonna lie, once you've sat down at a Buenos Aires parrilla and had some bife de chorizo with chimichurri sauce.... I've forgotten where I was going with this and my keyboard's getting covered in drool. I'm... I'm off to the butcher.

Because you thought it would be an answer.

I typed India about a minute into the quiz just because my silly brain was nagging me to do it.

Fourth person after it reset because all the %'s are 50, 75, and 100.

The data used for the quiz appears to be that of beef + buffalo produced for consumption, rather than actually consumed. Roughly 50% of CAR exports are to France, so while they might produce a good amount of beef locally, I'm not convinced that the local population can afford to eat it - rather it gets exported to France or elsewhere. Think the data source might not be the most appropriate measure of consumption, although I don't have alternate suggestion.

Beef, not meat.

I haven't been to Canada but I can imagine that venison might be quite popular. And seafood in coastal areas or near lakes.

In Argentina it isn´t a meal if there isn´t meat, I'm actually surprised consumtion is that low

If you look at the source data, those countries aren't included in the dataset, not sure why. Your reasoning for why they might be on here seems unconvincing to me.