Global environmental impacts of the meat industry by type 2019

Published by Ian Tiseo, Jul 10, 2025

The traditional meat industry is known to have a relatively high environmental impact, mostly due to high emissions and water consumption. Globally, production of beef emitted around

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kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent per kilogram as of 2019, over nine times the emissions from pork production.

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Environmental footprint from meat production worldwide as of 2019, by meat product*

CharacteristicGreenhouse gas emissions (n kilograms of carbon dioxide per kilogram)Freshwater withdrawals (in liters per kilogram)Land use (in square meters per kilogram)
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October 2019

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2019

Supplementary notes

* Global average, considering one kilogram of fat and bone-free and edible offal.

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