A couple of days ago we wrote about the intensification of meat production in our part of WY. Today comes linkage to a report by German data firm Statista concerning the prevalence of meat consumption in a variety of countries. The news isn’t good for PETA and the greenies.
On average, 86 percent of people surveyed for the Statista Global Consumer Survey in 39 countries said that their diet contained meat – highlighting that despite the trend around meat substitutes and plant-based products, eating meat remains the norm almost everywhere in the world.
In only five out of the 39 countries - Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, China and India - fewer than 80 percent of respondents said that they ate meat. The latter country had the lowest score at 43 percent meat eaters. China, which had the second-lowest result in the survey, still counted 75 percent of respondents saying they ate meat.
The article reports the following percentages of meat eaters in these countries: Japan (95%), Russia (94%), U.S. (90%), Germany (86%), China (75%), and India (43%). Translating the second paragraph quoted above, 75-79% of those in Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, and China include meat in their diets. That’s three people out of four.
India is the definite outlier of the group, Statista explains why.
India’s penchant for vegetarian fare is connected to Brahmanism or Vedic religion, a belief system connected to the caste of Brahmans, which are highly regarded in the Indian caste system, making vegetarianism equally desirable.
In other words, being vegetarian is a marker of high status in India, much like being “woke” currently has that upscale cachet in the U.S. Many insecure humans crave high status, no big surprise.
