DailyMail has an article on the countries that eat the most vegies. The chart is hard to read, includes only the top 20, and is calibrated in kilograms per year. I’ve translated it into pounds per year per person, and included the top 100 broken up in 10s. This seems to be measuring the ‘color’ vegies, not including bread and other starches.
174.6 China 159.3 Croatia 153.5 Albania 125.6 Guyana 124.2 Macedonia 121.4 Tajikistan 120.1 Tunisia 117.3 Turkey 115.9 Uzbekistan 114.6 Bosnia 114.2 Kazakhstan 112.9 Armenia 99.2 Algeria 96.2 Laos 95.6 Oman 87.4 Libya 86.3 SKorea *** 85.5 Kyrgyzstan 84.0 Azerbaijan 83.4 Kuwait 79.3 Vietnam 77.9 Ukraine 73.2 Senegal 71.0 Greece *** 69.7 Qatar 68.9 Israel 68.2 Persia 66.2 Belarus 64.5 Egypt 63.6 Romania 61.6 Nepal 61.6 Mali 60.8 Macau 60.7 Belgium *** 59.4 Hong Kong 59.0 Portugal *** 57.9 Niger 57.5 Turkmenistan 57.3 Bahrain 56.5 Lebanon 55.6 NKorea 55.0 Malta 53.4 USA *** 51.5 Cameroon 48.5 Dominican Republic 48.5 Syria 48.1 Poland 47.8 Spain *** 46.9 Slovenia 46.5 Montenegro 45.8 Latvia 45.6 Jordan 45.3 Russia 45.2 Taiwan *** 45.1 Canada *** 44.9 Austria *** 44.5 Jamaica 43.7 Italy *** 43.6 France *** 43.3 Japan *** 42.9 Denmark *** 42.7 Switzerland *** 42.7 Serbia 42.5 Morocco 41.7 Germany *** 41.2 Cuba 41.0 Luxembourg *** 40.7 India 40.0 Dominica 39.9 Seychelles 39.8 Britain *** 39.7 Iraq 39.5 Moldova 39.3 Bulgaria 39.1 Hungary 39.1 Sweden *** 39.1 New Zealand *** 39.0 El Salvador 38.9 Malawi 38.8 Lithuania 38.0 Finland *** 37.4 Myanmar 37.0 Sudan 36.8 Afghanistan 36.5 Australia *** 36.4 Estonia 36.3 Micronesia 36.3 Fiji 35.9 Ireland *** 35.9 Grenada 35.3 Netherlands *** 35.0 Norway *** 34.8 Cyprus 34.7 Czechia 33.0 Slovakia 33.0 Chile *** 32.8 Saudi Arabia 32.6 Argentina *** 32.0 Georgia 31.3 Kenya
I’ve starred the countries that were considered ‘first world’ before 1990. USA is near the top of these, with most of Europe well down the list.
India surprised me. I figured it would be #1, but it’s #68.
The top 20 includes a LOT of small countries that were part of Yugoslavia or USSR before 1990. Still, there’s a nice clear pattern. 16 of the top 20 are mostly or entirely Muslim, with an emphasis on Ottoman influence. Halal is healthy.
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