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Milk and dairy products in human nutrition
Between 1987 and 2007 per capita consumption of milk increased throughout
the developing world, except in sub-Saharan Africa (Table 2.1). Rate of increase
varied from 0.4 percent per annum in the Near East and North Africa to 9.7 percent
in China, and both rates of expansion and levels of consumption differ widely. By
far the highest regional consumption levels are observed in Latin America and the
Caribbean (LAC). On the other hand, per caput consumption growth in the region
has been relatively slow, albeit with Brazil showing a rate of growth well above the
regional average. While meat consumption is growing faster than milk consumption
in developing countries as a whole, milk consumption is increasing faster than meat
consumption in East and Southeast Asia and South Asia (Table 2.1). Dairy products
are the major source of animal protein in the diet in South Asia in particular.
Table 2.1
Per capita consumption of livestock primary products by region and subregion, 1987 and 2007
Meat Milk Eggs
Per capita
consumption
(kg/yr)
Annual
growth
(%)
Per capita
consumption
(kg/yr)
Annual
growth
(%)
Per capita
consumption
(kg/yr)
Annual
growth
(%)
Region 1987 2007
1987–
2007
1987 2007
1987–
2007
1987 2007
1987–
2007
Developed 81.0 86.6 0.3 208.7 213.7 0.1 14.6 13.7 −0.3
Former centrally
planned economies
Other developed
countries
69.1 56.5 −1.0 182.9 179.8 −0.1 14.7 11.6 −1.2
86.5 95.8 0.5 221.0 224.1 0.1 14.5 13.9 −0.2
Developing 16.9 29.6 2.8 37.5 55.2 2.0 3.6 7.4 3.7
East and
Southeast Asia
18.4 44.7 4.6 6.4 24.9 7.0 4.5 13.6 5.6
China 20.4 53.5 4.9 4.5 28.7 9.7 4.9 17.4 6.5
Rest of East and
Southeast Asia
13.6 26.6 3.4 10.7 17.0 2.4 3.7 5.8 2.3
Latin America and
the Caribbean
41.8 64.1 2.2 96.1 113.3 0.8 7.5 9.5 1.2
Brazil 45.9 80.5 2.9 88.7 124.6 1.7 7.9 7.5 −0.3
Rest of Latin
America
39.6 55.7 1.7 99.9 107.4 0.4 7.3 10.5 1.8
South Asia 4.7 4.6 −0.1 52.3 72.0 1.6 1.1 2.0 3.2
India 4.1 3.3 −1.1 51.0 68.7 1.5 1.1 2.1 3.4
Rest of South Asia 6.8 8.6 1.2 56.7 82.0 1.9 1.1 1.8 2.5
Near East and
North Africa
21.0 28.4 1.5 80.8 87.1 0.4 4.2 6.0 1.8
Sub-Saharan Africa 13.5 14.0 0.2 31.4 30.2 −0.2 1.6 1.7 0.3
World 32.0 40.3 1.2 77.9 84.9 0.4 6.2 8.6 1.7
Source: Elaboration on data from FAOSTAT, 2011 for consumption and the UN for population data.