Meat production has grown 2.6 times faster than population since 1961
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- Jun 8, 2015
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Production of meat in the world in 1961 was 71,357,168.89 million tonnes and in 2012 was 302,390,507.24 million tonnes. Calculation: (302,390,507.24 - 71,357,168.89)/71,357,168.89 x 100 = 324%
Population in 1961: 3,082,829,000 people; population in 2010: 6,916,185,000 people. Calculation: (6,916,185,000 - 3,082,829,000)/3,082,829,000 *100= 124 %
324% / 124% = 2.6
Meat production statistics: Calculated from FAOSTAT, (Browse Data, Production, Livestock Primary, Item: Meat, Total, Area: World, From Year 1961 to year 2012, Aggregation: average, accessed December 15, 2014), http://faostat3.fao.org/browse/Q/QL/E.
Population statistics: Calculated from FAOSTAT, (Browse Data, Population, Annual Population, World, 1961-2010, accessed December 15, 2014), http://faostat3.fao.org/browse/O/OA/E.