Wine O'Clock
Who drinks the most wine per person?
Who drinks the most wine per person?
| # | Country | Wine available for consumption per person, FAO food balance (kg/yr per capita) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 75.9 | 2023 |
| 2 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 53.5 | 2023 |
| 3 | 🇫🇷 France | 45.7 | 2023 |
| 4 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 18.2 | 2023 |
| 5 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 9.5 | 2023 |
| 6 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 2.6 | 2022 |
Luxembourg leads this card at 75.9, with Japan at 2.6. The gap is 73.3. Luxembourg is 29.19 times Japan.
Luxembourg has 75.9 kg of wine available per person, ahead of Portugal (53.5 kg). Spain, the vineyard people expect on top, is only #15 at 18.2 kg, and Georgia is #43. A tiny population makes Luxembourg's supply per resident enormous. This is FAO food available for consumption, not bottles produced.
Source: UN FAO Food Balances via Our World in Data See the source.
Golden Density
🇮🇹 Italy has a McDonald's density of 12.8 restaurants per million people. What is 🇪🇸 Spain's?
| Country | McDonald's restaurants per capita (per million people) |
|---|---|
| 🇮🇹 Italy | 12.8 |
| 🇪🇸 Spain | 13 |
Spain is 13 per million people and Italy is 12.8. The two sit together, well under northern Europe. The figure is McDonald's restaurants per million people in 2024, not burgers eaten. A small population makes the same outlet count look huge.
Source: Visual Capitalist (Gabriel Cohen), McDonald's restaurant count by market, 2024, divided by population. Restaurants per million people, not sales. See the source.
Side Salad
Meat consumption per person 🇮🇳🇰🇷
| # | Country | Carcass-mass availability, not loss-adjusted plate consumption (kg/yr per capita) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 70.7 | 2020 |
| 2 | 🇨🇳 China | 60.6 | 2020 |
| 3 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 49.3 | 2020 |
| 4 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 37 | 2020 |
| 5 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 11.7 | 2020 |
| 6 | 🇮🇳 India | 6.1 | 2020 |
India's supply is tiny because many Hindus do not eat beef, or any meat, and meat is expensive. Indonesia is also low: little pork, and chicken became common only recently. Note: FAO carcass supply.
Source: Wikipedia / FAO (meat supply per person, 2020) Food supply is used here as a proxy for consumption. See the source.