Consumption of Beef

Amount of consumption of beef based on the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication's household expenditure survey. The household expenditure survey was conducted by selecting 9,000 households in Japan, from which one-member households were excluded, and the amount of consumption per household with two or more members was examined. With respect to the amount of expenditure by prefecture, the amount of expenditure was extracted for only prefectural capitals, based on which the trend of consumption for each prefecture is calculated. Likewise, in this website, the data for each prefecture is based on the data for each prefectural capital. The data is calculated based on the average for 2006, 2007 and 2008, with units in gram.

The national average amount of consumption of beef per household is 6,845 grams which, based on calculation, is 570 grams per month. The amount of consumption of beef is greatest in Wakayama, with 10,844 grams. Mie, famous for its Matsuzaka beef, is ranked 2nd. Of the top 10 prefectures, 5 are prefectures in the Kansai area.

The distribution map clearly shows that the amount of consumption is greater in western Japan and smaller in eastern Japan. The correlative ranking shows that it is negatively correlated with the amount of consumption of pork, indicating that where the amount of consumption of beef is great, the amount of consumption of pork is small. It can be said that beef is more popular in western Japan and pork in eastern Japan.