Average Meat Eater Consumes 7,000 to 27,000 Animals

Global statistics on vegetarianism and veganism might differ greatly from one nation to the next. For instance, only 5% of Americans and 24% of Indians, respectively, are vegetarians. That indicates that a sizable portion of the world still eats meat. Amazingly, everyone consumes a lot of meat.

Another statistic that is difficult to pinpoint precisely and accurately, but you can get a sense of the sheer numbers based on the data that is currently accessible. The Vegetarian Calculator developed an algorithm in 2015 that it claimed could calculate how many animals you saved by adopting a vegetarian or vegan diet. They claimed that if you were a meat eater, you would consume 7,000 animals over the course of your lifetime, including 11 cows, 27 pigs, and 2,400 chickens.

According to research published on Vox in 2022, the average American consumed 25 land animals annually, 23 of which were chickens. When seafood is included, the annual total increases to 174, with the majority of that amount (137) consisting of shellfish like shrimp.

You may have 76 years of eating 174 animals annually if the average American lives 77 years and subtracts a year for the period you won't be eating too many steaks and ribs as a newborn. There would be 13,224 creatures in all. 1,748 hens, 912 fish, 25 pigs, and 7.6 entire cows are included in it.

Now, a few years after that 2015 report about people consuming 7,000 animals a year, if you go to the Vegetarian Calculator now, the figures have altered. They claim that if you input 76 years into their calculation, 15,352 animals' lives have been saved. Going to their vegan calculator increases the statistics to 27,758 animals not eaten in 76 years, which is even more striking. We currently have a population of around 20,000 animals. Which figure is hence the most precise? However you cut it, you're slicing up a lot of creatures, so maybe it doesn't matter.