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 Human consumption of meat per capita (kg/ inhab.)
Characteristic Description
Name Human consumption of meat per capita (kg/ inhab.) by Meat type; Annual - 0000211
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Animal products supply balance sheet
First available period 1981
Last available period 2025
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (Portugal)
  • Meat type
Concepts
  • HUMAN CONSUMPTION:  Use that corresponds to the quantities of products consumed by the resident population in the form of primary products consumed in this state or in the form of industrialised products converted to primary products in the reference period.
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  The persons who regardless of the fact that at the moment of observation ' 0:00 a.m. of the reference day ' are present or absent in a given housing unit, this unit being where they live during most of the year with their family, or where they have all or most of their belongings.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
Formule Human consumption/ Population
Measure unit (symbol) Kilogramme/ Inhabitant (kg/ inhab.)
Power of 10  0
Observations Population at 31/06 of year n.
Last update date 24/07/2026

 

 Self sufficiency of meat (%)
Characteristic Description
Name Self sufficiency of meat (%) by Meat type; Annual - 0000212
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Animal products supply balance sheet
First available period 1981
Last available period 2025
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (Portugal)
  • Meat type
Concepts
  • MEAT:  All parts of cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, poultry and rabbits and bred or wild game suitable for human consumption.
  • DEGREE OF SELF-SUPPLY:  A percentage resulting from the ratio between domestic production (obtained exclusively from national raw materials) and total domestic use. For a given product, it measures a territory's degree of dependence on other countries (import needs) or its export capacity.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
Formule (Usable production/ Internal use)*100
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 24/07/2026

 

 Human consumption of milk and dairy products per capita (kg/ inhab.)
Characteristic Description
Name Human consumption of milk and dairy products per capita (kg/ inhab.) by Type of milk and dairy products; Annual - 0000214
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Animal products supply balance sheet
First available period 1983
Last available period 2025
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (Portugal)
  • Type of milk and dairy products
Concepts
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  The persons who regardless of the fact that at the moment of observation ' 0:00 a.m. of the reference day ' are present or absent in a given housing unit, this unit being where they live during most of the year with their family, or where they have all or most of their belongings.
  • HUMAN CONSUMPTION:  Use that corresponds to the quantities of products consumed by the resident population in the form of primary products consumed in this state or in the form of industrialised products converted to primary products in the reference period.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
Formule Human consumption/ Population
Measure unit (symbol) Kilogramme/ Inhabitant (kg/ inhab.)
Power of 10  0
Observations Population at 31/06 of year n.
Last update date 15/07/2026

 

 Self sufficiency of milk and dairy products (%)
Characteristic Description
Name Self sufficiency of milk and dairy products (%) by Type of milk and dairy products; Annual - 0000215
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Animal products supply balance sheet
First available period 1983
Last available period 2025
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (Portugal)
  • Type of milk and dairy products
Concepts
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • DEGREE OF SELF-SUPPLY:  A percentage resulting from the ratio between domestic production (obtained exclusively from national raw materials) and total domestic use. For a given product, it measures a territory's degree of dependence on other countries (import needs) or its export capacity.
Formule (Production/ Internal use)*100
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 15/07/2026

 

 Human consumption of eggs per capita (kg/ inhab.)
Characteristic Description
Name Human consumption of eggs per capita (kg/ inhab.); Annual - 0000217
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Animal products supply balance sheet
First available period 1983
Last available period 2025
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (Portugal)
Concepts
  • HUMAN CONSUMPTION:  Use that corresponds to the quantities of products consumed by the resident population in the form of primary products consumed in this state or in the form of industrialised products converted to primary products in the reference period.
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  The persons who regardless of the fact that at the moment of observation ' 0:00 a.m. of the reference day ' are present or absent in a given housing unit, this unit being where they live during most of the year with their family, or where they have all or most of their belongings.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
Formule Human consumption/ Population
Measure unit (symbol) Kilogramme/ Inhabitant (kg/ inhab.)
Power of 10  0
Observations Population at 31/12 of year n.
Last update date 24/07/2026

 

 Self sufficiency of eggs (%)
Characteristic Description
Name Self sufficiency of eggs (%); Annual - 0000218
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Animal products supply balance sheet
First available period 1983
Last available period 2025
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (Portugal)
Concepts
  • DEGREE OF SELF-SUPPLY:  A percentage resulting from the ratio between domestic production (obtained exclusively from national raw materials) and total domestic use. For a given product, it measures a territory's degree of dependence on other countries (import needs) or its export capacity.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
Formule (Usable production/ Internal use)*100
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 24/07/2026


information presented in 14/8/2026