[All] Koreans, the ‘Chicken Nation’, consume 26 chickens per person per year

Koreans, the ‘Chicken Nation’, consume 26 chickens per person per year

While Samgyetang is considered a representative summer health food for Koreans, it was revealed that each person consumed about 26 chickens in Korea last year. Domestic chicken consumption has doubled in 20 years.

According to the agricultural outlook statistics of the Korea Rural Economic Institute on the 21st, the number of chickens slaughtered in Korea last year exceeded 1 billion, reaching 1,011,370,000. If we simply divide this by the population (approximately 50 million), it means that each person ate 20 chickens.

However, the import volume of chicken is much larger than the export volume. Considering that the domestic consumption last year was 789,000 tons (tons), which was 30% higher than the production (607,000 tons), if we combine the domestically slaughtered chicken and the imported chicken, it can be seen that each person ate 26 chickens.

Last year's per capita chicken consumption by weight was 15.7 kg based on meat (meat excluding bones).

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According to the OECD's data on per capita consumption of poultry, centered on chicken, Korea's estimated consumption this year is 17.6 kg, which is higher than the world average (14.6 kg), but far below the top-ranking United States (49.3 kg) and the European Union (EU) (23.1 kg). The country that consumes the most chicken in Asia is Malaysia, a Muslim-majority country, with per capita poultry consumption reaching 47.4 kg. Japan and China's per capita poultry consumption is 13.4 kg and 14.1 kg, respectively, which is lower than Korea's. India's consumption is only 2.2 kg.

Last year, the per capita consumption of the three major types of meat in Korea was 60.6 kg, which was higher than the consumption of rice (56.4 kg). Pork (30.1 kg) was the most, followed by chicken (15.7 kg) and beef (14.8 kg).

“Koreans’ meat consumption is increasing, but it is lower than in Western countries,” said Song Woo-jin, a researcher at the Korea Rural Economic Institute. “Meat consumption, including chicken, will continue to increase in the future.”

Meanwhile, the time when chicken is consumed the most in Korea is definitely summer. Last year, the number of chickens slaughtered in July was slightly over 100 million. Compared to February, when the number of chickens slaughtered was the lowest, this is 30 million more.

In Korea, one out of six chickens slaughtered a year is a small samgyetang (chicken for samgyetang). The percentage of samgyetang is particularly high in July, when people eat a lot of samgyetang around the first and second hottest days of summer. Last July, out of the 100 million chickens slaughtered, about 30 million were samgyetang.

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    tnZonkey963
    치킨의 민족 많네요~
    저희집도 일주일에 닭먹는날이 3회 이상은 되는것 같네요
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    skMongoose428
    생각해보니 치킨 참 많이 시켜먹는거 같아요. 한달에 2번은 시켜먹는듯요
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    seHedgehog609
    솔직히 저도 한 달에 치킨 몇 마리는 먹습니다
    그걸 일년으로 계산하면 저 정도는 될 겁니다
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    milolong
    고기중에 닭고기를 제일 많이 먹게되는거 같아요 치민도 그렇고 샐러드에도 닭가슴살 넣어먹고 때되면 삼계탕도 먹어줘야하고요
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    jiCoyote924
    치킨을 그렇게 많이 소비하는 줄은 몰랐네요 저는 몇 개나 먹는지 생각해 봅니다
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    97Otter866
    저는 닭을 괘지고기 소고기보다 좋아해서 저거보다 더 많이 먹는 듯 하네요 ㅋ
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    uto4489
    저도 닭고기를 제일 많이 먹는거 같아요 닭요리 맛있는거 넘 많아요
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    베리맘
    진짜 치킨은 많이 시켜먹는것같아요.ㅎㅎ
    저도 한달에한번은 꼭먹는것같아요
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    ja941016
    치킨은 못 참죠 치킨 종류도 다양해서 치킨의 민족 맞다고 생각해요ㅋㅋ물가 안정돼서 가격만 더 안 올랐으면 좋겠네요ㅠㅠ
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    skdudvvv
    정말 한국인들 치킨 많이 먹는 것 같아요
    놀랍지 않은 결과
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    팔플러스
    역시 치킨의 민족입니다 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 전 예전에 진짜 많이 치킨 먹었을때가 2,3일에 한번씩 치킨 먹었었는데 요즘은 한달에 2번 먹나 싶네요 ㅠㅠ 치킨값도 넘 비싸요 
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    kiChinchilla900
    저도 다른고기보다 닭을 많이먹긴해요. 육류소비좀 줄여야겠어요
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    litmit
    저만해도 26마리 이상 먹는 것 같아요ㅠㅠ 육류 소비량 줄여나가야겠어요!
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    jaPenguin4
    많이 먹긴 하는 거 같아요 육식을 좀 줄여야할까봐요
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    c1Manatee850
    역시 많이 소비하는듯.. 한국인의 식성과도 무관치 않은듯
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    pkqlsx887900
    저도 1주일에 한번먹네요
     시켜먹을때 제일먼저 생각 나는게 치킨이네요
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    ppGoat116
    저도 초복때 먹었어요
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    vholic1230
    1년에 26마리 밖에 안돼요? 더 될 것 같은데 이상하네...ㅎㅎ
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    yeGazelle182
    만만하게 먹는게 치킨인 것 같아요. 저도 배달앱들어가면 그냥 치킨 시키기도 하더라고요.
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    cjGorilla396
    자랑은 아닌것같아요,, 육식 다들 줄여야 하는데 말이죠