Balance Sheet for Food Commodities 2020, preliminary and 2019 final figures

• The total consumption of meat decreased slightly from the previous year. In 2020, the consumption of meat as carcass meat (with bones) was 79.2 kilograms per capita, when game and offal are also taken into account. The consumption of poultry meat increased by 4 per cent to 27.5 kilograms. The consumption of pork decreased by 3.5 per cent to 29.7 kilograms. The consumption of beef remained almost unchanged at 18.6 kilograms. Approximately half a kilogram of mutton was consumed.
• The total consumption of cereals decreased from the previous year by 1 per cent to 80.7 kilograms. The consumption of oats decreased slightly, the consumption of rice increased somewhat and the consumption of other cereals remained approximately unchanged. The consumption of wheat was 43.9, oats 8.5, rye 15.4, barley 1.8 and rice 7.0 kilograms per capita.
• Approximately 98 litres of milk was consumed per capita, which is 4 per cent less than in 2019. The share of low-fat milk in the consumption of liquid milk was 57 per cent, the share of skimmed milk 30 per cent and the share of whole milk slightly more than 10 per cent.
• The total consumption of liquid milk products was 144 kilograms per capita, which is approximately 4 per cent less than in the previous year.
• In 2020, approximately 25.3 kilograms of cheese was eaten. The consumption of eggs increased by nearly 4 per cent to 12.4 kilograms per capita.
• The consumption of fresh fruit was 58.3 kilograms, the consumption of dried fruit and fruit preserves slightly more than 6 kilograms, and the consumption of fresh vegetables 64.1 kilograms.
• The total consumption of fish was 14.9 kilograms per capita in 2020.

The calculation does not indicate the exact amount of food consumption. The figures in the Balance Sheet for Food Commodities represent the amount available for consumption rather than actual consumption, because volumes of storage losses and other waste are not available from all stages of the food chain.

The meat consumption figures reported in the Balance Sheet for Food Commodities and the graph below also include bones, i.e., they are reported as carcass meat. Typically, carcass meat contains 80 per cent of boneless meat. In addition, the cooking loss ranges from 10 to 30 per cent, depending on the product. The weight of cooked meat is around 50 per cent of the weight of carcass meat.

The data of the Balance Sheet for Food Commodities 2019 in statistics database were corrected on 22 June 2022.