Balance Sheet for Food Commodities 2023, preliminary and 2022 final figures

In 2023, poultry meat consumption increased about 0.9 kilograms. The consumption of beef decreased about 0.4 kilograms and pork consumption by about one kilogram per capita. 

• The consumption of uncooked meat as carcass meat (with bones) was 77.8 kilograms per capita, when game and offal are also taken into account. The total consumption of meat decreased about 0.6 kilograms from the previous year. 
• The total consumption of cereals was about 86 kilograms, increased from the previous year 0.8 kilograms. In 2023, were consumed 48.9 kilograms of wheat, 13.0 kilograms of rye, 9.7 kilograms of oats, 0.8 kilograms of barley and 7.9 kilograms of rice per person. 
• Approximately 87 litres of liquid milk were used per capita, which is 3.3 per cent less than in 2022. The share of low-fat milk in the consumption of liquid milk was 56 per cent. 
• The total consumption of liquid milk products was 133 kilograms per capita, about two per cent less than in 2022.
• In 2023, approximately 26 kilograms of cheese was eaten. The consumption of eggs was approximately 11.4 kilograms per capita.
• The consumption of fresh fruit was 45.9 kilograms, the consumption of dried fruit and fruit preserves 5.9 kilograms, and the consumption of fresh vegetables 56.7 kilograms. 
• The total consumption of fish was approximately 14.1 kilograms per capita in 2023, decreased about one kilogram from the previous year.

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.