Burma Beef

Facts about beef in Burma

• Myanmar has a population equivalent to Thailand- but more unused arable land and only about a third of its per capita meat consumption
• beef consumption on the country would be limited due to mainstream Buddhist and animist beliefs.
• At approximately 11kg- the country has the second per capita meat consumption among ASEAN nations.
• Burma has even lower per capita than that of Cambodia with 13.9kg and Laos with 15kg.
• Burma’s relatively low meat consumption is partly offset by high seafood consumption per capita.