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Table A

Score
1
India
0.98
2
Sweden
1.27
3
Nigeria
1.52
4
Tanzania
1.66
5
Switzerland
1.78
6
Ethiopia
1.84
7
Philippines
1.97
8
Egypt
1.97
9
Kenya
2.33
10
Germany
2.59
11
Austria
2.60
12
Japan
2.64
13
Niger
3.04
14
Italy
3.38
15
Pakistan
3.41
16
United Kingdom
3.48
17
South Africa
3.79
18
South Korea
3.82
19
France
3.85
20
Colombia
3.89
21
Algeria
4.12
22
Spain
4.15
23
Russia
4.20
24
Azerbaijan
4.29
25
Thailand
4.45
26
Vietnam
4.53
27
Argentina
4.55
28
Ukraine
4.97
29
Venezuela
5.05
30
Turkey
5.10
31
China
5.14
32
Mexico
5.27
33
Romania
5.30
34
Canada
5.53
35
Poland
5.93
36
Denmark
6.00
37
Belarus
6.01
38
Peru
6.57
39
Morocco
6.81
40
Myanmar
6.90
41
Netherlands
7.25
42
United States
7.38
43
Chile
7.77
44
Australia
8.19
45
Brazil
8.59
46
Indonesia
9.36
47
Malaysia
10.62
48
New Zealand
13.14
49
Iran
13.92
50
Uruguay
14.66
World
4.07

Number of farmed animals per person (2018)

Almost 60% of the farmed animal population in the VACI sample are kept in five countries (China, the United States, Indonesia, Brazil and India). The human dependency on animals varies widely from country to country. New Zealand has thirteen times more animals per person than India. Other things being equal, the greater the dependency, the more suffering inflicted on animals. Eight of the ten countries least dependent on animals (India, Sweden, Nigeria, Tanzania, Switzerland, Ethiopia, Philippines and Kenya) are among the ten least cruel countries according to the VACI.

Table B

Score
1
Kenya
0.76
2
Ethiopia
1.07
3
Niger
1.17
4
Nigeria
1.26
5
Tanzania
1.88
6
India
1.98
7
Pakistan
5.73
8
Japan
6.41
9
Vietnam
6.49
10
Algeria
7.39
11
Switzerland
8.75
12
Egypt
9.34
13
Germany
9.52
14
Italy
9.81
15
Uruguay
9.96
16
Azerbaijan
9.97
17
China
10.19
18
Sweden
10.65
19
Philippines
11.11
20
Indonesia
11.39
21
Austria
11.52
22
Venezuela
12.99
23
Mexico
14.75
24
Romania
15.13
25
Turkey
15.39
26
Ukraine
15.71
27
France
15.80
28
Colombia
15.98
29
Morocco
16.49
30
Chile
16.80
31
Argentina
16.86
32
South Africa
17.54
33
United Kingdom
17.79
34
Russia
18.17
35
Spain
18.65
36
Thailand
18.97
37
South Korea
20.48
38
Denmark
21.28
39
Canada
21.73
40
Poland
22.92
41
Iran
23.37
42
Peru
25.66
43
Myanmar
27.92
44
Australia
28.06
45
Malaysia
28.80
46
United States
29.31
47
Brazil
30.84
48
New Zealand
31.80
49
Netherlands
37.20
50
Belarus
37.69
World
10.10

Number of farmed animals slaughtered for food per person (2018)

For each human being in the world, approximately ten land-based farmed animals are killed for food per year. The number varies considerably from country to country. It is less than one in Kenya and as high as 38 in Belarus. Nine of the ten countries which kill the fewest animals per person are low or middle income nations. Japan, a high income country, ranks 8th as it relies on marine life for much of its animal protein consumption.

Table C

Score
1
Nigeria
8.39
2
Ethiopia
8.72
3
Tanzania
12.37
4
Niger
14.62
5
Indonesia
15.05
6
Egypt
19.34
7
India
20.04
8
Morocco
22.99
9
Kenya
23.89
10
Iran
26.03
11
Algeria
26.73
12
Peru
31.23
13
Thailand
31.52
14
Azerbaijan
31.93
15
Philippines
32.00
16
Vietnam
33.20
17
China
33.54
18
Turkey
34.43
19
Myanmar
36.73
20
South Korea
38.25
21
South Africa
40.27
22
Ukraine
41.24
23
Pakistan
41.56
24
Venezuela
42.04
25
Malaysia
42.62
26
Mexico
44.27
27
Japan
44.83
28
Canada
47.34
29
Romania
48.15
30
Chile
49.31
31
Italy
49.63
32
Colombia
49.93
33
Poland
51.15
34
Russia
51.64
35
Belarus
51.82
36
Uruguay
51.93
37
New Zealand
53.70
38
United Kingdom
53.89
39
Brazil
56.94
40
Spain
57.19
41
Austria
58.48
42
Germany
58.83
43
France
58.95
44
Switzerland
59.38
45
Sweden
59.89
46
Denmark
61.95
47
Netherlands
63.01
48
United States
63.20
49
Argentina
63.21
50
Australia
63.89
World
35.16

Percentage of farmed animal protein consumed per person per day (2017)

Consuming cruelty levels are crucially dependent on dietary choices. On average, world consumption of land-based animals accounts for 35% of protein use. This share varies widely from less than 10% in Nigeria to almost 64% in Australia. Here again, low and medium income countries rank ahead of high income nations. Nine of the ten countries ranked at the bottom of the scale are high income.

Table D

Animal protein weight
% as meat
1
Nigeria
4.47
0.691
2
Ethiopia
5.71
0.473
3
Tanzania
7.12
0.501
4
Indonesia
8.23
0.605
5
Niger
11.89
0.514
6
India
12.69
0.117
7
Kenya
14.28
0.509
8
Thailand
16.03
0.602
9
Egypt
17.32
0.705
10
Philippines
17.4
0.809
11
Morocco
21.08
0.670
12
Iran
21.92
0.655
13
Peru
22.21
0.649
14
Venezuela
22.41
0.639
15
Algeria
24.52
0.291
16
Vietnam
26.45
0.874
17
Malaysia
26.52
0.695
18
Pakistan
27.3
0.250
19
Myanmar
28.26
0.730
20
Azerbaijan
29.2
0.475
21
South Korea
30.86
0.789
22
China
30.95
0.681
23
Japan
31.38
0.576
24
South Africa
32.94
0.787
25
Ukraine
34.24
0.493
26
Turkey
34.37
0.450
27
Colombia
35.08
0.553
28
Mexico
39.41
0.595
29
Chile
41.92
0.710
30
Uruguay
42.46
0.489
31
Canada
45.14
0.631
32
New Zealand
45.25
0.749
33
Belarus
46.36
0.658
34
Italy
48.97
0.570
35
Russia
49.17
0.563
36
Poland
49.9
0.653
37
Brazil
50.33
0.703
38
Romania
50.57
0.447
39
United Kingdom
53.24
0.587
40
Spain
54.18
0.631
41
Switzerland
54.18
0.440
42
Germany
58.77
0.501
43
Sweden
59.08
0.484
44
France
60.9
0.521
45
Austria
60.91
0.504
46
Netherlands
61.61
0.458
47
Argentina
63.59
0.745
48
Denmark
64.8
0.486
49
Australia
65.1
0.682
50
United States
68.43
0.604
World
27.15
0.572

Share of meat in the farmed animal protein diet (2017)

Human beings consume about 27g of farmed animal protein per capita per day on average but there is a wide variation among countries – from a low of less than 5g in Nigeria to around 68g in the United States. The share of meat in the farmed animal protein diet averages 57% for the world while dairy and eggs account for a share of 32% and 11% respectively. Here again, the shares vary considerably from country to country. The share of meat in the farmed animal protein diet is highest in Vietnam (87%) and lowest in India (12%) while the share of dairy is highest in India (81%) and lowest in Vietnam (7%) and the share of eggs varies from less than 1% in Niger to 24% in Thailand.

Table E

Live animals exported
1
Algeria
5
2
Venezuela
21
3
Nigeria
42
4
South Korea
8,016
5
Japan
12,092
6
Chile
14,468
7
Morocco
24,108
8
Azerbaijan
43,544
9
Egypt
54,002
10
Ethiopia
71,290
11
Philippines
76,000
12
Niger
136,568
13
Ukraine
147,615
14
Myanmar
216,002
15
Indonesia
267,882
16
Uruguay
303,042
17
Colombia
437,428
18
Argentina
443,801
19
Kenya
475,521
20
Belarus
523,829
21
Tanzania
554,133
22
Vietnam
578,607
23
India
611,351
24
Mexico
1,206,207
25
Peru
1,214,112
26
Switzerland
1,753,789
27
China
2,038,870
28
New Zealand
2,326,562
29
Pakistan
3,894,268
30
Australia
4,078,147
31
Sweden
5,029,565
32
South Africa
6,228,361
33
Thailand
8,868,744
34
Russia
11,568,976
35
Italy
16,506,307
36
Brazil
18,262,967
37
Romania
20,333,783
38
Canada
24,743,858
39
United Kingdom
25,367,866
40
Austria
27,107,851
41
Spain
32,277,670
42
Iran
33,882,064
43
Poland
42,014,680
44
Turkey
52,089,141
45
Malaysia
56,783,276
46
Denmark
79,477,108
47
United States
80,252,562
48
France
130,522,161
49
Germany
356,903,422
50
Netherlands
377,556,755
World
1,427,288,439

Number of live animals exported (2020)

Table E ranks 50 countries according to the number of live animals they export each year. It partially addresses a cruelty dimension not adequately captured in the producing cruelty dimension of the VACI.

VACI Countries