Food consumption
Food consumption in 2023 reached 788 kg per capita. The decrease in consumption was recorded for cereals in terms of flour (-4.5 kg), for meat in terms of carcass weight equivalent (-0.5 kg), for drinking milk (-1.6 kg), for cheese (-0.5 kg), for fruit (-2.2 kg), for vegetables (-0.3 kg), for potatoes (-1.1 kg), for rice (-0.9 kg) and for sugar (-3.1 kg). The consumption of pasta (+0.5 kg), bread (+0.6 kg), wheat bakery products (+0.2 kg) and eggs (+3 pieces) increased.
Cereal consumption in value of flour (per capita per year)
Publication date: 29. 11. 2024
2023
109.5 kg
Meat consumption in value per bone (per capita per year)
Publication date: 29. 11. 2024
2023
82.4 kg
Fruit consumption in fresh value (per capita per year)
Publication date: 29. 11. 2024
2023
85.2 kg
Consumption of fresh vegetables and potatoes (per capita per year)
Publication date: 29. 11. 2024
2023
87.2 kg
Data and time series
Consumption of selected kinds of food and beverages per capita per year in the Czech Republic
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bread (kg) | 39.7 | 39.2 | 39.3 | 39.0 | 38.2 | 39.8 | 39.1 | 39.7 |
| Wheat bakery products (kg) | 50.1 | 50.4 | 51.3 | 51.7 | 51.3 | 52.4 | 53.9 | 54.1 |
| Pigmeat (kg) | 42.8 | 42.3 | 43.2 | 43.0 | 43.4 | 44.6 | 43.9 | 41.8 |
| Beef (kg) | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 9.2 |
| Poultrymeat (kg) | 26.8 | 27.3 | 28.4 | 29.0 | 29.8 | 29.9 | 28.1 | 29.2 |
| Drinking milk (litres) | 58.6 | 59.5 | 58.0 | 57.1 | 57.6 | 56.7 | 57.8 | 56.2 |
| Cheese (kg) | 13.3 | 13.2 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 13.8 | 13.3 |
| Eggs (pcs) | 249 | 254 | 263 | 261 | 249 | 263 | 234 | 237 |
| Fats and oils (kg) | 27.2 | 27.1 | 27.3 | 27.5 | 27.4 | 26.7 | 26.1 | 26.0 |
| Fruit in terms of fresh (kg) | 84.0 | 82.0 | 86.1 | 86.5 | 87.8 | 90.6 | 87.4 | 85.2 |
| Vegetables in terms of fresh (kg) | 87.3 | 88.2 | 87.1 | 87.0 | 93.2 | 96.8 | 87.4 | 87.2 |
| Potatoes (kg) | 69.1 | 68.5 | 67.7 | 69.5 | 65.1 | 70.1 | 69.2 | 68.1 |
| Sugar (kg) | 34.1 | 34.9 | 34.8 | 35.0 | 35.7 | 36.3 | 36.9 | 33.8 |
| Mineral waters and non-alcolic beverages (litres) | 247.8 | 241.9 | 251.5 | 246.8 | 238.2 | 236.6 | 230.5 | 223.8 |
| Beer (litres) | 146.9 | 144.3 | 145.2 | 146.0 | 139.9 | 135.4 | 142.9 | 133.2 |