The U.S. ranks 73rd in dairy spending
According to the USDA, Americans spend, on average, 8.59% of their food expenditures on dairy products, which makes the United States rank seventy-third out of 114 countries in that category.
Pakistan ranks first, with per capita dairy expenditures at 26.84% of total food expenditures. Sierra Leone ranks last, with per capita dairy expenditures at 1.13% of total food expenditures.
The world average is 9.60% in that category. The country closest to the world average is Peru, at 9.62%.
Categories: economy, Food and Drink, Ranking of 51 to 100
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The reduction in spending on dairy products by the American may partly be due to recession and the hate campaign directed against dairy products by some people in US. It will definitely go up in ranking from next year onwards when the economy recovers…
I’m not sure if the ranking will go up like you suggest. The data for this post is several years old, so it doesn’t reflect the current recession. In addition, the ranking is for the amount of total food budgets that go toward dairy products, not total spending on dairy.