The line chart vividly illustrated the changes in the figure for annual meat consumption between five countries, including China, the UK, Canada, Brazil and Kenya from 1961 to 2013.
Overall, the amount of meat consumption in China and Brazil witnessed a considerable growth between these years, while the figure in the UK and Kenya declined marginally. The statistic in Brazil and the UK, on the other hand, though fluctuated, shows an upward trend in total.
From approximately 4 kilograms per year in 1961, the number of meat consumption in China rose slightly to 6 kilograms in 1981, and climbed considerably by 40 kilograms in 2013, which is 10 times of the beginning figure. In addition, Brazil saw a modest increase from around 4 kilograms to nearly 18 kilograms. By contrast, Dropping from about 16 kilograms to about 6 kilograms from 1961 to 2013, the figure in Kenya witnessed the largest decline among these countries.
Between 1961 and 1991, the annual amount in the UK marginally grew from about 56 kilograms and climbed to a peak at 70 kilograms, but jumped to 50 kilograms until 2013. Meanwhile, a modest increase took place in Canada from 40 kilograms to around 45 kilograms between 1961 and 1981, then kept fluctuating in the following years and finally stopped at a little over 50 kilograms in 2013.