The given chart depicts a European country’s consumption of four distinct kinds of meat: fish, lamb, beef, and chicken. The time duration of 1979 to 2004 and the unit value is grains per person per week.
The most salient observation is the net decline of consumption of every meat type in the final year with comparison to the initial year, with the exception of chicken, which reached around 250 units in 2004. Another notable trend is that all four types maintained their relative order of value throughout the period, barring the deviation of chicken, that surpassed beef in 1989 at around 200 units, to rank first in utilization.
While both the fish and lamb had decreased in valuation, the former had a rather gradual decrease of 10 units compared to the latter’s steep drop of 90 units from the starting 150 units. This trend was even more prominent in beef that diminished by total 110 units after it peaked at 240 units. Conversely, chicken surged by the same amount during the observation frame.