Eating The World

If everyone inward the public had the same diet every bit an average American too therefore the public would presently run out of food. What nosotros swallow is extremely of import inward determining the total of solid reason required to gain our food. Livestock takes upwards most 80% of global agricultural land, even therefore produces less than 20% of the world's render of calories. If every province inward the public adopted the US's gist based diet too therefore nosotros would demand 138% of the world's electrical flow habitable solid reason area. In other words nosotros would hold upwards incapable of feeding ourselves.

Our World inward Data has created an interactive map which shows the portion of global habitable solid reason needed for agriculture if everyone had the diet of each country. The countries colored cherry on the map all lead keep diets which would hold upwards completely unsustainable if the whole public adopted the same diet.

Currently around 50% of the world's habitable solid reason is used for agriculture (77% livestock & 23% crops). The countries colored greenish on the map are those alongside diets which if adopted worldwide would allow the public to run on using 50% (or less) of habitable solid reason for agriculture. The countries colored yellowish lead keep diets which if copied across the globe would hateful nosotros had to increase the per centum of habitable solid reason devoted to agriculture. This could hold upwards viable every bit none of these country's diets would require to a greater extent than than 100% of habitable solid reason beingness used for producing the world's nutrient requirement.