In this article, we will explore the fascinating world of List of countries by meat consumption, a topic that has captured the attention and interest of many people throughout history. From its origins to its impact today, List of countries by meat consumption has been the subject of debate, reflection and study by experts and enthusiasts alike. Through a detailed analysis and an in-depth look, we will immerse ourselves in the most relevant and outstanding aspects related to List of countries by meat consumption, offering a broad and enriching vision that will allow the reader to better understand its importance and relevance in today's society.
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This is a list of countries by meat consumption. Meat is animal flesh that is eaten as food.
The figures tabulated below do not represent per capita amounts of meat eaten by humans. Instead, they represent FAO figures for carcass mass availability (with "carcass mass" for poultry estimated as ready-to-cook mass), divided by population. The amount eaten by humans differs from carcass mass availability because the latter does not account for losses, which include bones, losses in retail and food service or home preparation (including trim and cooking), spoilage and "downstream" waste, and amounts consumed by pets (compare dressed weight). As an example of the difference, for 2002, when the FAO figure for US per capita meat consumption was 124.48 kg (274 lb 7 oz), the USDA estimate of US per capita loss-adjusted meat consumption was 62.6 kg (138 lb).
Additionally, the 2002 FAO study was potentially misleading for countries with high levels of meat export compared to their population, as it relied on production data using full carcass mass availability, whereas exports generally contain less bones, cartilage and other things not typically used for human consumption. For example, the FAO (2002) figure for Denmark, which has one of the highest meat export rates compared to its population, was 145.9 kg (322 lb) (highest in the world). More recent FAO figures (2009) have taken the earlier discrepancy into account, resulting in a significantly lower 95.2 kg (210 lb) for Denmark (13th in the world). When further adjusted for loss, calculations by DTU Fødevareinstituttet suggest the actual consumption was 48 kg (106 lb) per adult.
Country/Dependency | kg/person (2002)[note 1] | kg/person (2009) | kg/person (2017) | kg/person (2020) |
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38.2 | 44.1 | 41.78 | 47.51 |
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18.4 | 19.5 | 20.32 | 18.06 |
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24.9 | 26.8 | ||
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25 | 22.4 | 23.43 | 23.49 |
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56 | 84.3 | 74.56 | 72.05 |
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79.7 | 98.3 | 112.17 | 109.39 |
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27.7 | 45.8 | 41.96 | 45.64 |
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108.2 | 111.5 | 114.26 | 121.61 |
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94.1 | 102 | 84.94 | 87.23 |
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15.9 | 32 | 33.91 | 34.08 |
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123.6 | 109.5 | 87.93 | 67.05 |
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70.7 | |||
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3.1 | 4 | 4.27 | 4.04 |
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88.7 | 74.5 | 87.93 | 71.38 |
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58.6 | 78.4 | 81.57 | 81.47 |
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86.1 | 76.9 | 54.19 | 65.78 |
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74.7 | 42.5 | 41.07 | 41.09 |
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16.2 | 20.9 | 16.82 | 20.24 |
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3 | |||
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50 | 59.1 | 81.98 | 71.40 |
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21.4 | 27.9 | 40.98 | 36.03 |
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27.3 | 26.2 | 24.48 | 24.44 |
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82.4 | 85.3 | 99.36 | 77.32 |
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69.4 | 53 | 57.03 | 58.32 |
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11.2 | 14.8 | 12.75 | 12.00 |
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3.5 | 5.2 | ||
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13.9 | 16.6 | 12.67 | 12.34 |
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14.4 | 12.7 | 12.27 | 11.98 |
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108.1 | 94.3 | 90.09 | 82.63 |
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26.3 | 46.1 | 31.93 | 32.18 |
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11.3 | 13.3 | 11.22 | 12.38 |
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28 | 33.5 | 32.13 | 35.90 |
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14.3 | 13 | 11.56 | 26.48 |
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66.4 | 74.1 | 86.63 | 83.17 |
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52.4 | 58.2 | 61.7 | 60.60 |
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33.9 | 46.5 | 57.84 | 55.91 |
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7.6 | 13.4 | ||
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13.3 | 13.4 | 39.34 | 40.11 |
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4.8 | 5.3 | ||
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40.4 | 51.1 | 51.06 | 53.56 |
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49.9 | 66.3 | 75.19 | 75.30 |
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32.2 | 49.4 | 60.24 | 55.48 |
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131.3 | 78.1 | 76.87 | 72.83 |
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77.3 | 83.4 | 80.43 | 82.79 |
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145.9 | 95.2 | 76.87 | 70.83 |
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17.1 | 23.7 | 15.39 | 15.04 |
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67.1 | 68.6 | 60.49 | 55.03 |
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37.8 | 53.7 | 52.03 | 55.25 |
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45 | 56.4 | 46.04 | 45.22 |
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22.5 | 25.6 | 28.51 | 26.29 |
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21.4 | 28.3 | 33.54 | 30.52 |
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7.7 | 7.7 | ||
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67.4 | 59.6 | 63.43 | 63.64 |
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7.9 | 8.5 | 7.2 | 5.40 |
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39.1 | 38.8 | 41.16 | 43.85 |
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67.4 | 74.8 | 75.38 | 76.70 |
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101.1 | 86.7 | 77.97 | 83.05 |
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13.2 | 14.6 | ||
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112.2 | 101.9 | 89.68 | 96.09 |
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46 | 66.4 | 58.24 | 59.21 |
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5.2 | 8.1 | 7.82 | 7.82 |
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26 | 25.5 | 31.97 | 31.83 |
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82.1 | 88.1 | 80.5 | 87.79 |
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9.9 | 13.9 | 13.82 | 13.73 |
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78.7 | 74.8 | 68.65 | 71.70 |
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97 | 61 | 57.15 | 59.40 |
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12.7 | 13.6 | ||
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23.8 | 28.8 | 35.7 | 36.39 |
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6.5 | 8.6 | 12.04 | 13.05 |
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13 | 16.2 | 16.39 | 17.29 |
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31.8 | 39 | 45.24 | 45.22 |
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15.3 | 15.6 | 17.59 | 17.61 |
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24.7 | 34.3 | 32.96 | 33.09 |
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137.08 | |||
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100.7 | 76 | 79.74 | 79.73 |
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84.8 | 86.2 | 89.93 | 91.02 |
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5.2 | 4.4 | 3.97 | 3.78 |
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8.3 | 11.6 | 12.42 | 11.70 |
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23.1 | 36.3 | 37.78 | 35.98 |
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106.3 | 87.9 | 76.85 | 76.85 |
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97.1 | 96 | 97.82 | 97.02 |
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90.4 | 90.7 | 77.52 | 80.96 |
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56.8 | 59.1 | 58.96 | 58.97 |
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45.9 | 45.9 | 49.34 | 49.33 |
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29.8 | 42 | 35.31 | 37.91 |
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44.8 | 62.6 | 64.49 | 64.89 |
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14.3 | 16.7 | 15.26 | 15.94 |
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32.1 | 38.5 | 29.29 | 29.96 |
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60.2 | 119.2 | 67.46 | 67.12 |
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39 | 36.9 | 30.21 | 30.46 |
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15 | 21.3 | 24.63 | 30.41 |
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45.7 | 61.5 | 68.72 | 68.73 |
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63.1 | 58.8 | 29.52 | 23.97 |
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15.4 | 18.3 | 27.13 | 19.89 |
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7.9 | 10.4 | 18.37 | 18.27 |
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28.6 | 33.5 | ||
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49.5 | 78.2 | 81.25 | 81.28 |
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141.7 | 107.9 | 80.08 | 80.08 |
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103.15 | |||
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17.6 | 14.7 | 13.24 | 12.34 |
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5.1 | 8.3 | 10.96 | 20.34 |
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50.9 | 52.3 | 53.12 | 52.90 |
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16.6 | 21.6 | 20.22 | 20.61 |
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19 | 22.2 | 23.46 | 23.68 |
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86.9 | 84.5 | 81.1 | 82.06 |
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29.9 | 29.7 | 31.25 | 31.06 |
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39.6 | 49.4 | 50.95 | 50.90 |
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58.6 | 63.8 | 67.54 | 64.88 |
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22.7 | 26.8 | 38.12 | |
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108.8 | 82.1 | 87.9 | 88.38 |
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57.7 | 76.39 | 73.01 | |
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20.6 | 30.1 | 34.62 | 35.12 |
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5.6 | 7.8 | 8.28 | 9.39 |
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10.7 | 32.1 | 44.69 | 58.25 |
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34 | 28.3 | 31.76 | 30.53 |
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10 | 9.9 | 13.79 | 13.55 |
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89.3 | 85.5 | 64.5 | 75.82 |
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73.3 | 91 | ||
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76.6 | 72.6 | 73.16 | 68.61 |
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142.1 | 106.4 | 87.95 | 100.90 |
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14.9 | 25.3 | 30.77 | 30.82 |
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11.2 | 25.6 | 8.74 | 12.75 |
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8.6 | 8.8 | 7.33 | 7.15 |
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61.7 | 66 | 67.62 | 67.47 |
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10.8 | 13.4 | 13.67 | |
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35.4 | 40.8 | 36.62 | |
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49.8 | 43.34 | 43.34 | |
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12.3 | 14.7 | 16.01 | 16.87 |
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54.5 | 63.5 | 64.67 | 65.02 |
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70.3 | 41.9 | 42.35 | 54.07 |
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34.5 | 20.8 | 23.78 | 24.41 |
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31.1 | 33.6 | 36.6 | 37.04 |
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78.1 | 76.9 | 88.67 | 88.71 |
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91.1 | 93.4 | 90.99 | 94.07 |
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90.5 | |||
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46.8 | |||
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54.5 | 64.7 | 67.87 | 63.92 |
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51 | 69.2 | 85.95 | 87.81 |
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4.4 | 6.5 | 7.93 | 9.08 |
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99.3 | 70.8 | 87.31 | 82.51 |
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124.1 | 93.6 | 91.82 | 90.90 |
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79.1 | 91.4 | 93.38 | 91.05 |
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82.6 | 87.2 | 97.76 | 96.68 |
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9.6 | 16.5 | 14.83 | 14.18 |
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44.6 | 54.4 | 49.17 | 54.13 |
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17.7 | 15.8 | 15.2 | 14.13 |
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45.2 | 56 | 53.49 | |
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51.1 | 35.6 | ||
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6.1 | 7.3 | 8.55 | 8.23 |
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71.1 | |||
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67.4 | 60.4 | 58.25 | 59.35 |
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88 | 88.3 | 73.14 | 76.40 |
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9.7 | 11.9 | 11.75 | 11.74 |
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39 | 58.6 | 62.49 | 60.03 |
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48 | 54.1 | 55.89 | 70.71 |
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118.6 | 97 | 100.26 | |
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6.6 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 9.04 |
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21 | 19.1 | 20.97 | 21.39 |
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40.3 | 47.5 | 44.32 | 42.40 |
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34.2 | 26.9 | 25.75 | |
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76.1 | 80.2 | 74.04 | 77.07 |
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72.9 | 74.7 | 66.1 | 67.54 |
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21.2 | 22.8 | ||
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77.57 | |||
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8.7 | 14.7 | 14.73 | 16.47 |
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27.9 | 25.8 | 28.96 | 27.37 |
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41.3 | 33.8 | 31.29 | 31.51 |
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10 | 9.6 | ||
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8.5 | 11.7 | 12.1 | 12.58 |
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57.8 | 47.7 | 75.5 | 68.66 |
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25.5 | 25.9 | 28.45 | 28.36 |
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19.3 | 25.3 | 39.97 | 38.87 |
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41.7 | 58.6 | 55.73 | 60.22 |
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11.7 | 11 | 11.55 | 9.69 |
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32.3 | 48.5 | 48.49 | 46.92 |
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74.4 | 73.8 | 68.59 | 62.03 |
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79.6 | 84.2 | 79.86 | 79.90 |
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124.8 | 120.2 | 121 | 124.11 |
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98.6 | 55.3 | 56.44 | 57.70 |
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20.7 | 28.4 | 35.39 | 34.41 |
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32.6 | 35.4 | 38.32 | 36.03 |
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56.6 | 76.8 | 36.12 | 40.94 |
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28.6 | 49.9 | 64.68 | 63.34 |
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14.7 | 17.9 | 12.51 | 16.86 |
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11.9 | 12.3 | 14.19 | 13.12 |
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15.2 | 21.3 | 17.61 | 17.67 |