Belarus ranks 23rd in the world food safety ranking

September 27. Belarus ranks 23rd among 113 countries in the 2020 world food security rating, BelTA informs citing the official TELEGRAM channel of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.

As noted in the department, RUSSIA is in this rating in 24th place, Kazakhstan - 32nd, Azerbaijan - 56th, Uzbekistan - 83rd, Tajikistan - 85th, Poland - 25th, Spain - 26th , Hungary - 36th, Bulgaria - 44th, Ukraine - 54th. In 2019, Belarus ranked 36th.

"The demand of the population of Belarus in MEAT and dairy products is fully met by the products of its own production. Meat production in the country per capita exceeds its consumption by 38.4%, MILK and dairy products - by 3.4 times. Milk production per capita of the population is 828 kg/person with a consumption of 244 kg/person, and meat production - 137 kg/person with a consumption of 99 kg/person The level of self-sufficiency in meat is 134.9%, in milk - 244%, in the message.