written/translated by: Renato Pichler / Georgia Blackwell
Investigation by EVANA Date: 2013-01
Updated 02/2007
Inhabitants (Million) | Vegetarians (total | % | statistics) | |
Australia: | ||
20.385903 |
611,577 | 3 % | (estimate) | |
Source: Australian Vegetarian Society | ||
België: | ||
10.2 |
204,000 | 2 % | | |
Source: Survey carried out for GAIA | ||
Canada: | ||
31.9 |
1,276,000 | 4 % | (estimate) | |
Source: Toronto Vegetarian Association | ||
Denemarken: | ||
5.4 |
81,000 | 1.5 % | ±0.5 (estimate) | |
Source: Dansk Vegetarforening | ||
Duitsland: | ||
82 |
7,380,000 | 9 % | | |
Source: Survey conducted by Institut Produkt und Markt | ||
Annotations: [9,8 % (NeuePresse.de), 11 % (STERN)] | ||
Frankrijk: | ||
60 |
less than 1,200,000 | less than 2 % | | |
Source: Alliance Végétarienne | ||
Groot-Brittannië: | ||
61 |
3,660,000 | 6 % | | |
Source: Mintel (2006) | ||
Annotations: According to a 2007 survey for Linda McCartney Foods, around 10 per cent of Brits eat no red meat, and there is a huge amount of ‘meat reducers’, with 31 million people eating vegetarian most of the time. | ||
Ierland: | ||
4.1 |
246,000 | 6 % | (estimate) | |
Source: Vegetarian Society of Ireland | ||
Indië: | ||
997.5 |
399,000,000 | 40 % | | |
Source: Hindu -CNN-IBN State of the Nation Survey | ||
Israel: | ||
7 |
595,000 | 8.5 % | | |
Source: Survey conducted by Israeli Ministry of Health, 1999-2001 | ||
Kroatië: | ||
4.5 |
166,500 | 3.7 % | | |
Source: Poll conducted by Spem communication group | ||
Nederland: | ||
16.3 |
700,900 | 4.3 % | | |
Source: Nederlandse Vereniging voor Veganisme | ||
Noorwegen: | ||
4.6 |
92,000 | 2 % | | |
Source: Norsk Vegetarforening | ||
Oostenrijk: | ||
8.1 |
243,000 | 3 % | | |
Source: Vegane Gesellschaft Österreich | ||
Polen: | ||
38.6 |
less than 386,000 | less than 1 % | | |
Source: | ||
Portugal: | ||
10 |
30,000 | 0.3 % | s=0.02 p=95% | |
Source: Nielsen survey for Centro Vegetariano | ||
Slovakije: | ||
5.4 |
54,000 | 1 % | (estimate) | |
Source: Vegetarianska spolocnost | ||
Spanje: | ||
45 |
1,800,000 | 4 % | (estimate) | |
Source: Asociacion Vegana Espanola (AVE) | ||
Tsjechië: | ||
10.2 |
153,000 | 1.5 % | ±0.5 | |
Source: StemMark Agency | ||
VSA: | ||
303.9 |
9,724,800 | 3.2 % | (of adults) | |
Source: Harris Interactive Service Bureau on behalf of Vegetarian Times 2008 | ||
Annotations: 10 percent of U.S., adults, or 22.8 million people, say they largely follow a vegetarian-inclined diet
Note:
A surprising 42% of all "vegetarians", or 4.8 millions adult Americans,
considered slaughter of animals to be murder | ||
Zweden: | ||
9 |
270,000 | 3 % | (estimate) | |
Source: Animal Rights Sweden | ||
Zwitserland: | ||
7.3 |
657,000 | 9 % | | |
Source: Swiss Union for Vegetarianism | ||
Annotations: 9% according to the Nutritrend-Study from Néstle from 2001 are "almost" vegetarians (around 3% are really vegetarians) | ||
Note: As it is not possible to obtain data from the Ministries or Statistical offices of the various countries, our compilation is based on other sources available to us.