I stumbled onto these data which show meat consumption in kilograms over the years for a range of nations. I was curious as to the relationship between meat consumption & GDP PPP per capita. My logic is that the more $ you have the more calories you'll purchase in form of flesh protein & fat. That being said, there's obviously a limit to how many calories you might want to purchase per day, so extra cost of meat for the wealthy would be in the form of quality (e.g., eating only Kobe beef). I took the 2002 data on meat consumption and plotted it against GDP PPP per capita from 2007. The relationship is rather straightforward.




The thick black line is a fit via loess. Here's a plot that's log-transformed:




OK, but what you want to do are the deviations from the trend line, right? If you're "Green" minded, the "naughty and the nice."

Country	GDP per capita 2007	kg meat consumed in 2002	kg meat consumed predicted	Deviation	Proportional Deviation
Mongolia	$2,894	108.8	22.75	86.05	478%
Papua New Guinea	$2,079	73	18.76	54.24	389%
Samoa	$4,802	82.6	31.12	51.48	265%
Paraguay	$4,004	70.3	27.78	42.52	253%
Kyrgyzstan	$1,997	39	18.34	20.66	213%
Uruguay	$10,836	98.6	47.64	50.96	207%
Grenada	$12,315	97	50.87	46.13	191%
Argentina	$13,061	97.6	52.91	44.69	184%
Brazil	$9,731	82.4	45.66	36.74	180%
Zimbabwe	$190	15.2	8.46	6.74	180%
Belize	$8,302	74.7	42.6	32.1	175%
Mauritania	$1,827	29.9	17.48	12.42	171%
Bolivia	$4,359	50	29.3	20.7	171%
French Polynesia	$18,421	112.2	68.1	44.1	165%
New Zealand	$27,310	142.1	86.8	55.3	164%
China	$5,371	52.4	33.32	19.08	157%
Denmark	$37,179	145.9	93.21	52.69	157%
Dominica	$8,952	67.1	44.13	22.97	152%
Cyprus	$27,142	131.3	86.57	44.73	152%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	$18,323	99.3	67.82	31.48	146%
Hungary	$19,255	100.7	70.45	30.25	143%
Jamaica	$7,367	56.8	39.93	16.87	142%
Bulgaria	$11,841	69.4	49.69	19.71	140%
New Caledonia	$13,990	76.6	55.48	21.12	138%
Madagascar	$948	17.6	12.79	4.81	138%
Mali	$1,136	19	13.82	5.18	137%
Lebanon	$10,302	63.1	46.68	16.42	135%
Luxembourg	$79,422	141.7	105.43	36.27	134%
Vietnam	$2,593	28.6	21.31	7.29	134%
United States	$45,759	124.8	95.38	29.42	131%
Spain	$33,648	118.6	92.14	26.46	129%
Barbados	$18,900	88.7	69.47	19.23	128%
Poland	$16,177	78.1	61.65	16.45	127%
Philippines	$3,295	31.1	24.62	6.48	126%
Belarus	$10,643	58.6	47.29	11.31	124%
Netherlands Antilles	$15,481	73.3	59.67	13.63	123%
Guinea-Bissau	$561	13	10.61	2.39	123%
Guyana	$3,665	31.8	26.3	5.5	121%
Portugal	$21,827	91.1	76.9	14.2	118%
Chile	$14,296	66.4	56.33	10.07	118%
Canada	$38,065	108.1	93.46	14.64	116%
Fiji	$5,529	39.1	33.9	5.2	115%
Panama	$10,737	54.5	47.46	7.04	115%
Mexico	$12,447	58.6	51.23	7.37	114%
Ecuador	$7,176	45	39.35	5.65	114%
Vanuatu	$4,232	32.6	28.76	3.84	113%
Romania	$11,093	54.5	48.13	6.37	113%
Sudan	$2,056	21	18.65	2.35	113%
France	$31,161	101.1	90.79	10.31	111%
Ireland	$46,628	106.3	95.58	10.72	111%
Swaziland	$4,734	34.2	30.85	3.35	111%
Albania	$5,796	38.2	34.86	3.34	110%
Israel	$28,911	97.1	88.75	8.35	109%
Malta	$23,390	86.9	80.25	6.65	108%
Venezuela	$12,846	56.6	52.32	4.28	108%
Senegal	$1,679	17.7	16.71	0.99	106%
Namibia	$5,202	34	32.69	1.31	104%
Haiti	$1,307	15.3	14.75	0.55	104%
Uzbekistan	$2,318	20.7	19.96	0.74	104%
Benin	$1,485	16.2	15.7	0.5	103%
Slovenia	$27,966	88	87.65	0.35	100%
Austria	$39,269	94.1	93.79	0.31	100%
Italy	$30,956	90.4	90.64	-0.24	100%
Lesotho	$1,441	15.4	15.46	-0.06	100%
Niger	$687	11.2	11.33	-0.13	99%
Cape Verde	$3,784	26.3	26.82	-0.52	98%
Jordan	$4,700	29.8	30.71	-0.91	97%
Netherlands	$38,955	89.3	93.71	-4.41	95%
Kazakhstan	$11,004	44.8	47.96	-3.16	93%
Belgium	$36,229	86.1	92.94	-6.84	93%
Slovakia	$20,229	67.4	73.03	-5.63	92%
Guam	$14,738	52.6	57.57	-4.97	91%
Uganda	$963	11.7	12.87	-1.17	91%
Iceland	$40,373	84.8	94.08	-9.28	90%
Chad	$1,544	14.3	16	-1.7	89%
Malaysia	$14,552	50.9	57.05	-6.15	89%
Germany	$34,065	82.1	92.28	-10.18	89%
Russia	$14,833	51	57.84	-6.84	88%
Georgia	$4,434	26	29.61	-3.61	88%
Estonia	$21,802	67.4	76.84	-9.44	88%
Greece	$30,599	78.7	90.36	-11.66	87%
Kenya	$1,658	14.3	16.6	-2.3	86%
Qatar	$78,723	90.5	105.09	-14.59	86%
United Kingdom	$35,047	79.6	92.58	-12.98	86%
Honduras	$4,311	24.7	29.09	-4.39	85%
Colombia	$7,384	33.9	39.98	-6.08	85%
Peru	$7,658	34.5	40.79	-6.29	85%
Costa Rica	$11,072	40.4	48.09	-7.69	84%
Croatia	$15,487	49.9	59.69	-9.79	84%
Ukraine	$7,015	32.3	38.86	-6.56	83%
Gabon	$14,049	46	55.65	-9.65	83%
South Africa	$10,632	39	47.27	-8.27	82%
Sweden	$37,482	76.1	93.3	-17.2	82%
Seychelles	$16,826	51.1	63.5	-12.4	80%
United Arab Emirates	$36,994	74.4	93.16	-18.76	80%
Armenia	$5,778	27.7	34.8	-7.1	80%
Burkina Faso	$1,215	11.2	14.25	-3.05	79%
Cambodia	$1,871	13.9	17.7	-3.8	79%
Lithuania	$16,776	49.5	63.36	-13.86	78%
Liberia	$477	7.9	10.13	-2.23	78%
Zambia	$1,403	11.9	15.26	-3.36	78%
Morocco	$3,703	20.6	26.46	-5.86	78%
Switzerland	$40,134	72.9	94.02	-21.12	78%
Bahrain	$33,885	70.7	92.22	-21.52	77%
Nepal	$1,013	10	13.15	-3.15	76%
Singapore	$49,879	71.1	96.31	-25.21	74%
Cameroon	$2,228	14.4	19.51	-5.11	74%
Guatemala	$5,088	23.8	32.25	-8.45	74%
Finland	$35,965	67.4	92.86	-25.46	73%
Antigua and Barbuda	$21,963	56	77.21	-21.21	73%
Oman	$18,999	49.8	69.74	-19.94	71%
Egypt	$5,046	22.5	32.09	-9.59	70%
Yemen	$2,530	14.7	21	-6.3	70%
Syria	$4,679	21.2	30.62	-9.42	69%
Latvia	$17,723	45.7	66.08	-20.38	69%
Trinidad and Tobago	$25,355	57.8	83.86	-26.06	69%
Togo	$884	8.5	12.43	-3.93	68%
Ethiopia	$733	7.9	11.58	-3.68	68%
Tanzania	$1,297	10	14.69	-4.69	68%
Cuba	$11,015	32.2	47.98	-15.78	67%
Djibouti	$3,501	17.1	25.56	-8.46	67%
Thailand	$8,015	27.9	41.82	-13.92	67%
Nicaragua	$2,849	14.9	22.54	-7.64	66%
Ghana	$1,358	9.9	15.02	-5.12	66%
Tunisia	$7,403	25.5	40.04	-14.54	64%
Norway	$53,285	61.7	97.06	-35.36	64%
Saudi Arabia	$19,782	44.6	71.87	-27.27	62%
Kuwait	$55,876	60.2	97.64	-37.44	62%
El Salvador	$5,992	21.4	35.54	-14.14	60%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	$6,085	21.4	35.86	-14.46	60%
Pakistan	$2,500	12.3	20.85	-8.55	59%
Brunei	$52,432	56.4	96.87	-40.47	58%
Maldives	$4,303	16.6	29.06	-12.46	57%
American Samoa	$8,949	24.9	44.12	-19.22	56%
Libya	$12,377	28.6	51.04	-22.44	56%
Sierra Leone	$650	6.1	11.11	-5.01	55%
Tajikistan	$1,690	8.7	16.77	-8.07	52%
Algeria	$6,669	18.3	37.78	-19.48	48%
Botswana	$14,343	27.3	56.47	-29.17	48%
Guinea	$1,102	6.5	13.63	-7.13	48%
Japan	$33,523	43.9	92.09	-48.19	48%
Iran	$11,666	23.1	49.3	-26.2	47%
Angola	$7,784	19	41.16	-22.16	46%
Mozambique	$844	5.6	12.21	-6.61	46%
Nigeria	$2,193	8.6	19.33	-10.73	44%
Comoros	$1,774	7.6	17.2	-9.6	44%
Malawi	$778	5.1	11.84	-6.74	43%
Turkey	$12,000	19.3	50.07	-30.77	39%
Azerbaijan	$7,963	15.9	41.68	-25.78	38%
Burundi	$346	3.5	9.37	-5.87	37%
Rwanda	$813	4.4	12.04	-7.64	37%
Indonesia	$3,595	8.3	25.98	-17.68	32%
French Guiana	$8,298	13.2	42.59	-29.39	31%
Guadeloupe	$7,981	12.7	41.73	-29.03	30%
Martinique	$14,360	13.9	56.52	-42.62	25%
India	$2,625	5.2	21.46	-16.26	24%
Sri Lanka	$3,919	6.6	27.42	-20.82	24%
Bangladesh	$1,385	3.1	15.16	-12.06	20%
Bhutan	$1,443	3	15.47	-12.47	19%
Virgin Islands	$14,498	6.6	56.9	-50.3	12%

The Virgin Islands is entered like that in the data, so perhaps it is a data entry error....

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