According to a survey conducted in South Korea in December of 2021, more than 90 percent of respondents were not vegetarian or vegan. Only 0.2 percent of respondents considered themselves to have vegetarian diets and merely 0.03 percent answered that they were vegans.
Share of the population with plant-based diets in South Korea as of December 2021
A vegetarian diet was categorized as a diet that excludes meat but includes vegetables, fruits, and dairy products such as milk and eggs. Partial vegetarian diets include diets like flexitarian, pollo, pescetarian, ovo, lacto-ovo, lacto, and vegan diets.
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Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp., & MAFRA (South Korea). (February 18, 2022). Share of the population with plant-based diets in South Korea as of December 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295635/south-korea-share-of-plant-based-eating-population/
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Share of the population with plant-based diets in South Korea as of December 2021 [Graph], Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp., & MAFRA (South Korea), February 18, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295635/south-korea-share-of-plant-based-eating-population/
