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
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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 September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295635/south-korea-share-of-plant-based-eating-population/
Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp., und MAFRA (South Korea). "Share of the population with plant-based diets in South Korea as of December 2021." Chart. February 18, 2022. Statista. Accessed September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295635/south-korea-share-of-plant-based-eating-population/
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Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp., and MAFRA (South Korea). "Share of The Population with Plant-based Diets in South Korea as of December 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295635/south-korea-share-of-plant-based-eating-population/
Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp. & MAFRA (South Korea), Share of the population with plant-based diets in South Korea as of December 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1295635/south-korea-share-of-plant-based-eating-population/ (last visited September 01, 2024)
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/