Whats the percentage of vegetarians ?

Question

whats the percentage of vegetarians/vegans in UK and USA?

eg: 30% vegan, 30% vegetarian 40% meat eater - UK ?

STATS, LINKS?

Thanks in advance ♥

Answer 1

The figures will vary from the very optimistic (10%) to the very pessimistic (less than 1%). But the generally accepted figure from a 2008 article is that approximately  3.2% (7.3 million) are vegetarian. Of that number, approximately 0.5% (1 million) are vegans.

Other stats you might be interested in:

59 percent are female; 41 percent are male.

42.0  percent are age 18 to 34 years old; 40.7 percent are 35 to 54; and 17.4  percent are over 55.

57.1 percent have followed a vegetarian diet for more than 10 years; 18 percent for 5 to 10 years; 10.8  percent for 2 to 5 years, 14.1 percent for less than 2 years

over half (53 percent) of current vegetarians eat a vegetarian diet to improve their overall health. Environmental concerns were cited by 47 percent ; 39 percent cited “ natural approaches to wellness” ; 31 percent cited food-safety concerns; 54 percent cited animal welfare; 25 percent cited weight loss; and 24 percent weight maintenance.

Answer 2

USA:

http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/...

http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/poll.htm

I don't normally link to wikipedia just because it can't be 100% trusted but it talks about the polls...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veganism

Answer 3

I heard in America veg@ns made up between 2 and 5%