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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago

This seems to be

  1. a random selection of countries rather than the top ranking ones and also
  2. the numbers seem to be pretty low compared to other sources.

At least as per Wikipedia, Mexico has around 19%, Brazil /China/Taiwan 14% etc. I live in Germany and here vegetarians are typically estimated at around 10% which corresponds to the number in Wikipedia but it's not even listed in the graphic above.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism_by_country

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Indian food is so tasty too. You don't even need that meat flavor

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think it depends. Veggie samosas are better than the meat ones. Also if you're not vegan, paneer is a satisfying replacement.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Paneer is great

I also opt for pakora a lot

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Honestly surprised the US is in the top 3 LMFAO

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I suspect this is not a list of all countries with the USA number 3. It looks like a list of the countries with people who responded.

I'm curious about the survey selection process.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A lot of people, but also a very large melting pot of cultures. Look at India in the graph, probably going to be similar for all the Indians in the US, now do that with other cultures that prioritize non-meat foods as well and it adds up quickly, even with so many people overall and so much of American specific culture focusing on things like hamburgers, hotdogs, chicken, etc.

It also seems to be that this is based on self-reported info, so personal definitions of vegetarian and vegan, or even "meat" may be statistically relevant. Some will include seafood, others won't, so cultures with high concentrations of seafood in their usual diet may be categorized differently than assumed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Another rare W for the US, Oregon is the most vegan state.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Half my meals are meat-free. To balance things out I skip vegetables the other half.