In 2021 The Number of Vegans Doubled In These Two Countries

A new study shows these two countries doubled their vegan population in the past year.

Get ready for some exciting news: Back in 2020, only about 0.3% of the populations of Switzerland and Lichtenstein were living vegan lifestyles. That percentage has doubled so far in 2021. Now, these two small European countries have 0.6% of their populations considering themselves as vegans. The newly released study also shows that the overall amount of people who don’t consume animal-derived meat rose from 3.4% to 4.1% over the past year.

The MACH-Konsumentenumfrage, which started asking about nutrition in 2015, asked and tracked 8,300 people’s food choices. Starting in the year 2019 they also started asking people about their vegan status. This past year they ask about 30,000, people aged 14 to 74 to share their lifestyle choices.

This growth translates now into more than 38,000 vegans and more than 250,000 vegetarians in both countries. According to the organization Swissveg, most vegans in these countries tend to be younger in age and tend to have college degrees. What is also noticeable is that women-identifying people are leading the trend. A the moment 65.9% of people avoiding animal-derived meat are women. Amongst vegans, the number of women-identifying people that number jumps to 83.3%. What can the rest of the world learn from these two countries and can this rapid growth in veganism be replicated elsewhere?