Onion consumption per capita rose 6.55% to 25.4 kg in Egypt in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, onion consumption per capita in Egypt reached an all time high of 25.4 kg in 2021 and an all time low of 3.79 kg in 1995. When compared to Egypt's main peers, onion consumption per capita in Israel amounted to 10.9 kg, 28.3 kg in Libya, 15.7 kg in Saudi Arabia and 41.0 kg in Sudan in 2021.
Egypt has been ranked 15th within the group of 156 countries we follow in terms of onion consumption per capita, 4 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Onion Consumption Per Capita | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Algeria | kg | 33.3 | 34.7 | 31.6 | 30.6 | 34.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | kg | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.39 | 1.38 | 1.25 | ||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | kg | 22.5 | 18.0 | 22.3 | 25.1 | 22.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | kg | 2.54 | 3.41 | 2.74 | 2.59 | 2.68 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | kg | 1.40 | 10.4 | 5.60 | 9.49 | 5.75 | ||||||||||||||||
| Israel | kg | 14.0 | 13.6 | 11.6 | 12.7 | 13.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | kg | 4.70 | 6.91 | 5.80 | 6.57 | 4.58 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | kg | 11.3 | 14.4 | 12.7 | 11.4 | 12.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28.1 | 27.4 | 27.4 | 27.1 | 30.2 | |||||||
| Saudi Arabia | kg | 12.6 | 12.3 | 12.9 | 12.6 | 10.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.190 | ... | ... |
| Sudan | kg | ... | 37.7 | 34.8 | 34.9 | 37.4 | 40.7 | |||||||||||||||
| Syria | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.38 | 2.63 | 2.82 | 1.69 | 2.72 | |||||||
| Tunisia | kg | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | kg | 17.1 | 17.0 | 17.6 | 14.9 | 15.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | kg | 2.41 | 4.67 | 3.03 | 3.91 | 4.44 |
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