Apple consumption per capita fell 12.9% to 13.5 kg in Italy in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, apple consumption per capita in Italy reached an all time high of 28.6 kg in 1963 and an all time low of 11.1 kg in 2017. When compared to Italy's main peers, apple consumption per capita in Austria amounted to 22.4 kg, 18.5 kg in France, 14.3 kg in Slovenia and 10.9 kg in Switzerland in 2021.
Italy has been ranked 47th within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of apple consumption per capita, 8 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Apple 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 |
| Austria | kg | 30.3 | 20.6 | 20.9 | 31.2 | 21.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kg | 16.5 | 17.2 | 18.2 | 13.0 | 16.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | kg | 20.8 | 15.4 | 11.9 | 16.1 | 11.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kg | 14.6 | 16.7 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 16.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kg | 20.0 | 19.3 | 16.8 | 19.5 | 18.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | kg | 27.3 | 25.3 | 25.5 | 26.7 | 35.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | kg | 11.7 | 14.8 | 11.1 | 15.0 | 13.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | kg | 33.0 | 28.2 | 32.4 | 32.7 | 24.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | kg | 9.76 | 10.9 | 8.70 | 9.09 | 10.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | kg | 13.0 | 12.7 | 15.6 | 17.6 | 13.1 |
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