Onion consumption per capita fell 4.46% to 16.5 kg in Malta in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, onion consumption per capita in Malta reached an all time high of 17.4 kg in 2006 and an all time low of 0.380 kg in 1968. When compared to Malta's main peers, onion consumption per capita in Greece amounted to 16.4 kg, 7.65 kg in Italy, 14.9 kg in Tunisia and 18.0 kg in Turkey in 2020.
Malta has been ranked 30th within the group of 154 countries we follow in terms of onion consumption per capita, 9 places below 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 |
| Albania | kg | 33.6 | 33.0 | 37.4 | 32.0 | 35.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Algeria | kg | 33.3 | 34.7 | 31.6 | 30.6 | 34.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Austria | kg | 13.4 | 13.0 | 11.7 | 8.73 | 10.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | kg | 4.06 | 4.64 | 5.43 | 8.04 | 7.33 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kg | 6.32 | 6.67 | 6.68 | 6.65 | 9.74 | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | kg | 14.3 | 12.2 | 11.6 | 11.3 | 14.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | kg | 26.2 | 22.3 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 18.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | kg | 1.40 | 10.4 | 5.60 | 9.49 | 5.75 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | kg | 6.23 | 7.53 | 6.47 | 6.29 | 8.23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28.1 | 27.4 | 27.4 | 27.1 | 30.2 | |||||||
| Macedonia | kg | 22.4 | 23.1 | 23.1 | 24.3 | 24.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malta | kg | 15.5 | 15.1 | 15.2 | 15.2 | 15.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | kg | 8.03 | 9.40 | 8.18 | 7.38 | 7.90 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | kg | 4.22 | 5.66 | 4.78 | 5.09 | 5.53 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | kg | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | kg | 17.4 | 19.3 | 18.2 | 16.8 | 18.9 |
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