Onion consumption per capita fell 5.83% to 5.33 kg in Iceland in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, onion consumption per capita in Iceland reached an all time high of 6.07 kg in 2017 and an all time low of 1.90 kg in 1963. When compared to Iceland's main peers, onion consumption per capita in Denmark amounted to 7.13 kg, 1.31 kg in Norway, 8.69 kg in Sweden and 9.16 kg in United Kingdom in 2020.
Iceland has been ranked 113th within the group of 154 countries we follow in terms of onion consumption per capita, 11 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 |
| Belgium | kg | 0.950 | 0.910 | 0.800 | 0.840 | 1.16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | kg | 7.57 | 9.38 | 10.0 | 6.72 | 6.68 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | kg | 6.48 | 6.55 | 6.81 | 6.63 | 7.88 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kg | 6.32 | 6.67 | 6.68 | 6.65 | 9.74 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kg | 6.45 | 7.42 | 7.40 | 6.19 | 8.95 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | kg | 5.25 | 5.66 | 5.88 | 5.55 | 5.32 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | kg | 9.07 | 9.71 | 9.39 | 8.43 | 8.13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | kg | 4.79 | 2.33 | 3.31 | ... | 10.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | kg | 1.51 | 1.15 | 1.16 | 1.57 | 3.05 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kg | 15.8 | 11.5 | 14.0 | 12.1 | 12.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | kg | 8.77 | 7.90 | 8.14 | 6.98 | 7.42 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | kg | 8.95 | 8.47 | 8.65 | 7.97 | 9.54 |
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