Onion consumption per capita rose 0% to 14.0 kg in China in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, onion consumption per capita in China reached an all time high of 14.7 kg in 2018 and an all time low of 2.86 kg in 1972. When compared to China's main peers, onion consumption per capita in India amounted to 16.8 kg, 10.6 kg in Japan, 12.8 kg in Russia and 11.2 kg in USA in 2020.
China has been ranked 42nd within the group of 154 countries we follow in terms of onion consumption per capita, 8 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 |
| Bangladesh | kg | 12.8 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 11.3 | 11.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kg | 8.45 | 9.27 | 9.30 | 9.48 | 9.95 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kg | 14.3 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.8 | 14.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kg | 6.45 | 7.42 | 7.40 | 6.19 | 8.95 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kg | 12.4 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.3 | 14.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kg | 11.4 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 10.7 | 11.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kg | 8.93 | 9.42 | 9.42 | 8.83 | 9.12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | kg | 6.88 | 7.32 | 7.84 | 8.13 | 8.17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kg | 15.8 | 11.5 | 14.0 | 12.1 | 12.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kg | 22.5 | 23.9 | 23.1 | 28.0 | 27.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | kg | 16.4 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 16.0 | 15.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kg | 10.2 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 9.69 | 10.2 |
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