Onion consumption per capita rose 25.9% to 14.8 kg in Bangladesh in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, onion consumption per capita in Bangladesh reached an all time high of 14.8 kg in 2020 and an all time low of 1.07 kg in 1981. When compared to Bangladesh's main peers, onion consumption per capita in Bhutan amounted to 5.24 kg, 14.0 kg in China, 16.8 kg in India and 17.8 kg in Myanmar in 2020.
Bangladesh has been ranked 40th within the group of 154 countries we follow in terms of onion consumption per capita, 24 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Onion Consumption Per Capita | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Bangladesh | kg | 10.6 | 13.0 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 11.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bhutan | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| China | kg | 13.8 | 14.2 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kg | 12.7 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kg | 11.1 | 11.3 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 10.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.030 | 0.310 | 0.020 | 0.030 | 0.140 | ... | ... | |
| Myanmar | kg | 21.8 | 21.6 | 19.3 | 16.9 | 17.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nepal | kg | ... | ... | 3.16 | 3.23 | 4.32 | 4.11 | 4.30 | ||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | kg | 7.89 | 7.28 | 7.68 | 8.15 | 8.42 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kg | 16.0 | 15.8 | 11.5 | 14.0 | 12.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | kg | 15.1 | 16.7 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 16.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | kg | 1.27 | 1.00 | 0.710 | 0.810 | 1.60 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kg | 9.61 | 10.3 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 9.84 |
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