Onion consumption per capita rose 3.50% to 7.10 kg in El Salvador in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, onion consumption per capita in El Salvador reached an all time high of 7.10 kg in 2021 and an all time low of 0.840 kg in 1998. When compared to El Salvador's main peers, onion consumption per capita in Costa Rica amounted to 7.70 kg, 7.52 kg in Guatemala, 1.19 kg in Honduras and 6.30 kg in Nicaragua in 2021.
El Salvador has been ranked 94th within the group of 156 countries we follow in terms of onion consumption per capita, 15 places above 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 |
| Belize | kg | 2.67 | 2.98 | 3.52 | 7.69 | 7.75 | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | kg | 7.59 | 6.31 | 6.88 | 6.95 | 4.93 | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | kg | 5.57 | 5.97 | 6.18 | 6.33 | 5.84 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | kg | 6.76 | 7.30 | 5.89 | 5.56 | 7.26 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | kg | 2.34 | 2.93 | 2.78 | 2.55 | 2.45 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kg | 8.93 | 9.42 | 9.42 | 8.83 | 9.12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | kg | 4.06 | 5.93 | 6.94 | 6.31 | 6.38 | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | kg | 7.15 | 6.93 | 6.62 | 7.57 | 8.33 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kg | 10.2 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 9.69 | 10.2 |
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