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Onion Consumption Per Capita rose 51.6% to 16.1 kg in Saudi Arabia in 2020

Onion Consumption Per Capita (kg), 2020
Food & Drink | Saudi Arabia | October 22, 2023
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Onion consumption per capita rose 51.6% to 16.1 kg in Saudi Arabia in 2020, according to Faostat.

Historically, onion consumption per capita in Saudi Arabia reached an all time high of 22.5 kg in 1974 and an all time low of 3.35 kg in 1970. When compared to Saudi Arabia's main peers, onion consumption per capita in Iraq amounted to 6.90 kg, 7.04 kg in Jordan, 13.0 kg in United Arab Emirates and 4.41 kg in Yemen in 2020.

Saudi Arabia has been ranked 33rd within the group of 154 countries we follow in terms of onion consumption per capita, 10 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
Bahrain kg ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 24.4
Djibouti kg 12.0 12.9 15.3 14.5 12.9
Eritrea kg ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Iran kg 26.2 22.3 16.8 16.3 18.2
Iraq kg 1.40 10.4 5.60 9.49 5.75
Israel kg 14.0 13.6 11.6 12.7 13.0
Jordan kg 4.70 6.91 5.80 6.57 4.58
Kuwait kg 24.1 23.4 23.0 22.3 23.2
Oman kg 13.4 15.4 20.4 20.2 22.6
Qatar kg ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 31.6
Saudi Arabia kg 12.6 12.3 12.9 12.6 10.2
Syria kg ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2.38 2.63 2.82 1.69 2.72
United Arab Emirates kg 17.1 17.0 17.6 14.9 15.2
Yemen kg 2.41 4.67 3.03 3.91 4.44