Total spice consumption rose 2.37% to 12,269 kt in the World in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, total spice consumption in the World reached an all time high of 12,269 kt in 2020 and an all time low of 1,603 kt in 1961. When compared to World's main peers, total spice consumption in China amounted to 486 kt, 78.0 kt in Germany, 140 kt in Japan and 381 kt in USA in 2020.
World has been ranked th within the group of 144 countries we follow in terms of total spice consumption.
| Spice Consumption (Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Austria | kt | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kt | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 13.0 | 12.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 39.0 | 38.0 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 45.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 438 | 333 | 379 | 389 | 491 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kt | 24.0 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 30.0 | 32.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 65.0 | 64.0 | 67.0 | 66.0 | 73.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 2,957 | 3,587 | 4,278 | 4,675 | 4,911 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 160 | 157 | 153 | 144 | 147 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 141 | 140 | 137 | 147 | 139 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kt | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 19.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 29.0 | 55.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 38.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 26.0 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 25.0 | 48.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 308 | 310 | 313 | 318 | 347 | ||||||||||||||||
| World | kt | 9,245 | 9,865 | 10,706 | 11,352 | 12,229 |
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