Total spice consumption rose 4.44% to 329 kt in Pakistan in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, total spice consumption in Pakistan reached an all time high of 347 kt in 2008 and an all time low of 25.0 kt in 1966. When compared to Pakistan's main peers, total spice consumption in Afghanistan amounted to 11.0 kt, 486 kt in China, 4,808 kt in India and 66.0 kt in Iran in 2020.
Pakistan has been ranked 9th within the group of 144 countries we follow in terms of total spice consumption, 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
| 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 |
| Afghanistan | kt | ... | ... | 1.00 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Bangladesh | kt | 474 | 440 | 458 | 465 | 546 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 438 | 333 | 379 | 389 | 491 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 2,957 | 3,587 | 4,278 | 4,675 | 4,911 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | kt | 54.0 | 64.0 | 69.0 | 76.0 | 66.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.00 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | ||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 160 | 157 | 153 | 144 | 147 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | kt | 324 | 305 | 300 | 318 | 271 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 29.0 | 55.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 38.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | kt | 109 | 131 | 118 | 135 | 129 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tajikistan | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.00 | 3.00 | 32.0 | 45.0 | |||
| Turkmenistan | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| USA | kt | 308 | 310 | 313 | 318 | 347 |
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