Total spice consumption rose 6.85% to 78.0 kt in Germany in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, total spice consumption in Germany reached an all time high of 78.0 kt in 2020 and an all time low of 11.8 kt in 1961. When compared to Germany's main peers, total spice consumption in Austria amounted to 10.0 kt, 13.0 kt in Belgium, 26.0 kt in France and 21.0 kt in Poland in 2020.
Germany has been ranked 24th within the group of 144 countries we follow in terms of total spice consumption, 2 places 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 |
| Austria | kt | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kt | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 13.0 | 12.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | kt | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 5.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kt | 24.0 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 30.0 | 32.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 65.0 | 64.0 | 67.0 | 66.0 | 73.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | kt | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 29.0 | 5.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | kt | 6.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 13.0 | 14.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Netherlands | kt | 24.0 | 23.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 26.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kt | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 19.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 29.0 | 55.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 38.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | kt | 7.00 | 8.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 10.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | kt | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 7.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | kt | 8.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
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