Total sugar & sweetener consumption fell 3.37% to 2,498 kt in South Korea in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, total sugar & sweetener consumption in South Korea reached an all time high of 2,585 kt in 2019 and an all time low of 46.1 kt in 1964. When compared to South Korea's main peers, total sugar & sweetener consumption in China amounted to 11,987 kt, 117 kt in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 3,518 kt in Japan and 1,878 kt in Vietnam in 2020.
South Korea has been ranked 18th within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of total sugar & sweetener consumption, 5 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Sugar & Sweetener Consumption (Total) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Cambodia | kt | 366 | 395 | 425 | 573 | 609 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 10,964 | 10,919 | 9,632 | 11,368 | 10,096 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. People's Republic of Korea | kt | 114 | 112 | 114 | 89.0 | 108 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 28,016 | 29,492 | 30,269 | 29,890 | 33,857 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 3,517 | 3,464 | 3,448 | 3,306 | 3,287 | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | kt | 283 | 289 | 277 | 279 | 284 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 11,052 | 11,238 | 11,038 | 11,202 | 10,022 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 2,403 | 2,483 | 2,462 | 2,490 | 2,551 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | kt | 3,854 | 3,808 | 3,861 | 3,819 | 4,176 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 21,112 | 21,280 | 21,422 | 21,407 | 21,096 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | kt | 985 | 980 | 961 | 979 | 1,042 |
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