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Which Country Eats the Most Spice?

Spice Consumption (Total) (kt), 2020 or latest
Food & Drink | April 23, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 147 countries in 2020, India ranked the highest in spice consumption with 4,808 kt followed by Nigeria and Bangladesh. On the other end of the scale was Latvia with 1.00 kt, Dem. People's Republic of Korea with 1.00 kt and Fiji with 1.00 kt.

Total spice consumption reached 12,269 kt in 2020 in the World according to Faostat. This is 2.31 % more than in the previous year and 32.6 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total spice consumption reached an all time high of 12,269 kt in 2020 and an all time low of 1,603 kt in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 3.51 % since 1961.

The top ranked country, India, accounted for 39.2 % of spice consumption in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 49.9 % share while the ten largest countries some 73.9 % in 2020.

Data for more countries are available at Spice Consumption (Total) indicator page.

Spice Consumption (Total) Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Bangladesh kt 474 474 440 458 465
China kt 465 467 376 370 399
Ethiopia kt 424 393 427 475 514
India kt 3,039 2,957 3,587 4,278 4,675
Indonesia kt 398 392 394 427 448
Japan kt 161 160 157 153 144
Malaysia kt 153 141 149 151 157
Mexico kt 140 141 140 137 147
Myanmar kt 117 122 119 121 118
Nepal kt 153 151 169 187 205
Nigeria kt 233 244 239 247 251
Pakistan kt 275 283 294 310 322
Thailand kt 502 532 559 491 480
Turkey kt 161 167 151 165 190
USA kt 304 308 310 313 318