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Who's the Major Bean Eater?

Bean Consumption Per Capita (kg), 2020 or latest
Food & Drink | April 23, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 154 countries in 2020, Rwanda ranked the highest in bean consumption per capita with 32.6 kg followed by Burundi and El Salvador. On the other end of the scale was Guinea with 0.010 kg, Nigeria with 0.010 kg and Sierra Leone with 0.010 kg.

Average bean consumption per capita reached 2.54 kg in 2020 in the World according to Faostat. This is 5.51 % more than in the previous year and 2.76 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, average bean consumption per capita reached an all time high of 3.15 kg in 1964 and an all time low of 2.18 kg in 2005. The average annual growth amounted to -0.293 % since 1961.

Data for more countries are available at Bean Consumption Per Capita indicator page.

Bean Consumption Per Capita Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Belize kg 10.5 9.97 9.06 9.94 3.08 ...
Brazil kg 14.0 13.4 13.4 13.2 12.7
Burundi kg ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 21.9 23.9 29.5 23.8 28.0
Cameroon kg 13.6 13.6 13.6 13.7 13.5
Costa Rica kg 9.69 10.2 11.0 10.4 8.49
Cuba kg 11.4 14.2 14.2 15.8 10.8
Dem. People's Republic of Korea kg 11.2 11.2 11.1 10.8 10.5
El Salvador kg 17.2 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5
Honduras kg 10.6 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.2
Kenya kg 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 14.3
Nicaragua kg 13.4 14.2 13.1 16.0 14.1
Rwanda kg 35.5 34.3 33.1 32.6 32.7
Tanzania kg 13.4 13.5 13.7 15.6 15.6
Uganda kg 19.9 15.6 15.4 14.6 12.7
Venezuela kg 2.67 3.12 6.57 4.15 5.86