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Who's the Major Potato Eater?

Potato Consumption Per Capita (kg), 2021
Food & Drink | October 29, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 165 countries in 2021, Belarus ranked the highest in potato consumption per capita with 155 kg followed by Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan. On the other end of the scale was South Sudan with 0.130 kg, Central African Republic with 0.150 kg and Sierra Leone with 0.310 kg.

Average potato consumption per capita reached 33.0 kg in 2021 in the World according to Faostat. This is 0.455 % less than in the previous year and -3.40 % less than 10 years ago.

Historically, average potato consumption per capita reached an all time high of 35.7 kg in 1961 and an all time low of 26.0 kg in 1991. The average annual growth amounted to -0.132 % since 1961.

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

Potato 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
Azerbaijan kg 69.4 72.6 73.0 71.4 80.1
Belarus kg 169 169 170 168 172
Belgium kg 91.9 88.3 89.2 86.1 89.8
Bolivia kg 68.4 68.7 69.1 69.5 94.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina kg 79.7 92.1 87.3 91.4 87.4
Ireland kg 85.9 83.3 82.4 81.7 83.9
Kazakhstan kg 109 109 106 110 110
Kyrgyzstan kg 96.1 95.9 95.6 95.5 122
Nepal kg 80.4 81.7 83.4 84.8 87.2
Peru kg 88.8 85.8 90.3 90.4 91.7
Poland kg 98.5 101 101 98.4 98.8
Russia kg 114 96.8 91.1 95.6 90.5
Rwanda kg 100 103 92.2 95.6 89.8
Ukraine kg 116 131 139 132 130
Uzbekistan kg 75.9 78.2 80.3 83.5 86.1

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