Onion consumption per capita fell 0.855% to 9.28 kg in South Africa in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, onion consumption per capita in South Africa reached an all time high of 9.94 kg in 2015 and an all time low of 2.70 kg in 1962. When compared to South Africa's main peers, onion consumption per capita in Botswana amounted to 5.77 kg, 1.09 kg in Lesotho, 7.11 kg in Namibia and 5.88 kg in Swaziland in 2021.
South Africa has been ranked 67th within the group of 156 countries we follow in terms of onion consumption per capita, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Onion 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 |
| Angola | kg | 1.05 | 0.910 | 0.880 | 0.620 | 0.630 | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | kg | 5.20 | 3.40 | 4.76 | 4.19 | 5.11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.42 | 1.10 | 0.010 | 0.070 | 1.08 | ... | ||
| Mozambique | kg | 5.45 | 7.13 | 8.15 | 9.04 | 11.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | kg | 7.47 | 7.42 | 7.83 | 6.80 | 9.82 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | kg | 9.94 | 9.39 | 9.82 | 9.89 | 9.02 | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | kg | 4.61 | 4.01 | 4.39 | 4.72 | 5.23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | kg | 2.79 | 2.86 | 2.50 | 2.30 | 2.32 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | kg | 0.230 | 0.310 | 0.230 | 0.230 | 0.230 |
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