Onion consumption per capita fell 12.7% to 10.2 kg in Cameroon in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, onion consumption per capita in Cameroon reached an all time high of 12.5 kg in 2014 and an all time low of 0.140 kg in 1967. When compared to Cameroon's main peers, onion consumption per capita in Central African Republic amounted to 0.730 kg, 1.16 kg in Chad, 2.57 kg in Gabon and 5.92 kg in Nigeria in 2021.
Cameroon has been ranked 61st within the group of 156 countries we follow in terms of onion consumption per capita, 41 places above 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | kg | 5.96 | 6.61 | 5.50 | 1.81 | 4.99 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | kg | 12.1 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 10.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.020 | 0.050 | 0.020 | 0.110 | 2.03 | ||||||
| Chad | kg | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.39 | 1.38 | 1.25 | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo | kg | 2.68 | 2.95 | 3.01 | 2.98 | 2.63 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.830 | 0.800 | 0.780 | 0.770 | 0.690 | |||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Gabon | kg | 2.90 | 3.22 | 2.97 | 3.94 | 2.58 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | kg | 34.4 | 40.1 | 43.6 | 44.8 | 46.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | kg | 4.97 | 6.47 | 6.78 | 6.47 | 6.19 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | kg | ... | 37.7 | 34.8 | 34.9 | 37.4 | 40.7 |
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