Onion consumption per capita fell 7.20% to 7.86 kg in Sweden in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, onion consumption per capita in Sweden reached an all time high of 8.77 kg in 2015 and an all time low of 2.32 kg in 1970. When compared to Sweden's main peers, onion consumption per capita in Denmark amounted to 7.31 kg, 7.34 kg in Finland, 1.67 kg in Norway and 11.7 kg in Russia in 2021.
Sweden has been ranked 78th within the group of 156 countries we follow in terms of onion consumption per capita, 8 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 |
| Australia | kg | 10.4 | 8.59 | 9.06 | 9.12 | 8.96 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kg | 14.3 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.8 | 14.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | kg | 7.57 | 9.38 | 10.0 | 6.72 | 6.68 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | kg | 6.48 | 6.55 | 6.81 | 6.63 | 7.88 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kg | 6.45 | 7.42 | 7.40 | 6.19 | 8.95 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | kg | 5.25 | 5.66 | 5.88 | 5.55 | 5.32 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | kg | 4.51 | 5.46 | 5.63 | 5.61 | 5.76 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kg | 11.4 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 10.7 | 11.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | kg | 4.79 | 2.33 | 3.31 | ... | 10.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Norway | kg | 1.51 | 1.15 | 1.16 | 1.57 | 3.05 | ||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.080 | 0.090 | 0.110 | 0.110 | 0.240 | ||||||
| Russia | kg | 15.8 | 11.5 | 14.0 | 12.1 | 12.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | kg | 8.77 | 7.90 | 8.14 | 6.98 | 7.42 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kg | 10.2 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 9.69 | 10.2 |
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