Onion consumption per capita fell 8.33% to 0.220 kg in Zimbabwe in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, onion consumption per capita in Zimbabwe reached an all time high of 0.670 kg in 1965 and an all time low of 0.180 kg in 1994. When compared to Zimbabwe's main peers, onion consumption per capita in Botswana amounted to 5.77 kg, 8.67 kg in Mozambique, 9.28 kg in South Africa and 2.14 kg in Zambia in 2021.
Zimbabwe has been ranked 151st 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.830 | 0.800 | 0.780 | 0.770 | 0.690 | |||||||
| Lesotho | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.42 | 1.10 | 0.010 | 0.070 | 1.08 | ... | ||
| Malawi | kg | 8.43 | 8.03 | 8.79 | 8.58 | 8.29 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | kg | 3.43 | 3.65 | 3.76 | 3.96 | 2.75 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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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