Onion consumption per capita rose 0.087% to 11.4 kg in Japan in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, onion consumption per capita in Japan reached an all time high of 11.9 kg in 2019 and an all time low of 6.17 kg in 1963. When compared to Japan's main peers, onion consumption per capita in China amounted to 14.6 kg, 11.7 kg in Russia, 28.5 kg in South Korea and 9.35 kg in USA in 2021.
Japan has been ranked 51st within the group of 156 countries we follow in terms of onion consumption per capita, 2 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 |
| Canada | kg | 8.45 | 9.27 | 9.30 | 9.48 | 9.95 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kg | 14.3 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.8 | 14.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. People's Republic of Korea | kg | 3.16 | 3.16 | 3.21 | 3.27 | 3.28 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kg | 6.45 | 7.42 | 7.40 | 6.19 | 8.95 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kg | 12.4 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.3 | 14.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kg | 11.4 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 10.7 | 11.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kg | 8.93 | 9.42 | 9.42 | 8.83 | 9.12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kg | 15.8 | 11.5 | 14.0 | 12.1 | 12.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kg | 22.5 | 23.9 | 23.1 | 28.0 | 27.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kg | 10.2 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 9.69 | 10.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | kg | 3.72 | 3.86 | 4.00 | 4.20 | 3.77 |
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