Onion consumption per capita rose 1.03% to 15.7 kg in Saudi Arabia in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, onion consumption per capita in Saudi Arabia reached an all time high of 22.5 kg in 1974 and an all time low of 3.35 kg in 1970. When compared to Saudi Arabia's main peers, onion consumption per capita in Iraq amounted to 8.40 kg, 7.01 kg in Jordan, 28.7 kg in United Arab Emirates and 1.83 kg in Yemen in 2021.
Saudi Arabia has been ranked 32nd within the group of 156 countries we follow in terms of onion consumption per capita, 18 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 |
Bahrain | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24.4 | ||
Djibouti | kg | 12.0 | 12.9 | 15.3 | 14.5 | 12.9 | ||||||||||||||||
Eritrea | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Iran | kg | 26.2 | 22.3 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 18.2 | ||||||||||||||||
Iraq | kg | 1.40 | 10.4 | 5.60 | 9.49 | 5.75 | ||||||||||||||||
Israel | kg | 14.0 | 13.6 | 11.6 | 12.7 | 13.0 | ||||||||||||||||
Jordan | kg | 4.70 | 6.91 | 5.80 | 6.57 | 4.58 | ||||||||||||||||
Kuwait | kg | 24.1 | 23.4 | 23.0 | 22.3 | 23.2 | ||||||||||||||||
Oman | kg | 13.4 | 15.4 | 20.4 | 20.2 | 22.6 | ||||||||||||||||
Qatar | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 31.6 | ||
Saudi Arabia | kg | 12.6 | 12.3 | 12.9 | 12.6 | 10.2 | ||||||||||||||||
Syria | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.38 | 2.63 | 2.82 | 1.69 | 2.72 | |||||||
United Arab Emirates | kg | 17.1 | 17.0 | 17.6 | 14.9 | 15.2 | ||||||||||||||||
Yemen | kg | 2.41 | 4.67 | 3.03 | 3.91 | 4.44 |