Onion consumption per capita rose 1.09% to 28.7 kg in United Arab Emirates in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, onion consumption per capita in United Arab Emirates reached an all time high of 41.8 kg in 1989 and an all time low of 1.09 kg in 1966. When compared to United Arab Emirates's main peers, onion consumption per capita in Bahrain amounted to 20.6 kg, 20.7 kg in Oman, 27.7 kg in Qatar and 15.7 kg in Saudi Arabia in 2021.
United Arab Emirates has been ranked 8th within the group of 156 countries we follow in terms of onion consumption per capita, 67 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 | ||
| Iran | kg | 26.2 | 22.3 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 18.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | kg | 1.40 | 10.4 | 5.60 | 9.49 | 5.75 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
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