Onion consumption per capita rose 13.4% to 10.8 kg in Austria in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, onion consumption per capita in Austria reached an all time high of 17.8 kg in 2014 and an all time low of 2.94 kg in 1970. When compared to Austria's main peers, onion consumption per capita in Germany amounted to 9.94 kg, 7.00 kg in Hungary, 7.11 kg in Italy and 6.42 kg in Switzerland in 2021.
Austria has been ranked 55th within the group of 156 countries we follow in terms of onion consumption per capita, 31 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 |
| Austria | kg | 13.4 | 13.0 | 11.7 | 8.73 | 10.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kg | 0.950 | 0.910 | 0.800 | 0.840 | 1.16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | kg | 8.54 | 10.6 | 9.58 | 9.15 | 9.63 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kg | 6.32 | 6.67 | 6.68 | 6.65 | 9.74 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kg | 6.45 | 7.42 | 7.40 | 6.19 | 8.95 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | kg | 6.93 | 7.26 | 6.64 | 6.34 | 6.45 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | kg | 6.23 | 7.53 | 6.47 | 6.29 | 8.23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kg | 11.3 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 10.5 | 13.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | kg | 5.31 | 8.57 | 4.61 | 5.96 | 6.69 | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | kg | 8.03 | 9.40 | 8.18 | 7.38 | 7.90 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | kg | 4.22 | 5.66 | 4.78 | 5.09 | 5.53 |
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