Onion consumption per capita rose 17.9% to 22.0 kg in Spain in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, onion consumption per capita in Spain reached an all time high of 23.1 kg in 1967 and an all time low of 15.1 kg in 2003. When compared to Spain's main peers, onion consumption per capita in France amounted to 10.6 kg, 7.11 kg in Italy, 21.1 kg in Morocco and 12.2 kg in Portugal in 2021.
Spain has been ranked 18th within the group of 156 countries we follow in terms of onion consumption per capita, 4 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 |
| Algeria | kg | 33.3 | 34.7 | 31.6 | 30.6 | 34.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Austria | kg | 13.4 | 13.0 | 11.7 | 8.73 | 10.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kg | 0.950 | 0.910 | 0.800 | 0.840 | 1.16 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kg | 6.32 | 6.67 | 6.68 | 6.65 | 9.74 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kg | 6.45 | 7.42 | 7.40 | 6.19 | 8.95 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | kg | 9.07 | 9.71 | 9.39 | 8.43 | 8.13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | kg | 6.23 | 7.53 | 6.47 | 6.29 | 8.23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | kg | 11.5 | 12.1 | 13.1 | 12.7 | 8.32 | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | kg | 21.9 | 17.9 | 19.5 | 24.3 | 22.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | kg | 16.0 | 16.6 | 16.8 | 10.5 | 11.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | kg | 8.03 | 9.40 | 8.18 | 7.38 | 7.90 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | kg | 17.0 | 20.5 | 18.9 | 18.5 | 20.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | kg | 4.22 | 5.66 | 4.78 | 5.09 | 5.53 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | kg | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14.4 |
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