Onion consumption per capita rose 18.1% to 7.70 kg in Costa Rica in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, onion consumption per capita in Costa Rica reached an all time high of 9.84 kg in 2006 and an all time low of 0.960 kg in 1981. When compared to Costa Rica's main peers, onion consumption per capita in Guatemala amounted to 7.52 kg, 1.19 kg in Honduras, 6.30 kg in Nicaragua and 8.98 kg in Panama in 2021.
Costa Rica has been ranked 82nd within the group of 156 countries we follow in terms of onion consumption per capita, 1 place 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 |
| Belize | kg | 2.67 | 2.98 | 3.52 | 7.69 | 7.75 | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | kg | 8.85 | 12.9 | 14.4 | 14.9 | 13.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | kg | 7.59 | 6.31 | 6.88 | 6.95 | 4.93 | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | kg | 5.57 | 5.97 | 6.18 | 6.33 | 5.84 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | kg | 6.76 | 7.30 | 5.89 | 5.56 | 7.26 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | kg | 2.34 | 2.93 | 2.78 | 2.55 | 2.45 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kg | 8.93 | 9.42 | 9.42 | 8.83 | 9.12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | kg | 4.06 | 5.93 | 6.94 | 6.31 | 6.38 | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | kg | 7.15 | 6.93 | 6.62 | 7.57 | 8.33 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kg | 10.2 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 9.69 | 10.2 |
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