Onion consumption per capita rose 26.5% to 1.67 kg in Norway in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, onion consumption per capita in Norway reached an all time high of 3.05 kg in 2019 and an all time low of 0.020 kg in 1985. When compared to Norway's main peers, onion consumption per capita in Denmark amounted to 7.31 kg, 7.34 kg in Finland, 4.20 kg in Iceland and 7.86 kg in Sweden in 2021.
Norway has been ranked 141st within the group of 156 countries we follow in terms of onion consumption per capita, 6 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 |
| Australia | kg | 10.4 | 8.59 | 9.06 | 9.12 | 8.96 | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | kg | 7.57 | 9.38 | 10.0 | 6.72 | 6.68 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | kg | 6.48 | 6.55 | 6.81 | 6.63 | 7.88 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kg | 6.45 | 7.42 | 7.40 | 6.19 | 8.95 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | kg | 5.25 | 5.66 | 5.88 | 5.55 | 5.32 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | kg | 4.51 | 5.46 | 5.63 | 5.61 | 5.76 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | kg | 4.79 | 2.33 | 3.31 | ... | 10.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Norway | kg | 1.51 | 1.15 | 1.16 | 1.57 | 3.05 | ||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.080 | 0.090 | 0.110 | 0.110 | 0.240 | ||||||
| Russia | kg | 15.8 | 11.5 | 14.0 | 12.1 | 12.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | kg | 8.77 | 7.90 | 8.14 | 6.98 | 7.42 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | kg | 8.95 | 8.47 | 8.65 | 7.97 | 9.54 |
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