Onion consumption per capita rose 3.68% to 14.7 kg in Malta in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, onion consumption per capita in Malta reached an all time high of 17.4 kg in 2006 and an all time low of 0.380 kg in 1968. When compared to Malta's main peers, onion consumption per capita in Greece amounted to 12.5 kg, 7.11 kg in Italy, 14.7 kg in Tunisia and 19.0 kg in Turkey in 2021.
Malta has been ranked 39th within the group of 156 countries we follow in terms of onion consumption per capita, 11 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 |
| Albania | kg | 33.6 | 33.0 | 37.4 | 32.0 | 35.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Algeria | kg | 33.3 | 34.7 | 31.6 | 30.6 | 34.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Austria | kg | 13.4 | 13.0 | 11.7 | 8.73 | 10.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | kg | 4.06 | 4.64 | 5.43 | 8.04 | 7.33 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kg | 6.32 | 6.67 | 6.68 | 6.65 | 9.74 | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | kg | 14.3 | 12.2 | 11.6 | 11.3 | 14.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | kg | 26.2 | 22.3 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 18.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | kg | 1.40 | 10.4 | 5.60 | 9.49 | 5.75 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | kg | 6.23 | 7.53 | 6.47 | 6.29 | 8.23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28.1 | 27.4 | 27.4 | 27.1 | 30.2 | |||||||
| Macedonia | kg | 22.4 | 23.1 | 23.1 | 24.3 | 24.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malta | kg | 15.5 | 15.1 | 15.2 | 15.2 | 15.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | kg | 8.03 | 9.40 | 8.18 | 7.38 | 7.90 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | kg | 4.22 | 5.66 | 4.78 | 5.09 | 5.53 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | kg | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | kg | 17.4 | 19.3 | 18.2 | 16.8 | 18.9 |
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