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Which Country Eats the Most Fruits?

Fruit Consumption (Total) (kt), 2021
Food & Drink | October 29, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 165 countries in 2021, China ranked the highest in fruit consumption with 57,705 kt followed by India and USA. On the other end of the scale was Belize with 3.00 kt, Liberia with 4.00 kt and Seychelles with 5.00 kt.

Total fruit consumption reached 229,126 kt in 2021 in the World according to Faostat. This is 5.33 % more than in the previous year and 25.0 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total fruit consumption reached an all time high of 229,126 kt in 2021 and an all time low of 41,577 kt in 1962. The average annual growth amounted to 2.85 % since 1961.

The top ranked country, China, accounted for 25.2 % of fruit consumption in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 49.3 % share while the ten largest countries some 65.2 % in 2021.

Data for more countries are available at Fruit Consumption (Total) indicator page.

Fruit Consumption (Total) Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Bangladesh kt 2,649 2,829 3,009 2,889 2,954
Brazil kt 4,447 4,097 3,819 4,452 4,243
China kt 49,525 49,855 50,624 51,602 52,201
Colombia kt 2,069 2,099 2,169 2,237 2,556
India kt 35,447 36,470 40,764 42,567 43,569
Indonesia kt 6,487 6,869 7,327 7,816 7,705
Iran kt 3,925 3,788 3,717 4,288 4,627
Mexico kt 4,048 4,594 4,989 5,225 5,397
Nigeria kt 2,729 2,696 2,698 2,705 2,727
Pakistan kt 4,988 4,820 4,886 4,969 5,052
Philippines kt 4,129 4,104 4,032 4,013 4,014
Russia kt 2,543 2,473 2,576 3,000 2,956
Turkey kt 2,444 2,532 2,930 2,452 2,798
USA kt 6,874 6,856 6,871 6,819 6,964
Vietnam kt 3,069 2,439 2,209 2,633 3,062

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