Coconut consumption per capita rose 30.1% to 3.11 kg in New Zealand in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, coconut consumption per capita in New Zealand reached an all time high of 3.29 kg in 1996 and an all time low of 1.76 kg in 2008. When compared to New Zealand's main peers, coconut consumption per capita in Australia amounted to 2.00 kg, 13.8 kg in Indonesia, 8.03 kg in Malaysia and 6.85 kg in Philippines in 2021.
New Zealand has been ranked 23rd within the group of 145 countries we follow in terms of coconut consumption per capita, 7 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Coconut 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 | 3.34 | 2.72 | 2.97 | 3.06 | 3.94 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cambodia | kg | 0.560 | 0.670 | 0.630 | 0.630 | 0.720 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kg | 0.400 | 0.400 | 0.420 | 0.490 | 0.600 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | kg | 13.9 | 14.0 | 13.5 | 13.4 | 13.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | kg | 6.87 | 5.78 | 5.75 | 7.01 | 7.92 | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | kg | 2.58 | 2.64 | 2.38 | 2.52 | 2.54 | ||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 71.7 | 68.8 | 57.9 | 54.4 | 69.6 | |||||||
| Philippines | kg | 6.97 | 3.29 | 2.63 | 3.31 | 7.24 | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Taiwan | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Thailand | kg | 8.18 | 8.61 | 9.40 | 7.93 | 6.17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | kg | 1.27 | 1.88 | 2.17 | 1.78 | 2.44 |
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