Fruit consumption per capita rose 2.98% to 25.2 kg in South Korea in 2017, according to Faostat.
Historically, fruit consumption per capita in South Korea reached an all time high of 31.2 kg in 2008 and an all time low of 2.06 kg in 1963. When compared to South Korea's main peers, fruit consumption per capita in China amounted to 39.5 kg, 28.9 kg in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 11.0 kg in Japan and 40.7 kg in Vietnam in 2017.
South Korea has been ranked 49th within the group of 154 countries we follow in terms of fruit consumption per capita, 3 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Fruit 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 |
| Cambodia | kg | 9.22 | 9.53 | 8.52 | 5.28 | 7.71 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kg | 35.5 | 35.5 | 35.8 | 36.4 | 36.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kg | 26.7 | 27.1 | 30.0 | 31.0 | 31.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kg | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 11.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | kg | 7.65 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 10.9 | 13.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| North Korea | kg | 29.1 | 29.2 | 29.4 | 29.3 | 29.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kg | 17.5 | 17.0 | 17.6 | 20.5 | 20.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kg | 23.7 | 24.4 | 25.5 | 23.2 | 24.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | kg | 49.2 | 50.7 | 46.1 | 34.4 | 32.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kg | 21.1 | 20.8 | 20.7 | 20.4 | 20.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | kg | 33.1 | 25.9 | 23.2 | 27.4 | 31.5 |
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