Onion consumption per capita rose 1.30% to 16.3 kg in India in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, onion consumption per capita in India reached an all time high of 16.3 kg in 2021 and an all time low of 2.25 kg in 1961. When compared to India's main peers, onion consumption per capita in Bangladesh amounted to 15.6 kg, 14.6 kg in China, 7.72 kg in Pakistan and 17.4 kg in Sri Lanka in 2021.
India has been ranked 30th within the group of 156 countries we follow in terms of onion consumption per capita, 11 places above 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 |
| Afghanistan | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.42 | 4.12 | 8.00 | 5.65 | 5.25 | |||||||
| Bangladesh | kg | 12.8 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 11.3 | 11.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bhutan | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.24 | ||
| China | kg | 14.3 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.8 | 14.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kg | 12.4 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.3 | 14.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | kg | 26.2 | 22.3 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 18.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kg | 11.4 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 10.7 | 11.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | kg | 14.9 | 16.1 | 16.5 | 16.2 | 14.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Maldives | kg | 20.1 | 26.7 | 21.2 | 21.9 | 22.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | kg | 22.1 | 19.7 | 17.2 | 17.4 | 17.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | kg | 6.88 | 7.32 | 7.84 | 8.13 | 8.17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kg | 15.8 | 11.5 | 14.0 | 12.1 | 12.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | kg | 16.4 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 16.0 | 15.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kg | 10.2 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 9.69 | 10.2 |
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