Onion consumption per capita rose 13.7% to 9.94 kg in Germany in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, onion consumption per capita in Germany reached an all time high of 9.94 kg in 2021 and an all time low of 2.74 kg in 1961. When compared to Germany's main peers, onion consumption per capita in Austria amounted to 10.8 kg, 1.57 kg in Belgium, 10.6 kg in France and 14.5 kg in Poland in 2021.
Germany has been ranked 62nd within the group of 156 countries we follow in terms of onion consumption per capita, 23 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 |
| Austria | kg | 13.4 | 13.0 | 11.7 | 8.73 | 10.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kg | 0.950 | 0.910 | 0.800 | 0.840 | 1.16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | kg | 8.54 | 10.6 | 9.58 | 9.15 | 9.63 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kg | 6.32 | 6.67 | 6.68 | 6.65 | 9.74 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kg | 6.45 | 7.42 | 7.40 | 6.19 | 8.95 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | kg | 6.93 | 7.26 | 6.64 | 6.34 | 6.45 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | kg | 6.23 | 7.53 | 6.47 | 6.29 | 8.23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | kg | 5.25 | 5.40 | 4.81 | 4.93 | 5.18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | kg | 4.79 | 2.33 | 3.31 | ... | 10.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kg | 11.3 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 10.5 | 13.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kg | 15.8 | 11.5 | 14.0 | 12.1 | 12.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | kg | 17.0 | 20.5 | 18.9 | 18.5 | 20.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | kg | 4.22 | 5.66 | 4.78 | 5.09 | 5.53 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | kg | 20.6 | 22.1 | 21.3 | 19.5 | 23.7 |
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