Onion consumption per capita rose 14.7% to 18.6 kg in Mauritania in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, onion consumption per capita in Mauritania reached an all time high of 18.6 kg in 2021 and an all time low of 0.280 kg in 1975. When compared to Mauritania's main peers, onion consumption per capita in Algeria amounted to 35.5 kg, 5.15 kg in Mali, 21.1 kg in Morocco and 32.3 kg in Senegal in 2021.
Mauritania has been ranked 25th within the group of 156 countries we follow in terms of onion consumption per capita, 34 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 |
| Algeria | kg | 33.3 | 34.7 | 31.6 | 30.6 | 34.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Gambia | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.97 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Guinea | kg | 4.49 | 4.66 | 5.95 | 5.62 | 4.45 | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28.1 | 27.4 | 27.4 | 27.1 | 30.2 | |||||||
| Mali | kg | 5.57 | 6.54 | 4.88 | 3.86 | 5.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | kg | 11.5 | 12.1 | 13.1 | 12.7 | 8.32 | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | kg | 21.9 | 17.9 | 19.5 | 24.3 | 22.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | kg | 34.4 | 40.1 | 43.6 | 44.8 | 46.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | kg | 33.0 | 34.7 | 36.5 | 35.2 | 34.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | kg | 17.0 | 20.5 | 18.9 | 18.5 | 20.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | kg | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14.4 |
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