Total spice consumption rose 11.5% to 14,362 kt in the World in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, total spice consumption in the World reached an all time high of 14,362 kt in 2021 and an all time low of 1,603 kt in 1961. When compared to World's main peers, total spice consumption in China amounted to 703 kt, 82.0 kt in Germany, 134 kt in Japan and 408 kt in USA in 2021.
World has been ranked th within the group of 147 countries we follow in terms of total spice consumption.
| Spice Consumption (Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Austria | kt | 8.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kt | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 13.0 | 12.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 39.0 | 38.0 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 45.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 438 | 333 | 379 | 389 | 491 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kt | 24.0 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 30.0 | 32.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 65.0 | 64.0 | 67.0 | 66.0 | 73.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 2,957 | 3,587 | 4,278 | 4,675 | 4,911 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 160 | 157 | 153 | 144 | 147 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 141 | 140 | 137 | 147 | 139 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kt | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 19.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 29.0 | 55.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 38.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 26.0 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 25.0 | 48.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 308 | 310 | 313 | 318 | 347 | ||||||||||||||||
| World | kt | 9,245 | 9,865 | 10,706 | 11,352 | 12,229 |
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