Onions — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) by country
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply...
What the numbers show
Onions — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 158 countries. The highest value is 56.83 kg/cap in Tajikistan; the lowest is 0 kg/cap in Lesotho.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.84 kg/cap, and the mean is 10.39 kg/cap.
Over the past decade 102 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 3,867.3%), and the largest decrease in China, Hong Kong SAR (down 84.0%).
Onions — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tajikistan | 56.83 kg/cap | 2023 | up 55.7% | rising |
| 2 | Niger | 49.55 kg/cap | 2023 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 43.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 4 | Albania | 39.28 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 5 | Algeria | 35.98 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 6 | Senegal | 31.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 7 | North Macedonia | 30.79 kg/cap | 2023 | up 62.1% | rising |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 29.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 9 | Maldives | 26.54 kg/cap | 2023 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 10 | Azerbaijan | 25.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 62.8% | rising |
| 11 | Uzbekistan | 25.87 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 12 | Egypt | 25.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 267.8% | rising |
| 13 | Ukraine | 24.96 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.1% | flat |
| 14 | Belarus | 24.93 kg/cap | 2023 | up 63.3% | rising |
| 15 | Libya | 24.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 16 | Guyana | 24.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 122.2% | rising |
| 17 | Republic of Korea | 23.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 21.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3,867.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Oman | 21.19 kg/cap | 2023 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 20 | Kuwait | 20.71 kg/cap | 2023 | down 35.3% | rising |
| 21 | Djibouti | 19.81 kg/cap | 2023 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 22 | Qatar | 19.44 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 23 | Chile | 19.21 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 24 | Bahrain | 18.8 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 25 | Spain | 18.69 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 26 | Bangladesh | 18.63 kg/cap | 2023 | up 103.8% | rising |
| 27 | India | 17.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 28 | Mauritius | 16.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 29 | Myanmar | 15.86 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 30 | Malta | 15.41 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 31 | Malaysia | 15.35 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 32 | Poland | 15.27 kg/cap | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 33 | Sri Lanka | 15.22 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 34 | Morocco | 15.08 kg/cap | 2023 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 35 | China, mainland | 14.74 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 36 | China (People’s Republic of) | 14.51 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 37 | Saudi Arabia | 14.16 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 37 | Tunisia | 14.16 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 39 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.37 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 40 | Malawi | 13.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 125.6% | rising |
| 41 | United Arab Emirates | 12.91 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 42 | Russian Federation | 12.58 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 43 | Seychelles | 12.48 kg/cap | 2023 | down 28.6% | flat |
| 44 | Israel | 12.41 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 45 | Turkmenistan | 12.14 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 46 | Mongolia | 11.97 kg/cap | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 47 | Mauritania | 11.94 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 48 | Greece | 11.65 kg/cap | 2023 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 49 | Portugal | 11.61 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 50 | Cameroon | 11.6 kg/cap | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 51 | Jordan | 11.19 kg/cap | 2023 | up 104.2% | rising |
| 52 | Argentina | 11.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.6% | flat |
| 53 | Colombia | 10.98 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 54 | Romania | 10.97 kg/cap | 2023 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 55 | Czechia | 10.67 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 56 | Canada | 10.51 kg/cap | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 10.27 kg/cap | 2023 | up 99.0% | rising |
| 58 | Croatia | 10.26 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.4% | flat |
| 59 | Armenia | 10.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 60 | Georgia | 9.96 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.5% | flat |
| 61 | Germany | 9.93 kg/cap | 2023 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 62 | Lebanon | 9.88 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.3% | flat |
| 63 | France | 9.66 kg/cap | 2023 | up 113.2% | rising |
| 64 | Barbados | 9.51 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 65 | Mozambique | 9.16 kg/cap | 2023 | up 119.7% | rising |
| 66 | Mexico | 9.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 67 | Guatemala | 9.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 68 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 8.76 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 69 | Sweden | 8.51 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 70 | Fiji | 8.45 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 70 | Slovenia | 8.45 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 72 | Costa Rica | 8.42 kg/cap | 2023 | up 26.0% | flat |
| 73 | Denmark | 8.35 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 74 | Montenegro | 8.33 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 75 | Ireland | 8.22 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 76 | South Africa | 8.03 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 77 | Latvia | 7.98 kg/cap | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 78 | Uruguay | 7.96 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 79 | Bahamas | 7.94 kg/cap | 2023 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 80 | Austria | 7.73 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 81 | Indonesia | 7.53 kg/cap | 2023 | up 101.9% | rising |
| 82 | Australia | 7.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 83 | Pakistan | 7.49 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 84 | Bulgaria | 7.28 kg/cap | 2023 | up 87.1% | rising |
| 85 | Estonia | 7.22 kg/cap | 2023 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 86 | Finland | 7.19 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 87 | Naoero | 7.17 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 88 | Brazil | 7.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 89 | Italy | 7.09 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 90 | Suriname | 7.03 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.6% | flat |
| 91 | Hungary | 7 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 92 | Afghanistan | 6.92 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 93 | Nicaragua | 6.86 kg/cap | 2023 | up 80.5% | rising |
| 94 | Nigeria | 6.76 kg/cap | 2023 | up 66.5% | rising |
| 95 | Uganda | 6.74 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 96 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.73 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 97 | Luxembourg | 6.7 kg/cap | 2023 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 98 | Panama | 6.69 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 99 | Samoa | 6.66 kg/cap | 2023 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 100 | Peru | 6.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 101 | Cuba | 6.43 kg/cap | 2019 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 102 | Lithuania | 6.41 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.5% | flat |
| 103 | Namibia | 6.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 104 | El Salvador | 6.28 kg/cap | 2023 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 105 | Australia and New Zealand | 6.27 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 106 | Saint Lucia | 5.46 kg/cap | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 107 | Switzerland | 5.44 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 108 | China, Macao SAR | 5.37 kg/cap | 2023 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 109 | Iceland | 5.35 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 110 | Grenada | 5.33 kg/cap | 2023 | up 114.1% | rising |
| 111 | Bhutan | 5.26 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 112 | China, Taiwan Province of | 5.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 113 | Slovak Republic | 5.05 kg/cap | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 114 | Guinea | 4.77 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 115 | Jamaica | 4.73 kg/cap | 2023 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 116 | Ghana | 4.58 kg/cap | 2023 | down 31.2% | flat |
| 117 | Nepal | 4.52 kg/cap | 2023 | up 54.3% | rising |
| 118 | Eswatini | 4.46 kg/cap | 2023 | up 41.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.4 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 120 | Paraguay | 4.19 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 121 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 4.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 248.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 123 | Iraq | 3.52 kg/cap | 2023 | down 52.0% | rising |
| 124 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 125 | Belize | 3.24 kg/cap | 2023 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 126 | Yemen | 3.18 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 127 | Comoros | 3.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 128 | Cyprus | 2.99 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 129 | Kenya | 2.64 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 130 | Botswana | 2.58 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 131 | Philippines | 2.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 104.8% | rising |
| 132 | Rwanda | 2.34 kg/cap | 2023 | up 96.6% | rising |
| 133 | Ethiopia | 2.26 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 134 | Sierra Leone | 2.04 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 135 | Gabon | 2 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.7% | flat |
| 136 | Tuvalu | 1.96 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 137 | Congo | 1.89 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 138 | Zambia | 1.8 kg/cap | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 139 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.77 kg/cap | 2023 | down 28.9% | rising |
| 140 | French Polynesia | 1.67 kg/cap | 2023 | down 72.6% | falling |
| 141 | Thailand | 1.66 kg/cap | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 142 | Serbia | 1.58 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Haiti | 1.55 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 144 | Norway | 1.29 kg/cap | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 145 | Honduras | 1.16 kg/cap | 2023 | down 57.4% | falling |
| 146 | Belgium | 1.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 147 | Solomon Islands | 0.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Marshall Islands | 0.52 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 149 | Ecuador | 0.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Kiribati | 0.49 kg/cap | 2023 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 151 | New Caledonia | 0.43 kg/cap | 2023 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 152 | Vanuatu | 0.41 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 153 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.34 kg/cap | 2023 | down 84.0% | falling |
| 154 | Angola | 0.27 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Madagascar | 0.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 156 | Papua New Guinea | 0.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 112.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Cambodia | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 158 | Lesotho | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central Asia 33.27 kg/cap
- Türkiye 21 kg/cap
- Northern Africa 26.15 kg/cap
- Southern Asia 16.08 kg/cap
- Eastern Europe 14.4 kg/cap
- Eastern Asia 14.31 kg/cap
- Western Asia 12.49 kg/cap
- Southern Europe 12.34 kg/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 11.19 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 10.2 kg/cap
- Cabo Verde 9.91 kg/cap
- Northern America 9.71 kg/cap
About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.