Onions — Processing 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 — Processing is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 257 1000 t in Türkiye; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Albania.
The median across all reporting countries is 6 1000 t, and the mean is 32.66 1000 t.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 825.0%), and the largest decrease in Caribbean (down 85.7%).
Onions — Processing: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Türkiye | 257 1000 t | 2023 | up 105.6% | rising |
| 2 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 218 1000 t | 2023 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 3 | Belgium | 203 1000 t | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 4 | Niger | 74 1000 t | 2023 | up 825.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Syrian Arab Republic | 46 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 6 | Spain | 28 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Lebanon | 21 1000 t | 2023 | up 16.7% | flat |
| 8 | Uzbekistan | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 325.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Honduras | 12 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 10 | Lithuania | 11 1000 t | 2023 | up 120.0% | rising |
| 11 | Republic of Moldova | 10 1000 t | 2023 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 12 | Serbia | 9 1000 t | 2023 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 9 1000 t | 2023 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 14 | Ukraine | 7 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 15 | Ethiopia | 6 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 16 | Cuba | 5 1000 t | 2019 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 17 | Cyprus | 3 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 17 | North Macedonia | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 17 | Guatemala | 3 1000 t | 2018 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 20 | Hungary | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | flat |
| 21 | Caribbean | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 85.7% | falling |
| 21 | Azerbaijan | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 21 | Bangladesh | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Portugal | 0 1000 t | 2014 | — | flat |
| 24 | Saint Lucia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 24 | Italy | 0 1000 t | 2014 | — | flat |
| 24 | Brazil | 0 1000 t | 2014 | — | flat |
| 24 | Russian Federation | 0 1000 t | 2014 | — | flat |
| 24 | Albania | 0 1000 t | 2015 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 940 1000 t
- Europe 501 1000 t
- European Union (27) 474 1000 t
- Western Europe 421 1000 t
- Asia 346 1000 t
- Western Asia 328 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 143 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 111 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 94 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 81 1000 t
- Africa 80 1000 t
- Western Africa 74 1000 t
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.