Onions and Shallots Dry Consumption by Country
India reported 25,136,180 tonnes of dry onion and shallot food supply in 2023, 26.1 percent of the listed total. China came second at 20,973,126 tonnes and the United States third at 3,305,232. Per person, Tajikistan led. India shed 1,740,281 tonnes in the latest year, while Türkiye gained. All figures describe food available for human consumption, not actual intake.
2023 answer: India had the largest dry onion and shallot food supply at 25,136,180 tonnes, accounting for 26.1 percent of the listed total. China ranked second with 20,973,126 tonnes and the United States third with 3,305,232 tonnes. Tajikistan had the highest food supply per person at 155.69 grams per day. These figures represent food available for human consumption, not actual intake.
India Leads a Huge Table
India led at 25,136,180 tonnes, 1.20 times China. The United States sat third at 3,305,232 tonnes, ahead of Bangladesh at 3,193,758 and Egypt at 2,957,727. The top three held 51.4 percent of the 96,140,150-tonne total, and the top five 57.8 percent. Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan, Türkiye and Russia closed the top ten between 1,829,954 and 2,118,348 tonnes. Of 170 countries in the file, 169 carried a 2023 value.
Across the 169 countries in both 2022 and 2023, supply eased 0.7 percent, from 96,801,072 tonnes, a loss of 660,922. India shed 1,740,281 tonnes, down 6.5 percent, the largest fall in the file. Pakistan shed 363,325 tonnes, down 16.4 percent. Türkiye added 293,990 tonnes, up 19.1 percent. Iran added 265,230 tonnes, up 16.5 percent, and Egypt 248,222. China shed 215,495 tonnes. Mexico added 192,950 tonnes, up 19.5 percent, and Bangladesh 191,651. Among the 169 countries in both 2019 and 2023, supply grew 12.8 percent, from 85,212,457 tonnes, a gain of 10,927,693. India added 5,616,989 tonnes, up 28.8 percent from 19,519,191, over half the net rise. Bangladesh added 1,280,845 tonnes, up 67.0 percent. China added 871,933 tonnes. Egypt added 623,524 tonnes, up 26.7 percent. Indonesia added 565,440 tonnes, up 36.4 percent. Vietnam added 269,087 tonnes, up 74.5 percent. Nigeria added 282,385 tonnes, up 22.4 percent. One country was present in 2019 but had no reported value in 2023. Tajikistan's 155.69 grams a day topped the per-person table, ahead of Niger at 135.75 and Kazakhstan at 117.86. Albania and Algeria followed between 98 and 108 grams. Senegal sat at 85.34 grams. India, the volume leader, sat at 47.89 grams per person. For onions and shallots, dry, tonnage follows element 5141 and daily grams follow element 665 across 2019 to 2023. A change is measured from the earlier year; none is stated from a zero base. Only countries present in both compared years enter a change. A reported zero is not a blank, and blanks never stand in for zeros. India leads volume while Tajikistan leads per person. The file holds 170 countries after removing World, regional and aggregate rows; all but one carry 2023 values. The numbers describe food available for human consumption. Source: FAO FAOSTAT, compiled by StatsGeo.India Falls, Others Rise
Onions and Shallots Dry Consumption
India Adds Millions Over Five Years
Tajikistan Leads Per Person
Onions and Shallots Dry Consumption by Country
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1
19.52M
38.5
22.53M
44
22.98M
44.53
26.88M
51.66
25.14M
47.89
2
20.1M
38.69
20.64M
39.65
21.11M
40.54
21.19M
40.73
20.97M
40.39
3
3.39M
27.53
3.23M
26.08
3.12M
25.11
3.23M
25.95
3.31M
26.36
4
1.91M
31.78
2.46M
40.47
2.64M
43.13
3M
48.56
3.19M
51.03
5
2.33M
59.46
2.56M
64.13
2.83M
69.93
2.71M
65.92
2.96M
70.75
6
1.55M
15.61
1.92M
19.18
2.09M
20.71
2.13M
20.95
2.12M
20.64
7
1.57M
49.47
1.7M
53.1
1.67M
51.71
1.61M
49.32
1.88M
56.75
8
1.82M
21.66
1.8M
20.97
1.79M
20.45
2.22M
24.92
1.85M
20.52
9
1.58M
50.56
1.51M
48.13
1.6M
50.59
1.54M
48.41
1.83M
57.53
10
1.76M
32.87
1.86M
34.87
1.63M
30.63
1.75M
33.01
1.83M
34.47
11
1.48M
93.57
1.53M
94.94
1.57M
95.85
1.61M
97.13
1.66M
98.57
12
1.26M
16.47
1.28M
16.33
1.4M
17.53
1.46M
17.88
1.54M
18.53
13
1.43M
18.88
1.37M
17.99
1.5M
19.62
1.52M
19.84
1.5M
19.49
14
1.09M
130.46
1.1M
127.14
1.09M
122.38
1.29M
140.08
1.3M
135.75
15
1.44M
76.12
1.1M
57.93
1.48M
78.1
1.17M
61.74
1.19M
63.26
16
1.14M
24.84
1.03M
22.35
917.52K
19.69
990.74K
21.1
1.18M
25
17
1.05M
63.91
1.03M
62.91
1.01M
62.18
894.83K
59.72
941.94K
68.39
18
872.37K
72.5
936.88K
76.42
936.21K
74.9
917.1K
71.91
922.49K
70.89
19
942.3K
54.42
882.73K
50.72
1.05M
59.98
856.45K
49.06
895.4K
51.2
20
665.58K
94.93
812.15K
114.21
831.21K
115.34
800.5K
109.47
874.6K
117.86
21
926.47K
48.22
970.43K
50.15
881.83K
45.25
901.28K
45.93
858.83K
43.47
22
743.91K
24.39
727.95K
23.85
828.77K
27.13
702.94K
22.9
839.62K
27.21
23
627.09K
26.14
601.19K
24.99
786.58K
32.61
632.35K
26.14
641.88K
26.47
24
361.13K
10.18
355.21K
9.92
347.6K
9.63
592.55K
16.29
630.21K
17.21
25
637.23K
26.01
621.61K
25.29
596.55K
24.15
586.13K
23.55
601.59K
24
26
533.18K
38.21
590.67K
42.4
557.22K
40.13
598.61K
42.72
592.1K
41.85
27
505.16K
145.23
573.04K
161.03
496.01K
136.34
582.54K
156.74
590.43K
155.69
28
691.65K
37.97
540.88K
29.27
534.03K
28.58
580.27K
30.73
574.25K
30.07
29
806.51K
61.02
759.91K
56.91
781.53K
57.94
730.75K
53.63
568.88K
41.33
30
550.14K
92.17
545.59K
89.03
544.94K
86.7
528.96K
82.1
563.07K
85.34
31
489.82K
40.13
461.59K
37.32
468.27K
37.42
504.71K
39.85
539.29K
42.06
32
523.96K
24.09
550.56K
24.91
551.07K
24.55
504.42K
22.15
507.6K
22
33
447.53K
27.26
478.34K
29
444.75K
26.89
516.47K
31.16
507.19K
30.51
34
364.02K
32.73
560.5K
49.55
564.72K
49.39
522.73K
44.51
470.9K
38.78
35
491.67K
22.4
462.78K
21.16
421.07K
19.31
413.45K
19
421.79K
19.42
36
373.18K
27.06
358.96K
25.76
403.61K
28.76
404.47K
28.54
412.95K
28.79
37
325.16K
46.4
341.29K
48.27
378.91K
53.36
357.49K
50.09
377.69K
52.64
38
178.23K
31.97
181.55K
32.03
220.35K
38.22
290.2K
49.48
356.49K
59.77
39
325K
39.73
367.96K
44.68
378.52K
45.68
335.28K
40.23
349.65K
41.7
40
280.55K
30.14
308.87K
32.28
321.49K
32.72
349.61K
34.66
329.11K
31.78
41
300.5K
19.15
313.65K
19.33
333.64K
19.91
312.45K
18.09
328.01K
18.47
42
345.53K
31.68
262.66K
23.38
440.53K
38.06
463.16K
38.86
307.98K
25.09
43
225.28K
5.57
281.85K
6.89
296.46K
7.18
247.05K
5.94
293.99K
7.01
44
305.92K
7.24
354.23K
8.16
175.86K
3.94
247.81K
5.41
290.73K
6.19
45
198.4K
14.36
238.4K
16.72
336.25K
23.03
253.1K
17.09
286.98K
18.97
46
156.42K
22.52
169.78K
23.81
179.85K
24.58
256.23K
34.13
277.16K
35.98
47
225.53K
61.11
250.61K
67.43
263.64K
70.58
242.94K
64.65
267.71K
71.08
48
164.83K
7.63
162.57K
7.31
153.55K
6.7
401.8K
17.01
265.85K
10.93
49
187.47K
54.44
208.16K
60.99
215.06K
63.69
227.71K
68.01
227.29K
68.31
50
319.8K
27
284.69K
23.75
242.05K
20
164.62K
13.47
220.08K
17.82
51
182.25K
76.89
211.52K
86.96
201.77K
81.05
215.48K
84.87
211.56K
81.94
52
285.14K
40.06
288.86K
40.81
284.38K
40.48
209.22K
29.91
209.77K
30.06
53
227.26K
24.43
221.98K
23.62
223.41K
23.58
251.98K
26.35
198.44K
20.55
54
159.23K
15.07
152.88K
14.73
155.11K
15.05
159.67K
15.5
178.64K
17.29
55
198.21K
78.12
179.44K
69.78
185.83K
71.35
184.6K
70.01
177.04K
66.39
56
173.99K
40.14
177.04K
40.51
178.76K
40.65
174.36K
39.42
172.73K
38.79
57
124.13K
19.88
131.1K
20.69
132.5K
20.63
160.43K
24.63
163.41K
24.7
58
210.85K
18.48
215.52K
18.52
256.66K
21.62
195.41K
16.15
154.76K
12.55
59
98.99K
5.3
180.53K
9.47
151.09K
7.78
145.41K
7.34
145.89K
7.22
60
139.76K
40.83
263.31K
76.35
268.41K
75.12
179.13K
47.92
137.43K
35.38
61
85.7K
20.12
114.61K
26.57
138.49K
31.78
134.67K
30.55
137.11K
30.68
62
205.14K
15.91
291.76K
22.13
313.63K
23.26
121.86K
8.83
135.93K
9.63
63
140.91K
13.59
57.4K
5.43
112.63K
10.47
173.98K
16.04
134.29K
12.39
64
48.99K
12.58
71.74K
18.09
76.83K
19.02
102.5K
24.95
128K
30.66
65
140.12K
10.93
134.09K
10.17
62.2K
4.59
117.81K
8.44
125.36K
8.72
66
115.2K
30.51
131.62K
34.77
126.03K
33.23
123.94K
32.6
121.12K
31.81
67
135.31K
15.66
140.28K
16.24
121.79K
14.16
119.67K
14
120.56K
14.17
68
148.48K
37.95
171.04K
43.8
131.57K
34.07
111.79K
29.41
119.33K
31.92
69
140.49K
5.38
119.41K
4.57
73.58K
2.81
76.97K
2.94
118.75K
4.54
70
73.82K
18.56
81.9K
20.38
79.34K
19.54
93.93K
22.91
116.4K
28.14
71
101.43K
26.33
106.98K
27.78
107.25K
27.9
101.7K
26.1
115.35K
29.24
72
112.24K
35.52
111.04K
34.57
103.36K
31.67
110.55K
33.27
114.87K
34
73
101.12K
96.02
95.94K
91.53
98.62K
94.82
99.79K
96.68
110.45K
107.62
74
104.04K
62.08
102.25K
61.94
94.86K
57.75
85.02K
49.25
106.98K
58.05
75
102.82K
63.42
118.41K
73.73
94.59K
59.43
100.7K
60.12
100.19K
56.73
76
76.18K
20.31
87.8K
23.23
82.25K
21.63
87.79K
22.93
89.78K
23.31
77
100.16K
40.33
99.33K
39.16
99.41K
38.4
83.26K
31.55
89.42K
33.27
78
181.85K
28.41
4.68K
0.73
132.37K
20.45
0
0
73.17K
11.08
79
93.93K
28.98
84.47K
25.94
92.97K
28.4
83.21K
25.15
70.61K
21.19
80
57.36K
12.06
72.14K
14.78
81.22K
16.23
90.7K
17.68
68.76K
13.08
81
63.02K
17.67
73.98K
20.79
67.92K
19.17
63.99K
18.1
67.76K
19.16
82
61.77K
1.82
64.77K
1.85
65.29K
1.8
69.13K
1.85
62.05K
1.61
83
36.46K
22.36
73K
43.48
85.93K
49.72
95.86K
53.86
59.98K
32.72
84
88.72K
86.88
83.71K
81.81
74.48K
72.49
77.82K
73.71
57.91K
53.25
85
69.56K
32.89
59.85K
28.76
48.55K
23.26
65.2K
31.1
57.07K
27.08
86
52.27K
75.47
55.59K
81.36
56.54K
83.68
59.54K
88.64
56.4K
84.35
87
54.59K
7.35
45.26K
5.89
44.34K
5.62
45.84K
5.59
52.34K
6.08
88
38.74K
18.25
41.28K
19.4
55.07K
25.76
48.21K
22.37
49.65K
22.87
89
51.7K
20.31
42.77K
16.9
42.31K
16.86
41.27K
16.57
49.49K
19.95
90
46.73K
49.01
42.76K
45.6
34.19K
37.12
38.12K
41.11
49.06K
52.36
91
47.41K
15.14
50.71K
16.08
44.4K
13.97
59.87K
18.65
48.28K
14.91
92
42.52K
17.97
38.52K
16.07
42.78K
17.64
40.7K
16.57
46.81K
18.8
93
25.05K
13.73
33.41K
18.18
40.55K
21.96
41.11K
22.16
43.01K
23.08
94
39.8K
22.1
41.74K
22.95
39.82K
21.7
43.93K
23.55
42.7K
22.51
95
48.46K
39.68
49.88K
41.42
42.93K
36.25
32.03K
27.38
42.59K
36.64
96
26.56K
22.51
33.58K
27.96
38.23K
31.36
34.53K
27.94
41.08K
32.79
97
43.53K
21.6
38.4K
19.03
40.6K
20.07
52.63K
25.89
40.3K
19.71
98
36.43K
25.04
32.13K
22.26
36.13K
25.22
34.85K
24.44
39.98K
28.11
99
36.68K
16.15
43.15K
18.96
44.94K
19.68
39.81K
17.37
39.63K
17.21
100
42.33K
30.54
46.35K
33.46
34.97K
25.29
34.97K
25.25
37.91K
27.28
101
42.61K
6.31
45.04K
6.47
41.83K
5.85
39.9K
5.42
37.27K
4.93
102
38.83K
8.33
33.38K
7
38.29K
7.85
39.11K
7.85
32.7K
6.42
103
35.27K
22.82
29.83K
19.04
39.07K
24.63
30.39K
18.92
29.83K
18.33
104
26.1K
24.62
27.6K
26.16
26.8K
25.58
27.9K
26.53
29.6K
27.55
105
36.51K
67.32
35.87K
66.27
34.08K
62.16
39.21K
70.04
29.51K
51.51
106
29.59K
12.44
28.94K
12
28.63K
11.73
28.7K
11.63
28.67K
11.48
107
36.47K
18.33
37.58K
18.87
27.83K
14.01
30.14K
15.09
27.85K
13.83
108
25.39K
20.48
26.59K
21.43
26.36K
21.26
26.81K
21.66
26.96K
21.8
109
13.87K
34.91
12.4K
30.74
14.48K
35.38
21.87K
52.68
22.84K
54.28
110
17.73K
37.77
15.91K
33.97
19.51K
41.77
18.59K
39.91
20.6K
44.31
111
7.18K
24.34
7.51K
25.48
7.23K
24.29
19.26K
64.23
19.85K
65.8
112
24.02K
24.83
23.44K
23.53
32.15K
31.34
22.74K
21.56
18.86K
17.44
113
25.92K
25.41
23.34K
22.87
18.13K
17.77
24.76K
24.08
18.29K
17.55
114
15.84K
3.91
21.79K
5.31
23.01K
5.54
18.42K
4.39
17.98K
4.23
115
16.69K
21.95
17.89K
23.32
16.4K
21.26
14.2K
18.39
17.9K
23.14
116
19.5K
6.91
27.05K
9.37
27.05K
9.16
25.45K
8.42
17.23K
5.58
117
15.31K
21.92
18.97K
27.33
14.4K
20.92
14.06K
20.47
15.03K
21.88
118
11.5K
64.58
10.2K
55.64
11.8K
62.63
12.16K
63.57
13.96K
72.72
119
10.81K
10.49
11.37K
11.01
11.98K
11.57
11.7K
11.29
13.44K
12.96
120
24.43K
6.73
13.52K
3.66
12.21K
3.25
12.45K
3.26
12.3K
3.17
121
13.41K
3.2
13.69K
3.25
18.32K
4.34
11.8K
2.78
11.97K
2.8
122
14.64K
7.14
19.12K
9.1
18.7K
8.7
20.65K
9.38
11.72K
5.19
123
11.09K
4.36
12.9K
5.12
17.47K
7
4.78K
1.93
10.69K
4.32
124
8.58K
17.71
8.33K
17.16
9.22K
18.96
8.85K
17.96
9.87K
19.78
125
20.29K
1.72
10.88K
0.89
6.67K
0.53
4.75K
0.36
9.83K
0.73
126
79.48
0.01
287.41
0.04
10.9K
1.69
14.35K
2.21
8.99K
1.37
127
7.6K
41.31
7.28K
38.49
7.72K
40.33
7.49K
38.86
8.21K
42.22
128
9.44K
28.28
9.55K
28.58
9.49K
28.35
9.18K
27.34
7.81K
23.14
129
16.33K
8.37
7.13K
3.63
9.04K
4.58
7.97K
4
7.14K
3.54
130
12.77K
15
13.67K
15.83
14.89K
16.99
4.34K
4.88
6.41K
7.08
131
6.78K
0.66
7.95K
0.75
5.07K
0.47
6.09K
0.55
5.56K
0.49
132
6.12K
14.21
6.36K
14.61
7.01K
15.92
5.93K
13.32
5.49K
12.23
133
4.75K
21.29
4.82K
21.73
4.76K
21.59
4.98K
22.19
5.27K
22.81
134
5.87K
31.26
6.12K
32.55
7.01K
37.19
6.15K
32.43
5.18K
27.14
135
6.92K
8.36
8.13K
9.59
5.51K
6.35
8.02K
9.03
4.98K
5.49
136
3.21K
14.19
3.51K
15.24
3.46K
14.8
3.75K
15.72
4.45K
18.34
137
5.35K
24.18
5.55K
24.85
5.18K
22.98
4.62K
20.3
4.42K
19.27
138
3.26K
11.66
4.05K
14.4
4.04K
14.28
5.22K
18.32
4.14K
14.4
139
4.45K
9.48
4.23K
8.89
4.58K
9.52
4.21K
8.67
4.02K
8.2
140
7.1K
28.97
3.64K
14.61
3.47K
13.68
3.41K
13.26
3.84K
14.72
141
3.66K
5.1
6.08K
8.28
6.32K
8.41
5.9K
7.68
3.81K
4.85
142
2.79K
19.39
2.1K
14.51
2.03K
14.01
3.1K
21.33
3.17K
21.76
143
2.26K
21.99
2.35K
22.81
2.01K
19.52
2.96K
28.72
2.69K
26.06
144
993.83
3.46
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0
0
2.25K
7.37
2.58K
8.31
145
5.32K
1.95
7K
2.56
7K
2.56
4.42K
1.62
2.52K
0.93
146
1.92K
14.58
1.89K
14.14
1.66K
12.19
1.95K
14.07
2.07K
14.65
147
2.34K
0.67
978.78
0.27
3.86K
1.06
951.25
0.26
1.78K
0.47
148
1.82K
42.36
2.24K
51.03
1.93K
42.94
1.74K
37.97
1.6K
34.19
149
1.31K
17.12
1.25K
16.16
1.22K
15.61
1.14K
14.52
1.44K
18.24
150
1.36K
9.62
1.91K
13.41
1.12K
7.78
1.03K
6.97
1.33K
8.88
151
1.09K
16.74
1.24K
18.98
860.67
13.21
1.07K
16.33
979.19
14.96
152
919.65
11.81
1.06K
13.3
1.12K
13.84
879.03
10.64
803.3
9.53
153
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.4K
0.51
751.88
0.27
154
608.66
18.25
465.89
13.9
553.17
16.41
523.09
15.44
628.09
18.44
155
419.75
9.92
542.54
12.78
617.25
14.49
567.36
13.3
624.09
14.6
156
1.75K
17.22
1.51K
14.83
1.96K
19.21
1.7K
16.61
469.62
4.58
157
166.02
0.62
88.52
0.33
154.33
0.55
179.51
0.63
451.68
1.55
158
349.11
9.18
317.52
8.4
944.44
25.16
239.82
6.44
360.37
9.74
159
266.53
15.55
225.5
13.18
253.5
14.85
261.48
15.34
205.59
12.05
160
43.02
0.4
3.81
0.03
31.41
0.28
46.24
0.4
132.55
1.13
161
45.03
0.44
1.14
0.01
43.26
0.42
203.08
1.94
126.05
1.19
162
6.06
0.16
-
-
4
0.1
0
0
104.2
2.73
163
51.19
0.01
6.85
0
151.84
0.02
80.22
0.01
91.62
0.01
164
35.32
8.35
24.17
5.69
47.09
11.02
33.57
7.79
85.12
19.64
165
16.14
0.36
203.08
4.41
266
5.68
47.24
0.99
64.7
1.34
166
14.68
0.91
172.87
11.09
42.25
2.8
220.82
15.1
20
1.41
167
35.36
9.15
24.64
6.49
40.05
10.76
26.79
7.35
19.2
5.36
168
0.15
0
-
-
-
-
0
0
0
0
169
969.42
2.04
927.21
1.92
1.13K
2.28
0
0
0
0
170
72.02K
17.61
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Methodology
Frequently Asked Questions
How large was India's share of the listed supply?
India accounted for 26.1 percent of the listed dry onion supply in 2023, more than a quarter of the total, ahead of China in second.
What moved the latest total?
India shed 1,740,281 tonnes, down 6.5 percent, exceeding the 660,922-tonne net loss, with Pakistan shedding 363,325 and China 215,495, while Türkiye and Iran added overall.
How did five years net out?
India added 5,616,989 tonnes, over half the 10,927,693-tonne net gain, with Bangladesh adding 1,280,845 and China 871,933 behind it, and Egypt adding 623,524 and Indonesia adding 565,440.
Who led per person?
Tajikistan, at 155.69 grams per person per day in 2023, ahead of Niger at 135.75, while volume leader India sat at only 47.89 grams, with Kazakhstan third at 117.86.
Does this supply equal food eaten?
No. The figures measure food available for human consumption in the reference year, not actual intake, so they describe supply rather than the amounts people actually ate.
Data Disclaimer: Projected data (future years) are estimates based on mathematical models. Actual values may differ. Learn about our methodology →
Sources
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Updated: 08.10.2026https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/SCL
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