In this article, we will find out what is the average amount of honey consumed by a person in the world in 2022. We will use statistical data from FAOSTAT, Trade Map, UN Population Division.
Top 30 countries by honey consumption in 2022
The leader in honey consumption per person in 2022 is the Central African Republic (3.12 kg). It seems surprising, but based on the data on honey production, the lack of honey exports and imports in the Central African Republic, and the number of people, we get this figure. In second place is Greece (2.46 kg), in third place is Lithuania (2.25 kg.) Further in descending order are the countries in the table.
Method of calculation
To calculate honey consumption in 2022, we take the data on honey production (FAOSTAT), subtract the data on exports and add the data on honey imports (Trade Map). We divide this sum by the number of inhabitants in the country (UN Population Division). As a result, we get the amount of honey consumed per person. Of course, it should be recognised that there may be some inaccuracy in the data provided by countries. But nevertheless, we have no other data, and we proceed on this basis.
Table with data on population, production,
imports, exports and honey consumption in 2022 by country
| Country | Production, tonnes | Exports, tonnes | Imports, tonnes | Population | Consumption, kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR Greece Lithuania Croatia Nepal New Zealand Albania Serbia Macedonia Slovenia Bermuda Seychelles Portugal Switzerland Turkmenistan Estonia Ireland Suriname Montenegro Cyprus Czechia Türkiye Romania Latvia Austria Bosnia Finland Poland Iran UK Canada UAE Germany Armenia Barbados Samoa France Bahamas USA Azerbaijan Cayman Islands Spain Netherlands China, Taiwan Israel Qatar British Indian Belgium Angola New Caledonia Korea Bulgaria Greenland Maldives Rwanda Norway Australia Thailand Georgia Tanzania Tajikistan Iceland Russia Timor-Leste China, Hong Kong Uzbekistan Luxembourg Tuvalu Saudi Arabia Kyrgyzstan Fiji Sweden French Polynesia Japan Honduras Denmark Mauritius Chile Singapore Ukraine Aruba Andorra Bahrain Oman Antigua Italy Cook Islands Saint Pierre Kuwait Moldova Kenya Tunisia Malta Curaçao Morocco Mexico Paraguay Jamaica Libya Guatemala Costa Rica Faroe Islands Lebanon Senegal Belarus China, mainland Kazakhstan Cuba Cameroon Syrian Arab Republic El Salvador Belize Guyana Marshall Islands Colombia Ethiopia Mongolia Madagascar Bhutan Jordan Brunei Darussalam British Virgin Islands Algeria Gibraltar Malaysia Mali Equatorial Guinea Brazil Tonga Lesotho Panama Saint Vincent Wallis Islands Yemen Botswana Guinea-Bissau Guinea Argentina Cabo Verde Namibia Hungary Palestine Macao, China Dominican Republic Bolivia Chad South Africa Sierra Leone Peru Burundi Ecuador Sao Tome and Principe Nicaragua Nigeria Northern Mariana Islands Bonaire Afghanistan Trinidad and Tobago Burkina Faso Papua New Guinea Myanmar Egypt Mozambique Côte d’Ivoire Haiti Venezuela Turks and Caicos Islands Mauritania Saint Kitts and Nevis Sudan Gabon Djibouti Indonesia Puerto Rico Togo Iraq Kiribati Philippines Somalia Saint Lucia | 17 399 22 590 6 017 6 657 5 168 22 000 5 391 14 228 3 275 2 405 0 0 11 465 4 441 876 1 631 0 39 569 660 7 771 118 297 29 760 2 302 4 100 2 560 3 300 19 031 79 535 9 923 33 745 0 19 600 2 200 0 174 20 019 0 56 849 7 446 0 30 513 0 12 207 4 500 0 0 0 23 457 183 29 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Average global honey consumption per person in 2022.
If we take the data on honey production based on FAOSTAT and the number of people on earth based on UN Population Division in 2022, we get: 1,830,767,920 kg / 7,813,180,807 people = 234 grams of honey consumed by an average person per year.
