Ukrainians eat the most vegetables in the world

Published Feb 21, 2025

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In 2024, Ukraine, China, and Turkey were the top three countries in per capita vegetable consumption. Global vegetable consumption saw a slight decrease of -0.6% from the previous year, but remained stable at $1374.1 billion. China was the world's largest consumer, accounting for 46% of the global volume. Despite this, the global vegetable market is expected to continue growing due to increasing demand. The per capita consumption figures were Ukraine (653 kg), China (486 kg), and Turkey (353 kg).

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Ukraine, China and Turkey are among the TOP-3 countries with the highest per capita consumption of vegetables in 2024. This is reported by EastFruit. One Ukrainian consumes approximately 653 kg of vegetables per year. In 2024, vegetable consumption decreased by -0.6% to 1519 million tons for the first time since 2016, thus ending a seven-year growth trend. In 2023, it reached a maximum volume of 1527 million tons. The size of the global vegetable market was $1374.1 billion in 2024, remaining stable compared to the previous year. This figure reflects the combined revenue of producers and importers. China (693 million tons) became the country with the largest volume of vegetable consumption, accounting for about 46% of the total global volume. Moreover, vegetable consumption in China exceeded the figures recorded by the second largest consumer, India (195 million tons), by four times. The third place in this ranking was taken by the United States (52 million tons) with a share of ...

Source: Agropolit