With a per capita consumption of 7.91 kilos, the carrot is still clearly ahead of tomatoes (6.61 kilos per capita). Then we see hot peppers, iceberg lettuce and watermelons. A total of 66,629 tons of carrots and 55,656 tons of tomatoes were consumed.
Separately listed in the ranking -on no 10- are cherry tomatoes (2.91 kilos/head). If one were to add these to the other tomatoes, tomatoes would indeed displace carrots.
Top 10 vegetables
rank | vegetables | per capita consumption |
1 | carrots | 7.91 |
2 | tomatoes | 6.61 |
3 | hot peppers | 4.46 |
4 | iceberg lettuce | 3.84 |
5 | water melons | 3.81 |
6 | cucumbers | 3.64 |
7 | melons (other) | 3.48 |
8 | onions (yellow) | 3.35 |
9 | courgettes | 3.12 |
10 | cherry tomatoes | 2.91 |
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