Olive oil consumption

The biggest olive oil consumer is Greece followed by Italy, Spain and many other mediterranean countries. But they aren't the only ones that consume a realtive big quantity of olive oil on yearly bases. America, Canada, Japan...they do not have a big consumption compared to the mediterranean countries. However the numbers keeps rising each year as olive oil becomes more requested in foreign countries.






Here I have a list of numbers of the year 2005 to give you an impression.

Country Production (2005) Consumption (2005) Annual Per Capita Consumption (kg)
Spain 36% 20% 13.62
Tunisia 32% 25% 11.1
Italy 25% 30% 12.35
Greece 18% 9% 23.7
Turkey 5% 2% 1.2
Syria 4% 3% 6
Morocco 3% 2% 1.8
Portugal 1% 2% 7.1
United States 0% 8% 0.56
France 0% 4% 1.34
Lebanon 0% 3% 1.18