World’s biggest fruit eaters REVEALED in interactive map (and neither Britain or the US is near the bottom)
The World’s Largest Fruit Eaters REVEALED on Interactive Map (and neither Britain nor the US are near the bottom)
- Our World in Data has revealed the countries that eat the most fruit each year
- The Caribbean island of Dominica eats the most fruit with 387.18 kg per year
Dominica is home to the world’s largest fruit eaters, data shows.
People on the Caribbean island eat an average of 387.2 kg of fruit per year.
That’s the equivalent of about 1,500 apples or 2,500 bananas each.
By comparison, people in the UK process 86.4kg of fruit a year, according to the latest 2020 data.
This puts the UK in 65th place in the international ranking.
Meanwhile, the US ranks 51st, with the average American eating 93.8 kg of fruit per year.
Fruit consumption data, shared by Our World in Data, an Oxford University-backed platform, is available for 195 countries.
The results were calculated by dividing the total weight of fruit consumed by the population.
A fascinating interactive map published by Our world in data — which users of the MailOnline app can see by clicking here — shows rates worldwide.
Greece (142 kg), Portugal (130.5 kg) and Italy (129.9 kg) eat the most fruit in Europe, the data shows.
At the other end of the scale, globally came Zambia (4.6 kg), Chad (7.1 kg) and Togo (7.4 kg).
Researchers also split the data into different types of fruit, revealing that the average person in the UK eats 20.3kg of oranges, 17.1kg of apples and 13.8kg of bananas a year, to name a few.
For comparison, people in the US consume 25.8 kg of oranges, 15.5 kg of apples and 11.2 kg of bananas.
People on the Caribbean island of Dominica, pictured, consume the most fruit in the world, eating a whopping 387.18 kg of fruit per year, according to statistics from Our World in 2020 Data
The West African province of Gambia, pictured, eats the least fruit according to Our World in Data 2020 statistics. People in the country eat 4.61 kg per year