Tear Jerkers
Who eats the most onions per person?
Who eats the most onions per person?
| # | Country | Onions available for consumption per person, FAO food balance (kg/yr per capita) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 56.8 | 2023 |
| 2 | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 31.1 | 2023 |
| 3 | 🇮🇳 India | 17.5 | 2023 |
| 4 | 🇺🇸 United States | 9.6 | 2023 |
| 5 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 2.6 | 2023 |
Tajikistan leads this card at 56.8, with Philippines at 2.6. The gap is 54.2. Tajikistan is 21.85 times Philippines.
Tajik cooking, especially plov, uses onions by the kilo, so a small country leads the world. India's onion dishes add up to much less per person.
Source: UN FAO Food Balances via Our World in Data See the source.
Pop 2100
🇨🇳 China has a projected population of 633.37 million people. What is 🇳🇬 Nigeria's?
| Country | Population in 2100 (million people) |
|---|---|
| 🇨🇳 China | 633.37 |
| 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 476.75 |
Nigeria is 476.75 million in the UN medium variant for 2100 and China is 633.37 million. China is smaller than today and still larger than Nigeria in this variant. The figure is a projection, not a count.
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant, population in 2100. The same series as the Most-Populous Top 1. See the source.
Fluent Enough
English Proficiency 🇫🇷🇵🇱
| # | Country | EF English Proficiency Index score (EPI score) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 616 | 2025 |
| 2 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 612 | |
| 3 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 602 | |
| 4 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 600 | |
| 5 | 🇫🇷 France | 539 | |
| 6 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 521 |
Zimbabwe outranks France because English is an official working language there. France dubs its media and has less daily need for English. Note: EF test-takers are self-selected.
Source: EF English Proficiency Index 2025 (via Wikipedia) See the source.