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Last updated: 10 November 2026
Who eats the most onions per person?
This ranki.gg Rank it uses one measure: Onions available for consumption per person, FAO food balance, in kg/yr per capita. The countries on the card are Tajikistan, Senegal, India, United States, Philippines. You do not have to recall the numbers from memory. They sit in a column. The job is to match each country to the value that belongs to it, then lock the order in. Five tries. A card in the right spot locks. A card in the wrong spot turns red so you can move it.
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.
The countries on the card
| # | Country | kg/yr per capita |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tajikistan | 56.8 |
| 2 | Senegal | 31.1 |
| 3 | India | 17.5 |
| 4 | United States | 9.6 |
| 5 | Philippines | 2.6 |
Tajikistan leads this table at 56.8 kg/yr per capita. After that: Senegal at 31.1 (25.7 kg/yr per capita under Tajikistan); India at 17.5 (13.6 kg/yr per capita under Senegal); United States at 9.6 (7.9 kg/yr per capita under India); Philippines at 2.6 (7 kg/yr per capita under United States). Tajikistan is 21.846 times Philippines. That multiple is the top row divided by the bottom row of this same table. In the wider list of 182 stored on the puzzle, Tajikistan is number 1, Senegal is number 6, India is number 30, United States is number 70, Philippines is number 140.
The fact says Tajik cooking, especially plov, uses onions by the kilo, which is why a small country leads this card, and that India's onion dishes add up to much less per person. Senegal is second on this five. The United States and the Philippines are the low end. The source is UN FAO food balances via Our World in Data: onions available for consumption per person, not a market survey of recipes.
The source line on the puzzle is: UN FAO Food Balances via Our World in Data. The puzzle does not add a separate caveat beyond that source line and the fact above. ranki.gg does not invent a value that is missing from that source. If two countries were so close that the order would depend on rounding, they would not be the pair the card asks you to separate.
When you finish the puzzle, the answer screen repeats the order, the fact, and a link to the source. That link is the same URL cited here: https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/global-food?Food=Onions&Metric=Food+available+for+consumption&Per+capita=true&Unit=Kilograms+per+year.