How many kilograms of rice do people in North America eat every year?
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Rice is a common staple food in most Asian countries. Not very surprisingly, Asian countries dominate the top of the per capita rice consumption. But there are also several North American countries that consume a large amount of rice per capita.
As we can see on this map, there are some very strong differences in North America. Canada, the US, Mexico and Guatemala have a very low per capita rice consumption. The same goes for most of the smaller Caribbean islands. The larger Caribbean islands and the Central American countries that are more south, have a far higher per capita rice consumption.
By far the biggest consumer per capita in North America is Panama, with a consumption of 113.7 kg per capita. Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic also have a pretty high per capita rice consumption.
The lowest numbers can be found in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, where people consume an average of 5.1 kg of rice per capita.
Curious about the rice consumption in other continents? Have a look at these other maps of Africa, Asia, Europe and South America that I’ve made before.
The data for this map comes from the FAO. The data includes any product made of rice, including rice noodles, sake, rice starch, rice flour and other products made of rice. The amount of rice in the dataset concerns the raw (uncooked) weight.
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