Rice consumption falls below 60kg per person
Published: 30 Jan. 2020, 20:29
Per capita average annual rice consumption hit a fresh low of 59.2 kilograms (130.5 pounds) last year, down 3 percent from a year earlier, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea.
It marked the first time for the amount to fall below 60 kilograms.
Rice is a key staple food for Koreans, but its consumption has been on a steady decline since 1980, when per capita average annual rice consumption was 132.4 kilograms.
The latest figure indicates Koreans consumed around 162 grams of rice on a daily basis.
Consumption of non-rice grains edged down 2.4 percent on-year to 8.2 kilograms in 2019 from 8.4 kilograms posted a year ago.
The amount of rice used by manufacturers also decreased 1.5 percent.
Yonhap
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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