The world's biggest fruit eaters REVEALED on an interactive map (and neither Britain nor the US is anywhere near the bottom)

The world's biggest fruit eaters REVEALED in an interactive map (and neither Britain nor the US are near the bottom) Our World in Data has revealed the nations that eat the most fruit each yearThe Caribbean island of Dominica eats the most fruit with 387.18kg eaten per year

By Rebecca Whittaker for Mailonline

July 2023

Dominica is home to the world's biggest fruit eaters, according to data.

Residents of the Caribbean island eat 387.2 kg of fruit per year, on average.

That equates to about 1,500 apples or 2,500 bananas each.

In comparison, Britons consume 86.4kg of fruit per year, according to the most recent data from 2020.

This puts the UK in 65th place in the international rankings.

Meanwhile, the United States ranks 51st, with the average American consuming 93.8 kg of fruit per year.

Fruit consumption data, shared by Our World in Data, a platform supported by Oxford University, 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 MailOnline app users can see by clicking here — shows global rates.

Greece (142kg), Portugal (130.5kg) and Italy (129.9kg) eat the most fruit in Europe, according to the data.

At the other end of the world scale were Zambia (4.6 kg), Chad (7.1 kg) and Togo (7.4 kg).

The 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 per year, to name but a few.

In comparison, Americans consume 25.8 kg of oranges, 15.5 kg of apples and 11.2 kg of bananas.