Table 1.
Per capita consumption of sugar, jaggery, and khandsari in India
| Year | Population in Million (as on March 1) | Total Consumption of Sweetener (lakh tones) | Consumption Per Capita (kg per annum) | Total Per Capita Consumption of Sweeteners (Sugar, Jaggery and Khandsari) (kg per annum) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar | Jaggery and Khandsari | Sugar | Jaggery and Khandsari | |||
| 1960–61 | 439 | 21.13 | 66.87 | 4.8 | 15.2 | 20.0 |
| 1970–71 | 546 | 40.25 | 74.37 | 7.4 | 13.6 | 21.0 |
| 1980–81 | 684 | 49.80 | 85.22 | 7.3 | 12.5 | 19.8 |
| 1990–91 | 846 | 107.15 | 90.71 | 12.7 | 10.7 | 23.4 |
| 2000–01 | 1029 | 162.0 | 86.09 | 15.7 | 8.4 | 24.1 |
| 2010–11 | 1186 | 207.69 | 59.94 | 17.5 | 5.1 | 22.6 |
| 2017–18 | 1317 | 253.90 | 53.99 | 19.3 | 4.1 | 23.4 |
| 2018–19 | 1333 | 255.0 | 54.66 | 19.1 | 4.1 | 23.2 |
Source: Anonymous (2020a)