The CAPV residents consume on average 24 kilos of fish per year and person; 21 kilos in Navarra. Although consumption has decreased considerably in the past decade, the Basques remain the greatest consumers of fish in the state and Europe.
In recent years, food area has changed in our environment: we cook less and take more pre -cooked food. In this context, lTo fish, seafood and his preserves have noticed a large descent According to data collected by EITB data in the past ten years.
In the Autonomous community of the Basque Country Consuming 34 kilos per year to 24 has been a decrease in 30.1 %. In Navarre The fall has been lower, from 21.9 %And went from 27 to 21 kilos.
This decrease is widespread in all communities of the state, where the average of the fall has been 31.7 %.
They currently make up derivative products 4 % of food that are taken in houses From the CAPV and Navarra.
Some more than a third of those we eat are fruit and vegetables (33.6 % and 36.7 % respectively), followed by dairy and grains and legumes.
The consumption of meat doubles that of fishing And both autonomous communities are around 8 %.
Fish consumption leaders
Despite that decrease, the inhabitants of the CAPV Consume annually per person A Average of 24 kilos of fish, seafood and their preservesAnd they are the Larger consumers of soap products of the state and Europe.
In Navarrean average of 21 kilos The average of the state overcome per person and year in 18 kilos.
The autonomous communities that take the most fish are next to the CAPV, Galicia (23 kg) and Castilla y León (22 kg). Surprising, on the other side two coastal communities stand out: Canary Islands (13 kg) and Valencia (16 kg).
When we look at EuropePortugal has values similar to the CADV, with 23.5 kilos. However, other surrounding countries remain in much lower data. As an example they use on average 14 kilos in France, 12.9 kg in Italy, 9.7 kg in Sweden and in Germany they eat very little fish, only 5.4 kg per person per year.
Source: EITB
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