New Zealand has the highest ice cream consumption per capita, with 28.4 liters per year per person. The U.S. closely follows at 20.8 liters. Factors influencing this trend include New Zealand's subtropical climate, affordable dairy prices, and a culture of flavor innovation among ice cream shops. Popular flavors in New Zealand include familiar choices such as mint chocolate chip, cookies and cream, vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry. Other countries follow the U.S. in ice cream consumption, with the United Kingdom consuming the least.
According to the World Population Review, each person in New Zealand eats, on average, 28.4 liters of ice cream per year. The U.S. ranked second at 20.8 liters per person, nearly 8 liters behind the Kiwis.
While New Zealand eats the most ice cream, the United States comes in second, followed by Australia, Finland, and Sweden. The United Kingdom ate the least ice cream, at just 7.0 liters per year per person.
Climate may play a role; Northern areas of New Zealand are subtropical, and a cool ice cream makes for a wonderful treat on a hot and muggy day.
Dairy is cheap in New Zealand, and a boom in innovation has led to many shops experimenting with new and bold flavors, though the most popular flavors remain familiar to American ice cream fans.
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