Per capita rice consumption in South Korea hit a record low in 2015 as people added other types of grain products to their diet, government data showed Friday.

According to data by Statistics Korea, the average annual consumption of rice per person fell to 62.9 kilograms last year, down 3.4 percent from the previous year’s 65.1 kilograms, while the consumption of grains other than rice made up 12.3 percent of the country’s diet last year.

This marked the lowest level since record keeping started in 1963, when consumption was 105.5 kilograms. Compared with 1970 when consumption hit a record high of 136.4 kilograms, rice intake has fallen by more than 53 percent.
(Graphic: Nam Kyung-don)