Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 35,601 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Afghanistan, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Afghanistan is 35,601 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 149.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Afghanistan peaked at 42,310 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 10,551 ha, in 2018.
Afghanistan ranks 25th of 140 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 42,310 ha | — |
| 1992 | 41,464 ha | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 40,596 ha | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 39,703 ha | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 38,787 ha | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 37,844 ha | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 36,876 ha | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 35,879 ha | -2.7% |
| 1999 | 34,854 ha | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 33,798 ha | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 32,712 ha | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 31,592 ha | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 30,437 ha | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 29,293 ha | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 28,155 ha | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 26,972 ha | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 25,742 ha | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 24,462 ha | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 23,128 ha | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 21,738 ha | -6.0% |
| 2011 | 20,288 ha | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 18,867 ha | -7.0% |
| 2013 | 16,821 ha | -10.8% |
| 2014 | 14,300 ha | -15.0% |
| 2015 | 14,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 13,335 ha | -6.7% |
| 2017 | 17,721 ha | +32.9% |
| 2018 | 10,551 ha | -40.5% |
| 2019 | 18,343 ha | +73.9% |
| 2020 | 19,351 ha | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 30,027 ha | +55.2% |
| 2022 | 30,470 ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 34,000 ha | +11.6% |
| 2024 | 35,601 ha | +4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 38,701 ha | 34,854 ha | 42,310 ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 28,629 ha | 23,128 ha | 33,798 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,626 ha | 10,551 ha | 21,738 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,890 ha | 19,351 ha | 35,601 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 22 Cameroon 42,664 ha compare
- 23 Guinea 38,937 ha compare
- 24 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 38,710 ha compare
- 26 Ethiopia 35,050 ha compare
- 27 Mozambique 30,144 ha compare
- 28 Cabo Verde 188 ha compare
- 28 South Africa 28,523 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Afghanistan?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Afghanistan was 35,601 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 42,310 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,551 ha in 2018.
- How does Afghanistan rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 25th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 149.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.