Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 1.34 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Africa stood at 1.34 million ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 30.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Africa peaked at 1.34 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 64,947 ha, in 1962.
That places Africa 3rd out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 66,048 ha | — |
| 1962 | 64,947 ha | -1.7% |
| 1963 | 68,443 ha | +5.4% |
| 1964 | 70,925 ha | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 72,200 ha | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 79,638 ha | +10.3% |
| 1967 | 80,517 ha | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 79,890 ha | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 90,557 ha | +13.4% |
| 1970 | 95,393 ha | +5.3% |
| 1971 | 101,456 ha | +6.4% |
| 1972 | 102,283 ha | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 107,465 ha | +5.1% |
| 1974 | 117,316 ha | +9.2% |
| 1975 | 115,748 ha | -1.3% |
| 1976 | 139,140 ha | +20.2% |
| 1977 | 141,424 ha | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 121,678 ha | -14.0% |
| 1979 | 117,510 ha | -3.4% |
| 1980 | 114,458 ha | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 115,388 ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 122,083 ha | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 131,812 ha | +8.0% |
| 1984 | 134,195 ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 134,062 ha | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 142,777 ha | +6.5% |
| 1987 | 146,939 ha | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 152,119 ha | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 143,734 ha | -5.5% |
| 1990 | 143,863 ha | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 391,044 ha | +171.8% |
| 1992 | 404,484 ha | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 426,375 ha | +5.4% |
| 1994 | 442,721 ha | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 468,675 ha | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 489,502 ha | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 498,252 ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 523,692 ha | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 545,933 ha | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 542,524 ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 562,085 ha | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 601,767 ha | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 642,727 ha | +6.8% |
| 2004 | 913,730 ha | +42.2% |
| 2005 | 950,679 ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 968,108 ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 1.01 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 1.09 million ha | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 1.10 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 1.15 million ha | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 845,303 ha | -26.3% |
| 2012 | 848,714 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 854,444 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 1.02 million ha | +19.8% |
| 2015 | 1.09 million ha | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 1.03 million ha | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 1.13 million ha | +9.4% |
| 2018 | 1.21 million ha | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 1.25 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 1.27 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 1.27 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 1.32 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 1.31 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 1.34 million ha | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 74,796 ha | 64,947 ha | 90,557 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 115,941 ha | 95,393 ha | 141,424 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 133,757 ha | 114,458 ha | 152,119 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 433,454 ha | 143,863 ha | 545,933 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 837,832 ha | 542,524 ha | 1.10 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.04 million ha | 845,303 ha | 1.25 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.30 million ha | 1.27 million ha | 1.34 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Africa?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Africa was 1.34 million 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 Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.34 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 64,947 ha in 1962.
- How does Africa rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 3rd out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Africa 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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About this data
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.