Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 4,720 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Australia, 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 Australia stood at 4,720 ha.
The figure is up 5.9% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Australia peaked at 6,708 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 3,339 ha, in 1966.
That places Australia 68th out of 140 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Australia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,809 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,809 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,356 ha | +14.4% |
| 1964 | 3,732 ha | -14.3% |
| 1965 | 3,928 ha | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 3,339 ha | -15.0% |
| 1967 | 4,132 ha | +23.7% |
| 1968 | 3,987 ha | -3.5% |
| 1969 | 4,576 ha | +14.8% |
| 1970 | 4,168 ha | -8.9% |
| 1971 | 4,331 ha | +3.9% |
| 1972 | 4,300 ha | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 4,464 ha | +3.8% |
| 1974 | 4,187 ha | -6.2% |
| 1975 | 4,395 ha | +5.0% |
| 1976 | 4,015 ha | -8.6% |
| 1977 | 4,294 ha | +6.9% |
| 1978 | 3,812 ha | -11.2% |
| 1979 | 3,747 ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 4,004 ha | +6.9% |
| 1981 | 3,963 ha | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 3,977 ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 4,240 ha | +6.6% |
| 1984 | 3,807 ha | -10.2% |
| 1985 | 4,439 ha | +16.6% |
| 1986 | 4,408 ha | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 4,340 ha | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 5,041 ha | +16.2% |
| 1989 | 5,387 ha | +6.9% |
| 1990 | 5,083 ha | -5.6% |
| 1991 | 5,657 ha | +11.3% |
| 1992 | 5,449 ha | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 4,396 ha | -19.3% |
| 1994 | 5,202 ha | +18.3% |
| 1995 | 5,165 ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 5,492 ha | +6.3% |
| 1997 | 4,756 ha | -13.4% |
| 1998 | 5,634 ha | +18.5% |
| 1999 | 5,351 ha | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 5,285 ha | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 4,991 ha | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 5,513 ha | +10.5% |
| 2003 | 5,263 ha | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 5,558 ha | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 5,974 ha | +7.5% |
| 2006 | 4,537 ha | -24.1% |
| 2007 | 5,413 ha | +19.3% |
| 2008 | 5,084 ha | -6.1% |
| 2009 | 5,463 ha | +7.5% |
| 2010 | 5,329 ha | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 6,139 ha | +15.2% |
| 2012 | 6,708 ha | +9.3% |
| 2013 | 5,506 ha | -17.9% |
| 2014 | 4,893 ha | -11.1% |
| 2015 | 5,986 ha | +22.3% |
| 2016 | 4,707 ha | -21.4% |
| 2017 | 4,565 ha | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 5,152 ha | +12.9% |
| 2019 | 5,333 ha | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 5,143 ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 4,813 ha | -6.4% |
| 2022 | 4,759 ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 4,455 ha | -6.4% |
| 2024 | 4,720 ha | +5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,963 ha | 3,339 ha | 4,576 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,171 ha | 3,747 ha | 4,464 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,361 ha | 3,807 ha | 5,387 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,218 ha | 4,396 ha | 5,657 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,308 ha | 4,537 ha | 5,974 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,432 ha | 4,565 ha | 6,708 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,778 ha | 4,455 ha | 5,143 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Australia?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Australia was 4,720 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 Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 6,708 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,339 ha in 1966.
- How does Australia rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 68th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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.