Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Belgium
Belgium: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 6,900 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Belgium stood at 6,900 ha. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 34.8% on the previous year and up 228.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Belgium peaked at 6,900 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 813 ha, in 2000.
Belgium ranks 59th of 140 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Belgium, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 813 ha | — |
| 2001 | 1,170 ha | +43.9% |
| 2002 | 1,220 ha | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 1,225 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 1,225 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,004 ha | -18.0% |
| 2006 | 1,156 ha | +15.1% |
| 2007 | 1,426 ha | +23.4% |
| 2008 | 1,385 ha | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 1,367 ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 1,600 ha | +17.0% |
| 2011 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 2,100 ha | +16.7% |
| 2015 | 2,450 ha | +16.7% |
| 2016 | 2,955 ha | +20.6% |
| 2017 | 3,770 ha | +27.6% |
| 2018 | 4,280 ha | +13.5% |
| 2019 | 4,420 ha | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 4,830 ha | +9.3% |
| 2021 | 5,440 ha | +12.6% |
| 2022 | 4,820 ha | -11.4% |
| 2023 | 5,120 ha | +6.2% |
| 2024 | 6,900 ha | +34.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,199 ha | 813 ha | 1,426 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,678 ha | 1,600 ha | 4,420 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,422 ha | 4,820 ha | 6,900 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Belgium?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Belgium was 6,900 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 Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 6,900 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 813 ha in 2000.
- How does Belgium rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Belgium ranks 59th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 228.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Belgium 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.