Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 5,014 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Benin recorded 5,014 ha for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 40.2% on the previous year and up 89.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Benin peaked at 8,387 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 30 ha, in 1961.
Benin ranks 67th 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 Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30 ha | — |
| 1962 | 36 ha | +20.0% |
| 1963 | 52 ha | +44.4% |
| 1964 | 85 ha | +63.5% |
| 1965 | 103 ha | +21.2% |
| 1966 | 200 ha | +94.2% |
| 1967 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 250 ha | +25.0% |
| 1969 | 300 ha | +20.0% |
| 1970 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 1971 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1973 | 240 ha | -52.0% |
| 1974 | 350 ha | +45.8% |
| 1975 | 650 ha | +85.7% |
| 1976 | 600 ha | -7.7% |
| 1977 | 570 ha | -5.0% |
| 1978 | 530 ha | -7.0% |
| 1979 | 600 ha | +13.2% |
| 1980 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 550 ha | -8.3% |
| 1982 | 500 ha | -9.1% |
| 1983 | 450 ha | -10.0% |
| 1984 | 597 ha | +32.7% |
| 1985 | 610 ha | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 578 ha | -5.2% |
| 1987 | 538 ha | -6.9% |
| 1988 | 557 ha | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 600 ha | +7.7% |
| 1990 | 674 ha | +12.3% |
| 1991 | 709 ha | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 725 ha | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 689 ha | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 708 ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 337 ha | -52.4% |
| 1996 | 742 ha | +120.2% |
| 1997 | 1,872 ha | +152.3% |
| 1998 | 1,107 ha | -40.9% |
| 1999 | 810 ha | -26.8% |
| 2000 | 900 ha | +11.1% |
| 2001 | 1,511 ha | +67.9% |
| 2002 | 1,083 ha | -28.3% |
| 2003 | 1,286 ha | +18.7% |
| 2004 | 625 ha | -51.4% |
| 2005 | 1,289 ha | +106.2% |
| 2006 | 1,739 ha | +34.9% |
| 2007 | 391 ha | -77.5% |
| 2008 | 757 ha | +93.6% |
| 2009 | 2,417 ha | +219.3% |
| 2010 | 581 ha | -76.0% |
| 2011 | 746 ha | +28.4% |
| 2012 | 5,648 ha | +657.1% |
| 2013 | 2,513 ha | -55.5% |
| 2014 | 2,652 ha | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 4,156 ha | +56.7% |
| 2016 | 4,453 ha | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 3,733 ha | -16.2% |
| 2018 | 2,883 ha | -22.8% |
| 2019 | 3,959 ha | +37.3% |
| 2020 | 6,041 ha | +52.6% |
| 2021 | 6,500 ha | +7.6% |
| 2022 | 7,310 ha | +12.5% |
| 2023 | 8,387 ha | +14.7% |
| 2024 | 5,014 ha | -40.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 139.56 ha | 30 ha | 300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 484 ha | 240 ha | 650 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 558 ha | 450 ha | 610 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 837.3 ha | 337 ha | 1,872 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,200 ha | 391 ha | 2,417 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,132 ha | 581 ha | 5,648 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,650 ha | 5,014 ha | 8,387 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Benin?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Benin was 5,014 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 Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 8,387 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 30 ha in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 67th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 89.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Benin 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.