Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Botswana
Botswana: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 163 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Botswana recorded 163 ha for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.4% on the previous year and up 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Botswana peaked at 227 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 25 ha, in 2003.
Botswana ranks 122nd of 140 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Botswana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 60 ha | — |
| 1962 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 57 ha | -5.0% |
| 1965 | 49 ha | -14.0% |
| 1966 | 227 ha | +363.3% |
| 1967 | 68 ha | -70.0% |
| 1968 | 68 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 113 ha | +66.2% |
| 1970 | 81 ha | -28.3% |
| 1971 | 80 ha | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 51 ha | -36.2% |
| 1973 | 60 ha | +17.6% |
| 1974 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 61 ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 67 ha | +9.8% |
| 1992 | 65 ha | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 59 ha | -9.2% |
| 1994 | 56 ha | -5.1% |
| 1995 | 59 ha | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 69 ha | +16.9% |
| 1997 | 63 ha | -8.7% |
| 1998 | 55 ha | -12.7% |
| 1999 | 60 ha | +9.1% |
| 2000 | 62 ha | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 66 ha | +6.5% |
| 2002 | 45 ha | -31.8% |
| 2003 | 25 ha | -44.4% |
| 2004 | 57 ha | +128.0% |
| 2005 | 58 ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 60 ha | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 64 ha | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 65 ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 65 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 65 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 66 ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 32 ha | -51.5% |
| 2013 | 85 ha | +165.6% |
| 2014 | 136 ha | +60.0% |
| 2015 | 173 ha | +27.2% |
| 2016 | 148 ha | -14.5% |
| 2017 | 135 ha | -8.8% |
| 2018 | 171 ha | +26.7% |
| 2019 | 203 ha | +18.7% |
| 2020 | 211 ha | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 224 ha | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 159 ha | -29.0% |
| 2023 | 184 ha | +15.7% |
| 2024 | 163 ha | -11.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 84.67 ha | 49 ha | 227 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 63.2 ha | 51 ha | 81 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 60 ha | 60 ha | 60 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 61.4 ha | 55 ha | 69 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 56.7 ha | 25 ha | 66 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 121.4 ha | 32 ha | 203 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 188.2 ha | 159 ha | 224 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Botswana?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Botswana was 163 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 Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 227 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 25 ha in 2003.
- How does Botswana rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Botswana ranks 122nd out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Botswana 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.