Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 12,231 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 12,231 ha for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 22.9% on the previous year and down 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 16,975 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 3,787 ha, in 1961.
Caribbean ranks 26th of 28 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,787 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,120 ha | +88.0% |
| 1963 | 6,434 ha | -9.6% |
| 1964 | 5,258 ha | -18.3% |
| 1965 | 4,800 ha | -8.7% |
| 1966 | 7,192 ha | +49.8% |
| 1967 | 8,413 ha | +17.0% |
| 1968 | 9,216 ha | +9.5% |
| 1969 | 7,285 ha | -21.0% |
| 1970 | 4,614 ha | -36.7% |
| 1971 | 4,910 ha | +6.4% |
| 1972 | 5,332 ha | +8.6% |
| 1973 | 5,499 ha | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 5,671 ha | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 5,159 ha | -9.0% |
| 1976 | 5,483 ha | +6.3% |
| 1977 | 5,155 ha | -6.0% |
| 1978 | 6,458 ha | +25.3% |
| 1979 | 5,642 ha | -12.6% |
| 1980 | 4,988 ha | -11.6% |
| 1981 | 7,349 ha | +47.3% |
| 1982 | 6,361 ha | -13.4% |
| 1983 | 6,106 ha | -4.0% |
| 1984 | 7,040 ha | +15.3% |
| 1985 | 7,940 ha | +12.8% |
| 1986 | 6,610 ha | -16.8% |
| 1987 | 5,459 ha | -17.4% |
| 1988 | 7,394 ha | +35.4% |
| 1989 | 10,285 ha | +39.1% |
| 1990 | 8,667 ha | -15.7% |
| 1991 | 8,604 ha | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 9,042 ha | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 7,241 ha | -19.9% |
| 1994 | 6,017 ha | -16.9% |
| 1995 | 6,563 ha | +9.1% |
| 1996 | 6,241 ha | -4.9% |
| 1997 | 6,326 ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 7,507 ha | +18.7% |
| 1999 | 8,984 ha | +19.7% |
| 2000 | 9,417 ha | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 11,237 ha | +19.3% |
| 2002 | 12,353 ha | +9.9% |
| 2003 | 12,041 ha | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 13,526 ha | +12.3% |
| 2005 | 13,603 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 12,059 ha | -11.4% |
| 2007 | 14,138 ha | +17.2% |
| 2008 | 15,554 ha | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 15,966 ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 14,175 ha | -11.2% |
| 2011 | 16,806 ha | +18.6% |
| 2012 | 14,755 ha | -12.2% |
| 2013 | 16,975 ha | +15.0% |
| 2014 | 15,048 ha | -11.4% |
| 2015 | 14,381 ha | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 13,087 ha | -9.0% |
| 2017 | 14,903 ha | +13.9% |
| 2018 | 13,532 ha | -9.2% |
| 2019 | 14,582 ha | +7.8% |
| 2020 | 13,412 ha | -8.0% |
| 2021 | 13,667 ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 15,374 ha | +12.5% |
| 2023 | 9,954 ha | -35.3% |
| 2024 | 12,231 ha | +22.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,612 ha | 3,787 ha | 9,216 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,392 ha | 4,614 ha | 6,458 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,953 ha | 4,988 ha | 10,285 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,519 ha | 6,017 ha | 9,042 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,989 ha | 9,417 ha | 15,966 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,824 ha | 13,087 ha | 16,975 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,928 ha | 9,954 ha | 15,374 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 23 Guinea 38,937 ha compare
- 24 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 38,710 ha compare
- 25 Afghanistan 35,601 ha compare
- 26 Ethiopia 35,050 ha compare
- 27 Mozambique 30,144 ha compare
- 28 South Africa 28,523 ha compare
- 29 Colombia 27,422 ha compare
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual -0.5077 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate -0.6492 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -0.8902 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 71 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Caribbean was 12,231 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 Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 16,975 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,787 ha in 1961.
- How does Caribbean rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 26th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.