Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Colombia
Colombia: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 27,422 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Colombia is 27,422 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 4.6% on the previous year and up 48.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Colombia peaked at 34,748 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 7,000 ha, in 1961.
Colombia ranks 29th of 140 countries on this measure, in the top 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 Colombia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,300 ha | +4.3% |
| 1963 | 7,600 ha | +4.1% |
| 1964 | 8,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 8,200 ha | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 8,500 ha | +3.7% |
| 1967 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 9,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1969 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1971 | 10,500 ha | +5.0% |
| 1972 | 11,020 ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 10,000 ha | -9.3% |
| 1974 | 9,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1975 | 11,200 ha | +24.4% |
| 1976 | 13,000 ha | +16.1% |
| 1977 | 12,700 ha | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 12,400 ha | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 12,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1980 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 11,800 ha | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 11,500 ha | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 11,860 ha | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 12,200 ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 15,735 ha | +29.0% |
| 1986 | 23,849 ha | +51.6% |
| 1987 | 21,479 ha | -9.9% |
| 1988 | 24,009 ha | +11.8% |
| 1989 | 22,400 ha | -6.7% |
| 1990 | 23,300 ha | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 16,000 ha | -31.3% |
| 1992 | 10,500 ha | -34.4% |
| 1993 | 11,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1994 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1995 | 11,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1996 | 16,800 ha | +52.7% |
| 1997 | 21,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1998 | 18,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1999 | 20,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2000 | 18,902 ha | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 17,324 ha | -8.3% |
| 2002 | 18,099 ha | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 21,317 ha | +17.8% |
| 2004 | 20,290 ha | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 20,996 ha | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 15,718 ha | -25.1% |
| 2007 | 15,177 ha | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 13,469 ha | -11.3% |
| 2009 | 20,055 ha | +48.9% |
| 2010 | 19,718 ha | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 17,264 ha | -12.4% |
| 2012 | 18,135 ha | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 18,959 ha | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 18,496 ha | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 18,785 ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 26,365 ha | +40.4% |
| 2017 | 34,748 ha | +31.8% |
| 2018 | 34,683 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 32,590 ha | -6.0% |
| 2020 | 27,817 ha | -14.6% |
| 2021 | 26,439 ha | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 26,820 ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 26,206 ha | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 27,422 ha | +4.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,122 ha | 7,000 ha | 9,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,182 ha | 9,000 ha | 13,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,683 ha | 11,500 ha | 24,009 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,960 ha | 10,500 ha | 23,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,135 ha | 13,469 ha | 21,317 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,974 ha | 17,264 ha | 34,748 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,941 ha | 26,206 ha | 27,817 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Colombia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0995 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 851.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.2113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2122 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Colombia?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Colombia was 27,422 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 Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 34,748 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Colombia rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 29th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia 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.