Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 97,257 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Egypt, 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 Egypt is 97,257 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 42.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 101,228 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 10,080 ha, in 1989.
That places Egypt 9th out of 140 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
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 Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 28,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 25,800 ha | -8.2% |
| 1963 | 28,800 ha | +11.6% |
| 1964 | 26,100 ha | -9.4% |
| 1965 | 23,800 ha | -8.8% |
| 1966 | 27,000 ha | +13.4% |
| 1967 | 22,700 ha | -15.9% |
| 1968 | 21,000 ha | -7.5% |
| 1969 | 29,400 ha | +40.0% |
| 1970 | 21,424 ha | -27.1% |
| 1971 | 24,785 ha | +15.7% |
| 1972 | 22,684 ha | -8.5% |
| 1973 | 20,164 ha | -11.1% |
| 1974 | 28,565 ha | +41.7% |
| 1975 | 21,424 ha | -25.0% |
| 1976 | 27,089 ha | +26.4% |
| 1977 | 29,012 ha | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 22,811 ha | -21.4% |
| 1979 | 17,139 ha | -24.9% |
| 1980 | 21,439 ha | +25.1% |
| 1981 | 17,106 ha | -20.2% |
| 1982 | 16,089 ha | -5.9% |
| 1983 | 25,000 ha | +55.4% |
| 1984 | 14,500 ha | -42.0% |
| 1985 | 16,920 ha | +16.7% |
| 1986 | 19,950 ha | +17.9% |
| 1987 | 18,500 ha | -7.3% |
| 1988 | 15,960 ha | -13.7% |
| 1989 | 10,080 ha | -36.8% |
| 1990 | 10,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 12,180 ha | +16.0% |
| 1992 | 13,442 ha | +10.4% |
| 1993 | 14,702 ha | +9.4% |
| 1994 | 10,920 ha | -25.7% |
| 1995 | 17,167 ha | +57.2% |
| 1996 | 19,292 ha | +12.4% |
| 1997 | 15,300 ha | -20.7% |
| 1998 | 30,324 ha | +98.2% |
| 1999 | 34,767 ha | +14.7% |
| 2000 | 28,601 ha | -17.7% |
| 2001 | 22,685 ha | -20.7% |
| 2002 | 26,969 ha | +18.9% |
| 2003 | 23,253 ha | -13.8% |
| 2004 | 29,059 ha | +25.0% |
| 2005 | 42,599 ha | +46.6% |
| 2006 | 36,390 ha | -14.6% |
| 2007 | 46,467 ha | +27.7% |
| 2008 | 52,833 ha | +13.7% |
| 2009 | 59,781 ha | +13.2% |
| 2010 | 61,535 ha | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 63,723 ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 58,089 ha | -8.8% |
| 2013 | 52,718 ha | -9.2% |
| 2014 | 68,487 ha | +29.9% |
| 2015 | 83,042 ha | +21.3% |
| 2016 | 69,425 ha | -16.4% |
| 2017 | 81,429 ha | +17.3% |
| 2018 | 85,765 ha | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 85,781 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 90,084 ha | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 101,228 ha | +12.4% |
| 2022 | 100,918 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 93,849 ha | -7.0% |
| 2024 | 97,257 ha | +3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,856 ha | 21,000 ha | 29,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,510 ha | 17,139 ha | 29,012 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,554 ha | 10,080 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,859 ha | 10,500 ha | 34,767 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 36,864 ha | 22,685 ha | 59,781 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 70,999 ha | 52,718 ha | 85,781 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 96,667 ha | 90,084 ha | 101,228 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Egypt?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Egypt was 97,257 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 101,228 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,080 ha in 1989.
- How does Egypt rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 9th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Egypt 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.