Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 35,050 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
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 Ethiopia is 35,050 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 77,000 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 7,980 ha, in 1994.
That places Ethiopia 26th out of 140 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 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 Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 8,000 ha | — |
| 1994 | 7,980 ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 8,400 ha | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 8,600 ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 8,314 ha | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 8,800 ha | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 9,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 10,772 ha | +19.7% |
| 2001 | 10,489 ha | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 15,000 ha | +43.0% |
| 2003 | 17,017 ha | +13.4% |
| 2004 | 17,980 ha | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 16,579 ha | -7.8% |
| 2006 | 21,392 ha | +29.0% |
| 2007 | 18,013 ha | -15.8% |
| 2008 | 15,628 ha | -13.2% |
| 2009 | 17,588 ha | +12.5% |
| 2010 | 29,480 ha | +67.6% |
| 2011 | 36,940 ha | +25.3% |
| 2012 | 37,940 ha | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 36,080 ha | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 41,280 ha | +14.4% |
| 2015 | 44,740 ha | +8.4% |
| 2016 | 49,480 ha | +10.6% |
| 2017 | 63,588 ha | +28.5% |
| 2018 | 76,875 ha | +20.9% |
| 2019 | 77,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 61,230 ha | -20.5% |
| 2021 | 52,616 ha | -14.1% |
| 2022 | 44,162 ha | -16.1% |
| 2023 | 35,061 ha | -20.6% |
| 2024 | 35,050 ha | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8,442 ha | 7,980 ha | 9,000 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 16,046 ha | 10,489 ha | 21,392 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 49,340 ha | 29,480 ha | 77,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 45,624 ha | 35,050 ha | 61,230 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 23 Guinea 38,937 ha compare
- 24 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 38,710 ha compare
- 25 Afghanistan 35,601 ha compare
- 27 Mozambique 30,144 ha compare
- 28 South Africa 28,523 ha compare
- 29 Colombia 27,422 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ethiopia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -20.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3282 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 306.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7589 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Ethiopia was 35,050 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 Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 77,000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,980 ha in 1994.
- How does Ethiopia rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 26th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.