Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 3,280 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 3,280 ha for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 4.8% on the previous year and down 33.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Greece peaked at 13,260 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 3,130 ha, in 2023.
That places Greece 80th out of 140 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,476 ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,878 ha | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 12,508 ha | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 12,220 ha | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 11,970 ha | -2.0% |
| 1966 | 12,590 ha | +5.2% |
| 1967 | 13,260 ha | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 11,350 ha | -14.4% |
| 1969 | 11,140 ha | -1.9% |
| 1970 | 13,100 ha | +17.6% |
| 1971 | 11,700 ha | -10.7% |
| 1972 | 10,600 ha | -9.4% |
| 1973 | 11,400 ha | +7.5% |
| 1974 | 11,200 ha | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 10,800 ha | -3.6% |
| 1976 | 12,100 ha | +12.0% |
| 1977 | 10,800 ha | -10.7% |
| 1978 | 11,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 10,900 ha | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 10,800 ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 11,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 10,700 ha | -2.7% |
| 1983 | 10,200 ha | -4.7% |
| 1984 | 9,900 ha | -2.9% |
| 1985 | 10,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 9,690 ha | -3.1% |
| 1987 | 8,800 ha | -9.2% |
| 1988 | 8,500 ha | -3.4% |
| 1989 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 7,729 ha | -9.1% |
| 1991 | 8,305 ha | +7.5% |
| 1992 | 8,179 ha | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 7,984 ha | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 8,121 ha | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 8,077 ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 7,867 ha | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 7,952 ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 8,119 ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 8,042 ha | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 7,951 ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 7,593 ha | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 7,767 ha | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 7,667 ha | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 7,580 ha | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 7,080 ha | -6.6% |
| 2006 | 6,836 ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 6,754 ha | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 7,002 ha | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 6,838 ha | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 6,909 ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 6,754 ha | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 6,722 ha | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 6,623 ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 4,940 ha | -25.4% |
| 2015 | 4,953 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 4,268 ha | -13.8% |
| 2017 | 4,082 ha | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 4,430 ha | +8.5% |
| 2019 | 3,810 ha | -14.0% |
| 2020 | 4,830 ha | +26.8% |
| 2021 | 4,800 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 3,260 ha | -32.1% |
| 2023 | 3,130 ha | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 3,280 ha | +4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,044 ha | 11,140 ha | 13,260 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,360 ha | 10,600 ha | 13,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,809 ha | 8,500 ha | 11,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,038 ha | 7,729 ha | 8,305 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,307 ha | 6,754 ha | 7,951 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,349 ha | 3,810 ha | 6,909 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,860 ha | 3,130 ha | 4,830 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Greece?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Greece was 3,280 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 13,260 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,130 ha in 2023.
- How does Greece rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 80th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece 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.