Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 13,000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Italy stood at 13,000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Italy peaked at 24,820 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 10,749 ha, in 2012.
That places Italy 46th 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,745 ha | — |
| 1962 | 22,838 ha | +5.0% |
| 1963 | 23,529 ha | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 22,972 ha | -2.4% |
| 1965 | 23,997 ha | +4.5% |
| 1966 | 23,884 ha | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 24,820 ha | +3.9% |
| 1968 | 24,284 ha | -2.2% |
| 1969 | 23,726 ha | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 24,248 ha | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 22,513 ha | -7.2% |
| 1972 | 20,506 ha | -8.9% |
| 1973 | 20,630 ha | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 21,585 ha | +4.6% |
| 1975 | 20,766 ha | -3.8% |
| 1976 | 21,433 ha | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 22,094 ha | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 22,092 ha | -0.0% |
| 1979 | 20,757 ha | -6.0% |
| 1980 | 21,225 ha | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 21,049 ha | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 20,457 ha | -2.8% |
| 1983 | 20,100 ha | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 19,759 ha | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 19,556 ha | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 19,440 ha | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 18,489 ha | -4.9% |
| 1988 | 18,708 ha | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 18,087 ha | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 17,453 ha | -3.5% |
| 1991 | 17,665 ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 17,468 ha | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 17,000 ha | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 15,440 ha | -9.2% |
| 1995 | 15,725 ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 14,792 ha | -5.9% |
| 1997 | 14,448 ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 14,996 ha | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 15,694 ha | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 14,562 ha | -7.2% |
| 2001 | 13,761 ha | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 13,890 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 13,371 ha | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 12,852 ha | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 12,281 ha | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 12,887 ha | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 12,959 ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 13,589 ha | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 12,671 ha | -6.8% |
| 2010 | 12,603 ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 13,004 ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 10,749 ha | -17.3% |
| 2013 | 11,513 ha | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 12,482 ha | +8.4% |
| 2015 | 11,877 ha | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 12,710 ha | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 12,248 ha | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 11,600 ha | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 14,060 ha | +21.2% |
| 2020 | 12,820 ha | -8.8% |
| 2021 | 12,690 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 12,850 ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 12,700 ha | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 13,000 ha | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,533 ha | 21,745 ha | 24,820 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,662 ha | 20,506 ha | 24,248 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,687 ha | 18,087 ha | 21,225 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,068 ha | 14,448 ha | 17,665 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,282 ha | 12,281 ha | 14,562 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,285 ha | 10,749 ha | 14,060 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,812 ha | 12,690 ha | 13,000 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Italy?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Italy was 13,000 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 24,820 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,749 ha in 2012.
- How does Italy rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 46th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.