Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Jamaica
Jamaica: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 231 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Jamaica, 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 Jamaica is 231 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 20.3% on the previous year and up 234.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Jamaica peaked at 905 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 2 ha, in 1963.
Jamaica ranks 118th of 140 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2 ha | -80.0% |
| 1964 | 5 ha | +150.0% |
| 1965 | 25 ha | +400.0% |
| 1966 | 12 ha | -52.0% |
| 1967 | 11 ha | -8.3% |
| 1968 | 9 ha | -18.2% |
| 1969 | 33 ha | +266.7% |
| 1970 | 6 ha | -81.8% |
| 1971 | 24 ha | +300.0% |
| 1972 | 25 ha | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 63 ha | +152.0% |
| 1974 | 170 ha | +169.8% |
| 1975 | 255 ha | +50.0% |
| 1976 | 320 ha | +25.5% |
| 1977 | 475 ha | +48.4% |
| 1978 | 905 ha | +90.5% |
| 1979 | 327 ha | -63.9% |
| 1980 | 270 ha | -17.4% |
| 1981 | 177 ha | -34.4% |
| 1982 | 151 ha | -14.7% |
| 1983 | 207 ha | +37.1% |
| 1984 | 328 ha | +58.5% |
| 1985 | 381 ha | +16.2% |
| 1986 | 195 ha | -48.8% |
| 1987 | 223 ha | +14.4% |
| 1988 | 213 ha | -4.5% |
| 1989 | 274 ha | +28.6% |
| 1990 | 340 ha | +24.1% |
| 1991 | 133 ha | -60.9% |
| 1992 | 370 ha | +178.2% |
| 1993 | 436 ha | +17.8% |
| 1994 | 667 ha | +53.0% |
| 1995 | 366 ha | -45.1% |
| 1996 | 343 ha | -6.3% |
| 1997 | 116 ha | -66.2% |
| 1998 | 281 ha | +142.2% |
| 1999 | 181 ha | -35.6% |
| 2000 | 77 ha | -57.5% |
| 2001 | 78 ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 92 ha | +17.9% |
| 2003 | 73 ha | -20.7% |
| 2004 | 57 ha | -21.9% |
| 2005 | 41 ha | -28.1% |
| 2006 | 30 ha | -26.8% |
| 2007 | 26 ha | -13.3% |
| 2008 | 50 ha | +92.3% |
| 2009 | 59 ha | +18.0% |
| 2010 | 59 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 95 ha | +61.0% |
| 2012 | 104 ha | +9.5% |
| 2013 | 59 ha | -43.3% |
| 2014 | 69 ha | +16.9% |
| 2015 | 96 ha | +39.1% |
| 2016 | 78 ha | -18.8% |
| 2017 | 69 ha | -11.5% |
| 2018 | 65 ha | -5.8% |
| 2019 | 153 ha | +135.4% |
| 2020 | 140 ha | -8.5% |
| 2021 | 173 ha | +23.6% |
| 2022 | 194 ha | +12.1% |
| 2023 | 290 ha | +49.5% |
| 2024 | 231 ha | -20.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13 ha | 2 ha | 33 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 257 ha | 6 ha | 905 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 241.9 ha | 151 ha | 381 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 323.3 ha | 116 ha | 667 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 58.3 ha | 26 ha | 92 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 84.7 ha | 59 ha | 153 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 205.6 ha | 140 ha | 290 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0874 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4057 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Jamaica?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Jamaica was 231 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 Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 905 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 ha in 1963.
- How does Jamaica rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 118th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 234.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.