Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Kuwait
Kuwait: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 51 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Kuwait, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 51 ha for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 30.8% on the previous year and down 72.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Kuwait peaked at 605 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 9 ha, in 1961.
That places Kuwait 129th out of 140 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Kuwait, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13 ha | +44.4% |
| 1963 | 13 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 17 ha | +30.8% |
| 1965 | 20 ha | +17.6% |
| 1966 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 30 ha | +50.0% |
| 1968 | 40 ha | +33.3% |
| 1969 | 50 ha | +25.0% |
| 1970 | 75 ha | +50.0% |
| 1971 | 100 ha | +33.3% |
| 1972 | 80 ha | -20.0% |
| 1973 | 102 ha | +27.5% |
| 1974 | 89 ha | -12.7% |
| 1975 | 103 ha | +15.7% |
| 1976 | 127 ha | +23.3% |
| 1977 | 155 ha | +22.0% |
| 1978 | 112 ha | -27.7% |
| 1979 | 131 ha | +17.0% |
| 1980 | 211 ha | +61.1% |
| 1981 | 88 ha | -58.3% |
| 1982 | 140 ha | +59.1% |
| 1983 | 150 ha | +7.1% |
| 1984 | 191 ha | +27.3% |
| 1985 | 388 ha | +103.1% |
| 1986 | 472 ha | +21.6% |
| 1987 | 500 ha | +5.9% |
| 1988 | 522 ha | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 605 ha | +15.9% |
| 1990 | 600 ha | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 160 ha | -73.3% |
| 1992 | 50 ha | -68.8% |
| 1993 | 108 ha | +116.0% |
| 1994 | 212 ha | +96.3% |
| 1995 | 185 ha | -12.7% |
| 1996 | 235 ha | +27.0% |
| 1997 | 164 ha | -30.2% |
| 1998 | 140 ha | -14.6% |
| 1999 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 188 ha | +34.3% |
| 2001 | 153 ha | -18.6% |
| 2002 | 210 ha | +37.3% |
| 2003 | 274 ha | +30.5% |
| 2004 | 274 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 337 ha | +23.0% |
| 2006 | 306 ha | -9.2% |
| 2007 | 477 ha | +55.9% |
| 2008 | 490 ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 455 ha | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 547 ha | +20.2% |
| 2011 | 490 ha | -10.4% |
| 2012 | 294 ha | -40.0% |
| 2013 | 239 ha | -18.7% |
| 2014 | 187 ha | -21.8% |
| 2015 | 329 ha | +75.9% |
| 2016 | 296 ha | -10.0% |
| 2017 | 232 ha | -21.6% |
| 2018 | 182 ha | -21.6% |
| 2019 | 172 ha | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 279 ha | +62.2% |
| 2021 | 241 ha | -13.6% |
| 2022 | 41 ha | -83.0% |
| 2023 | 39 ha | -4.9% |
| 2024 | 51 ha | +30.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23.56 ha | 9 ha | 50 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 107.4 ha | 75 ha | 155 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 326.7 ha | 88 ha | 605 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 199.4 ha | 50 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 316.4 ha | 153 ha | 490 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 296.8 ha | 172 ha | 547 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 130.2 ha | 39 ha | 279 ha | 5 |
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Kuwait?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Kuwait was 51 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 Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 605 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 ha in 1961.
- How does Kuwait rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Kuwait ranks 129th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 72.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kuwait 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.