Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 55,203 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 55,203 ha for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 5.5% on the previous year and up 50.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 55,203 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,763 ha, in 1962.
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 Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,872 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,763 ha | -5.8% |
| 1963 | 2,080 ha | +18.0% |
| 1964 | 2,221 ha | +6.8% |
| 1965 | 2,540 ha | +14.4% |
| 1966 | 2,880 ha | +13.4% |
| 1967 | 2,534 ha | -12.0% |
| 1968 | 3,822 ha | +50.8% |
| 1969 | 3,711 ha | -2.9% |
| 1970 | 4,285 ha | +15.5% |
| 1971 | 5,968 ha | +39.3% |
| 1972 | 7,243 ha | +21.4% |
| 1973 | 7,903 ha | +9.1% |
| 1974 | 6,834 ha | -13.5% |
| 1975 | 10,900 ha | +59.5% |
| 1976 | 20,750 ha | +90.4% |
| 1977 | 20,200 ha | -2.7% |
| 1978 | 7,650 ha | -62.1% |
| 1979 | 8,650 ha | +13.1% |
| 1980 | 10,550 ha | +22.0% |
| 1981 | 13,050 ha | +23.7% |
| 1982 | 13,650 ha | +4.6% |
| 1983 | 14,300 ha | +4.8% |
| 1984 | 14,750 ha | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 15,100 ha | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 15,400 ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 15,600 ha | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 16,100 ha | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 16,400 ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 16,640 ha | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 17,428 ha | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 17,619 ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 17,824 ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 18,332 ha | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 19,333 ha | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 18,570 ha | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 18,851 ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 16,285 ha | -13.6% |
| 1999 | 15,779 ha | -3.1% |
| 2000 | 16,830 ha | +6.7% |
| 2001 | 17,004 ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 18,329 ha | +7.8% |
| 2003 | 19,938 ha | +8.8% |
| 2004 | 21,240 ha | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 22,987 ha | +8.2% |
| 2006 | 18,656 ha | -18.8% |
| 2007 | 17,922 ha | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 18,366 ha | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 13,434 ha | -26.9% |
| 2010 | 14,806 ha | +10.2% |
| 2011 | 16,748 ha | +13.1% |
| 2012 | 20,939 ha | +25.0% |
| 2013 | 21,560 ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 36,672 ha | +70.1% |
| 2015 | 37,599 ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 37,254 ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 43,612 ha | +17.1% |
| 2018 | 47,019 ha | +7.8% |
| 2019 | 46,415 ha | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 42,857 ha | -7.7% |
| 2021 | 42,720 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 50,913 ha | +19.2% |
| 2023 | 52,330 ha | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 55,203 ha | +5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,603 ha | 1,763 ha | 3,822 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,038 ha | 4,285 ha | 20,750 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,490 ha | 10,550 ha | 16,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,666 ha | 15,779 ha | 19,333 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,471 ha | 13,434 ha | 22,987 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 32,262 ha | 14,806 ha | 47,019 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 48,805 ha | 42,720 ha | 55,203 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 3 China, mainland 1.10 million ha compare
- 3 Viet Nam 100,784 ha compare
- 4 Nigeria 612,609 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 65,670 ha compare
- 5 Bangladesh 207,822 ha compare
- 6 Indonesia 188,796 ha compare
- 7 USSR 188,000 ha compare
- 8 Pakistan 142,665 ha compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10,741 ha compare
- 9 Egypt 97,257 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Middle Africa was 55,203 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 55,203 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,763 ha in 1962.
- How does Middle Africa rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 6th out of 14 regions with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.