Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 27,106 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Morocco, 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 Morocco stood at 27,106 ha.
The figure is up 41.3% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 36,733 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 3,400 ha, in 1961.
That places Morocco 30th out of 140 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1963 | 4,118 ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 6,000 ha | +45.7% |
| 1965 | 7,427 ha | +23.8% |
| 1966 | 6,039 ha | -18.7% |
| 1967 | 7,000 ha | +15.9% |
| 1968 | 7,780 ha | +11.1% |
| 1969 | 8,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1972 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 13,000 ha | +30.0% |
| 1974 | 15,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1975 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1977 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 18,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1979 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 12,400 ha | -31.1% |
| 1981 | 9,400 ha | -24.2% |
| 1982 | 16,100 ha | +71.3% |
| 1983 | 12,800 ha | -20.5% |
| 1984 | 20,900 ha | +63.3% |
| 1985 | 14,300 ha | -31.6% |
| 1986 | 16,000 ha | +11.9% |
| 1987 | 16,300 ha | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 21,100 ha | +29.4% |
| 1989 | 16,200 ha | -23.2% |
| 1990 | 17,529 ha | +8.2% |
| 1991 | 19,911 ha | +13.6% |
| 1992 | 18,016 ha | -9.5% |
| 1993 | 18,600 ha | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 18,770 ha | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 18,509 ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 24,520 ha | +32.5% |
| 1997 | 28,350 ha | +15.6% |
| 1998 | 26,300 ha | -7.2% |
| 1999 | 27,550 ha | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 24,705 ha | -10.3% |
| 2001 | 29,635 ha | +20.0% |
| 2002 | 28,985 ha | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 30,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 31,590 ha | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 28,500 ha | -9.8% |
| 2006 | 29,510 ha | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 26,235 ha | -11.1% |
| 2008 | 27,900 ha | +6.3% |
| 2009 | 29,100 ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 30,155 ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 30,690 ha | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 30,424 ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 33,654 ha | +10.6% |
| 2014 | 29,349 ha | -12.8% |
| 2015 | 32,288 ha | +10.0% |
| 2016 | 25,089 ha | -22.3% |
| 2017 | 27,805 ha | +10.8% |
| 2018 | 36,733 ha | +32.1% |
| 2019 | 29,177 ha | -20.6% |
| 2020 | 31,912 ha | +9.4% |
| 2021 | 28,424 ha | -10.9% |
| 2022 | 25,392 ha | -10.7% |
| 2023 | 19,177 ha | -24.5% |
| 2024 | 27,106 ha | +41.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,974 ha | 3,400 ha | 8,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,900 ha | 8,000 ha | 18,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,550 ha | 9,400 ha | 21,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,806 ha | 17,529 ha | 28,350 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,646 ha | 24,705 ha | 31,590 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 30,536 ha | 25,089 ha | 36,733 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,402 ha | 19,177 ha | 31,912 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 10.55 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 10.55 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Morocco?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Morocco was 27,106 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 Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 36,733 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,400 ha in 1961.
- How does Morocco rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 30th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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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About this data
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.