Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Pakistan
Pakistan: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 142,665 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Pakistan, 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 Pakistan is 142,665 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 5.3% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Pakistan peaked at 153,786 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 12,100 ha, in 1962.
Pakistan ranks 8th of 140 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Pakistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,100 ha | -21.4% |
| 1963 | 14,600 ha | +20.7% |
| 1964 | 16,600 ha | +13.7% |
| 1965 | 19,400 ha | +16.9% |
| 1966 | 21,400 ha | +10.3% |
| 1967 | 21,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 1968 | 22,300 ha | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 22,258 ha | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 23,500 ha | +5.6% |
| 1971 | 23,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 24,096 ha | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 17,525 ha | -27.3% |
| 1974 | 23,471 ha | +33.9% |
| 1975 | 29,559 ha | +25.9% |
| 1976 | 30,814 ha | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 30,178 ha | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 31,778 ha | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 38,658 ha | +21.7% |
| 1980 | 41,858 ha | +8.3% |
| 1981 | 43,223 ha | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 43,395 ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 45,295 ha | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 47,340 ha | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 48,156 ha | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 49,434 ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 51,128 ha | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 55,406 ha | +8.4% |
| 1989 | 57,751 ha | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 58,600 ha | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 58,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 64,000 ha | +9.2% |
| 1993 | 67,587 ha | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 70,334 ha | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 74,834 ha | +6.4% |
| 1996 | 77,859 ha | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 80,777 ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 81,420 ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 85,506 ha | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 109,760 ha | +28.4% |
| 2001 | 105,645 ha | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 103,759 ha | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 108,020 ha | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 108,931 ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 127,800 ha | +17.3% |
| 2006 | 148,700 ha | +16.4% |
| 2007 | 131,400 ha | -11.6% |
| 2008 | 153,100 ha | +16.5% |
| 2009 | 129,600 ha | -15.3% |
| 2010 | 124,700 ha | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 147,600 ha | +18.4% |
| 2012 | 129,700 ha | -12.1% |
| 2013 | 125,912 ha | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 133,922 ha | +6.4% |
| 2015 | 130,532 ha | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 135,884 ha | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 137,880 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 150,199 ha | +8.9% |
| 2019 | 148,272 ha | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 148,200 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 153,786 ha | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 140,838 ha | -8.4% |
| 2023 | 135,499 ha | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 142,665 ha | +5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,340 ha | 12,100 ha | 22,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,308 ha | 17,525 ha | 38,658 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 48,299 ha | 41,858 ha | 57,751 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 71,952 ha | 58,600 ha | 85,506 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 122,672 ha | 103,759 ha | 153,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 136,460 ha | 124,700 ha | 150,199 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 144,198 ha | 135,499 ha | 153,786 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Pakistan?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Pakistan was 142,665 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 Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 153,786 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,100 ha in 1962.
- How does Pakistan rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Pakistan ranks 8th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.