Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Portugal
Portugal: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 1,900 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Portugal, 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 Portugal stood at 1,900 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 37.7% on the previous year and down 63.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Portugal peaked at 5,253 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,380 ha, in 2023.
That places Portugal 91st out of 140 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Portugal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1963 | 4,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1964 | 4,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1965 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 2,500 ha | -40.5% |
| 1967 | 4,200 ha | +68.0% |
| 1968 | 3,500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1969 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 4,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1971 | 3,300 ha | -17.5% |
| 1972 | 3,200 ha | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 4,500 ha | +40.6% |
| 1974 | 3,700 ha | -17.8% |
| 1975 | 3,900 ha | +5.4% |
| 1976 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,500 ha | -37.5% |
| 1980 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1982 | 2,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1983 | 2,200 ha | -12.0% |
| 1984 | 2,500 ha | +13.6% |
| 1985 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,196 ha | -12.2% |
| 1987 | 2,038 ha | -7.2% |
| 1988 | 1,937 ha | -5.0% |
| 1989 | 1,900 ha | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 3,100 ha | +63.2% |
| 1994 | 4,000 ha | +29.0% |
| 1995 | 4,400 ha | +10.0% |
| 1996 | 4,200 ha | -4.5% |
| 1997 | 4,139 ha | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 3,982 ha | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 4,778 ha | +20.0% |
| 2000 | 4,800 ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 4,788 ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 4,904 ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 4,844 ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 4,882 ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 4,846 ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 4,900 ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 4,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 5,100 ha | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 5,150 ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 5,151 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5,132 ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 5,060 ha | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 5,078 ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 5,132 ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 5,253 ha | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 5,198 ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 5,209 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,530 ha | -70.6% |
| 2019 | 1,610 ha | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 1,970 ha | +22.4% |
| 2021 | 1,980 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 1,580 ha | -20.2% |
| 2023 | 1,380 ha | -12.7% |
| 2024 | 1,900 ha | +37.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,878 ha | 2,500 ha | 4,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,710 ha | 2,500 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,227 ha | 1,900 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,430 ha | 1,900 ha | 4,778 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,911 ha | 4,788 ha | 5,150 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,435 ha | 1,530 ha | 5,253 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,762 ha | 1,380 ha | 1,980 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Portugal?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Portugal was 1,900 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 5,253 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,380 ha in 2023.
- How does Portugal rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 91st out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 63.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.