Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Romania
Romania: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 15,560 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Romania, 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 Romania stood at 15,560 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and down 48.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Romania peaked at 43,000 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 15,460 ha, in 2023.
That places Romania 43rd out of 140 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Romania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 31,100 ha | -2.2% |
| 1963 | 37,800 ha | +21.5% |
| 1964 | 37,000 ha | -2.1% |
| 1965 | 36,736 ha | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 37,500 ha | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 36,100 ha | -3.7% |
| 1968 | 35,368 ha | -2.0% |
| 1969 | 37,800 ha | +6.9% |
| 1970 | 39,986 ha | +5.8% |
| 1971 | 43,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 1972 | 38,900 ha | -9.5% |
| 1973 | 36,800 ha | -5.4% |
| 1974 | 38,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1975 | 38,025 ha | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 37,400 ha | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 40,800 ha | +9.1% |
| 1978 | 41,725 ha | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 38,189 ha | -8.5% |
| 1980 | 38,718 ha | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 30,911 ha | -20.2% |
| 1982 | 29,578 ha | -4.3% |
| 1983 | 35,295 ha | +19.3% |
| 1984 | 30,800 ha | -12.7% |
| 1985 | 29,900 ha | -2.9% |
| 1986 | 29,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 31,200 ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 29,700 ha | -4.8% |
| 1989 | 28,100 ha | -5.4% |
| 1990 | 27,231 ha | -3.1% |
| 1991 | 24,454 ha | -10.2% |
| 1992 | 35,807 ha | +46.4% |
| 1993 | 35,856 ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 32,324 ha | -9.9% |
| 1995 | 34,593 ha | +7.0% |
| 1996 | 35,916 ha | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 33,032 ha | -8.0% |
| 1998 | 36,175 ha | +9.5% |
| 1999 | 37,214 ha | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 36,819 ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 37,021 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 37,682 ha | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 36,806 ha | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 28,275 ha | -23.2% |
| 2005 | 35,489 ha | +25.5% |
| 2006 | 33,647 ha | -5.2% |
| 2007 | 33,935 ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 34,810 ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 35,165 ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 33,766 ha | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 33,108 ha | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 33,038 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 32,240 ha | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 30,290 ha | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 31,195 ha | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 30,273 ha | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 30,025 ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 17,290 ha | -42.4% |
| 2019 | 17,350 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 16,240 ha | -6.4% |
| 2021 | 16,330 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 15,670 ha | -4.0% |
| 2023 | 15,460 ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 15,560 ha | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,689 ha | 31,100 ha | 37,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 39,322 ha | 36,800 ha | 43,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,410 ha | 28,100 ha | 38,718 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,260 ha | 24,454 ha | 37,214 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 34,965 ha | 28,275 ha | 37,682 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,858 ha | 17,290 ha | 33,766 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,852 ha | 15,460 ha | 16,330 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Romania?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Romania was 15,560 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 Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 43,000 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,460 ha in 2023.
- How does Romania rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Romania ranks 43rd out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania 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.