Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 8,695 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 8,695 ha for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.5% on the previous year and up 227.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Saudi Arabia peaked at 16,629 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 604 ha, in 1983.
Saudi Arabia ranks 57th of 140 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,394 ha | -50.2% |
| 1965 | 3,300 ha | +136.7% |
| 1966 | 4,030 ha | +22.1% |
| 1967 | 2,210 ha | -45.2% |
| 1968 | 2,200 ha | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,102 ha | -4.5% |
| 1972 | 1,663 ha | -20.9% |
| 1973 | 2,420 ha | +45.5% |
| 1974 | 7,972 ha | +229.4% |
| 1975 | 2,497 ha | -68.7% |
| 1976 | 4,475 ha | +79.2% |
| 1977 | 5,080 ha | +13.5% |
| 1978 | 3,656 ha | -28.0% |
| 1979 | 4,558 ha | +24.7% |
| 1980 | 3,281 ha | -28.0% |
| 1981 | 765 ha | -76.7% |
| 1982 | 1,623 ha | +112.2% |
| 1983 | 604 ha | -62.8% |
| 1984 | 1,791 ha | +196.5% |
| 1985 | 1,404 ha | -21.6% |
| 1986 | 1,242 ha | -11.5% |
| 1987 | 1,294 ha | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 1,162 ha | -10.2% |
| 1989 | 1,663 ha | +43.1% |
| 1990 | 1,831 ha | +10.1% |
| 1991 | 1,186 ha | -35.2% |
| 1992 | 2,218 ha | +87.0% |
| 1993 | 2,513 ha | +13.3% |
| 1994 | 4,518 ha | +79.8% |
| 1995 | 16,629 ha | +268.1% |
| 1996 | 14,213 ha | -14.5% |
| 1997 | 14,107 ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 13,945 ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 3,243 ha | -76.7% |
| 2000 | 3,158 ha | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 3,528 ha | +11.7% |
| 2002 | 3,858 ha | +9.4% |
| 2003 | 4,025 ha | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 3,697 ha | -8.1% |
| 2005 | 3,127 ha | -15.4% |
| 2006 | 2,316 ha | -25.9% |
| 2007 | 2,268 ha | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 2,224 ha | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 2,529 ha | +13.7% |
| 2010 | 3,773 ha | +49.2% |
| 2011 | 4,110 ha | +8.9% |
| 2012 | 3,945 ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 3,890 ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 2,652 ha | -31.8% |
| 2015 | 2,673 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 2,694 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 2,716 ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 2,730 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 4,900 ha | +79.5% |
| 2020 | 6,759 ha | +37.9% |
| 2021 | 7,379 ha | +9.2% |
| 2022 | 7,675 ha | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 9,302 ha | +21.2% |
| 2024 | 8,695 ha | -6.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,637 ha | 1,394 ha | 4,030 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,662 ha | 1,663 ha | 7,972 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,483 ha | 604 ha | 3,281 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,440 ha | 1,186 ha | 16,629 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,073 ha | 2,224 ha | 4,025 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,408 ha | 2,652 ha | 4,900 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,962 ha | 6,759 ha | 9,302 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1539 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Saudi Arabia?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Saudi Arabia was 8,695 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 16,629 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 604 ha in 1983.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 57th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 227.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.