Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 30,167 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 30,167 ha for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.9% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 32,339 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 4,430 ha, in 1961.
That places Southern Africa 24th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,430 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,886 ha | +32.9% |
| 1963 | 5,886 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,057 ha | -14.1% |
| 1965 | 7,049 ha | +39.4% |
| 1966 | 7,227 ha | +2.5% |
| 1967 | 7,068 ha | -2.2% |
| 1968 | 7,068 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 6,113 ha | -13.5% |
| 1970 | 8,081 ha | +32.2% |
| 1971 | 7,080 ha | -12.4% |
| 1972 | 7,051 ha | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 8,060 ha | +14.3% |
| 1974 | 8,060 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 8,060 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 9,060 ha | +12.4% |
| 1977 | 9,060 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 9,060 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 8,060 ha | -11.0% |
| 1980 | 7,060 ha | -12.4% |
| 1981 | 8,060 ha | +14.2% |
| 1982 | 8,060 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 9,060 ha | +12.4% |
| 1984 | 9,560 ha | +5.5% |
| 1985 | 10,060 ha | +5.2% |
| 1986 | 10,060 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 10,060 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 11,060 ha | +9.9% |
| 1989 | 11,060 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 12,061 ha | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 12,919 ha | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 12,358 ha | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 13,059 ha | +5.7% |
| 1994 | 12,873 ha | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 15,059 ha | +17.0% |
| 1996 | 14,622 ha | -2.9% |
| 1997 | 17,063 ha | +16.7% |
| 1998 | 19,055 ha | +11.7% |
| 1999 | 20,060 ha | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 19,212 ha | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 17,959 ha | -6.5% |
| 2002 | 18,295 ha | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 17,781 ha | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 18,994 ha | +6.8% |
| 2005 | 16,546 ha | -12.9% |
| 2006 | 18,510 ha | +11.9% |
| 2007 | 19,614 ha | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 22,785 ha | +16.2% |
| 2009 | 21,515 ha | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 23,746 ha | +10.4% |
| 2011 | 26,208 ha | +10.4% |
| 2012 | 27,950 ha | +6.6% |
| 2013 | 25,790 ha | -7.7% |
| 2014 | 28,363 ha | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 30,733 ha | +8.4% |
| 2016 | 30,104 ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 31,324 ha | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 31,641 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 32,339 ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 31,202 ha | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 31,158 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 29,443 ha | -5.5% |
| 2023 | 28,216 ha | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 30,167 ha | +6.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,198 ha | 4,430 ha | 7,227 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,163 ha | 7,051 ha | 9,060 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,410 ha | 7,060 ha | 11,060 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,913 ha | 12,061 ha | 20,060 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,121 ha | 16,546 ha | 22,785 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,820 ha | 23,746 ha | 32,339 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,037 ha | 28,216 ha | 31,202 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 21 Yugoslav SFR 42,966 ha compare
- 22 Cameroon 42,664 ha compare
- 23 Guinea 38,937 ha compare
- 24 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 38,710 ha compare
- 25 Afghanistan 35,601 ha compare
- 26 Ethiopia 35,050 ha compare
- 27 Mozambique 30,144 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Southern Africa was 30,167 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 32,339 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,430 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 24th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.