Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 59,945 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 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 Southern Europe is 59,945 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.8% on the previous year and down 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 117,771 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 56,645 ha, in 2023.
Southern Europe ranks 22nd of 28 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 98,866 ha | — |
| 1962 | 102,066 ha | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 108,903 ha | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 103,171 ha | -5.3% |
| 1965 | 105,093 ha | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 104,165 ha | -0.9% |
| 1967 | 113,311 ha | +8.8% |
| 1968 | 111,084 ha | -2.0% |
| 1969 | 108,427 ha | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 117,277 ha | +8.2% |
| 1971 | 111,854 ha | -4.6% |
| 1972 | 111,152 ha | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 114,046 ha | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 111,896 ha | -1.9% |
| 1975 | 106,442 ha | -4.9% |
| 1976 | 111,307 ha | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 117,771 ha | +5.8% |
| 1978 | 113,516 ha | -3.6% |
| 1979 | 106,866 ha | -5.9% |
| 1980 | 108,882 ha | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 111,336 ha | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 110,431 ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 108,450 ha | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 111,519 ha | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 114,887 ha | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 110,436 ha | -3.9% |
| 1987 | 104,677 ha | -5.2% |
| 1988 | 105,660 ha | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 104,995 ha | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 104,208 ha | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 102,543 ha | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 99,544 ha | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 97,277 ha | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 98,582 ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 97,666 ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 96,429 ha | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 94,381 ha | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 95,460 ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 91,635 ha | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 84,100 ha | -8.2% |
| 2001 | 81,873 ha | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 82,348 ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 82,432 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 82,191 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 79,908 ha | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 78,316 ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 78,796 ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 87,500 ha | +11.0% |
| 2009 | 80,988 ha | -7.4% |
| 2010 | 79,690 ha | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 83,980 ha | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 79,795 ha | -5.0% |
| 2013 | 65,833 ha | -17.5% |
| 2014 | 68,164 ha | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 67,174 ha | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 67,312 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 65,923 ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 60,502 ha | -8.2% |
| 2019 | 64,250 ha | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 64,709 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 65,358 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 58,246 ha | -10.9% |
| 2023 | 56,645 ha | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 59,945 ha | +5.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 106,121 ha | 98,866 ha | 113,311 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 112,213 ha | 106,442 ha | 117,771 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 109,127 ha | 104,677 ha | 114,887 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 97,772 ha | 91,635 ha | 104,208 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 81,845 ha | 78,316 ha | 87,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 70,262 ha | 60,502 ha | 83,980 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 60,981 ha | 56,645 ha | 65,358 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 19 Uzbekistan 48,678 ha compare
- 20 Ukraine 45,500 ha compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Southern Europe was 59,945 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 117,771 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 56,645 ha in 2023.
- How does Southern Europe rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 22nd out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.