Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 4,027 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 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 Sri Lanka is 4,027 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.3% on the previous year and down 65.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 13,040 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 3,870 ha, in 1984.
That places Sri Lanka 73rd 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 Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,191 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,082 ha | -2.1% |
| 1963 | 4,904 ha | -3.5% |
| 1964 | 4,343 ha | -11.4% |
| 1965 | 8,271 ha | +90.4% |
| 1966 | 6,027 ha | -27.1% |
| 1967 | 7,529 ha | +24.9% |
| 1968 | 7,077 ha | -6.0% |
| 1969 | 7,254 ha | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 6,773 ha | -6.6% |
| 1971 | 6,814 ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 8,309 ha | +21.9% |
| 1973 | 7,254 ha | -12.7% |
| 1974 | 9,044 ha | +24.7% |
| 1975 | 9,068 ha | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 9,669 ha | +6.6% |
| 1977 | 8,382 ha | -13.3% |
| 1978 | 8,272 ha | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 9,050 ha | +9.4% |
| 1980 | 8,710 ha | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 8,790 ha | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 9,068 ha | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 9,620 ha | +6.1% |
| 1984 | 3,870 ha | -59.8% |
| 1985 | 5,580 ha | +44.2% |
| 1986 | 6,615 ha | +18.5% |
| 1987 | 6,814 ha | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 7,500 ha | +10.1% |
| 1989 | 9,100 ha | +21.3% |
| 1990 | 7,640 ha | -16.0% |
| 1991 | 6,025 ha | -21.1% |
| 1992 | 7,624 ha | +26.5% |
| 1993 | 6,763 ha | -11.3% |
| 1994 | 6,960 ha | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 6,993 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 9,246 ha | +32.2% |
| 1997 | 9,407 ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 7,074 ha | -24.8% |
| 1999 | 10,750 ha | +52.0% |
| 2000 | 8,892 ha | -17.3% |
| 2001 | 7,940 ha | -10.7% |
| 2002 | 7,870 ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 7,670 ha | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 7,470 ha | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 10,350 ha | +38.6% |
| 2006 | 13,040 ha | +26.0% |
| 2007 | 12,600 ha | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 8,970 ha | -28.8% |
| 2009 | 9,580 ha | +6.8% |
| 2010 | 9,390 ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 9,590 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 11,210 ha | +16.9% |
| 2013 | 8,830 ha | -21.2% |
| 2014 | 11,692 ha | +32.4% |
| 2015 | 9,790 ha | -16.3% |
| 2016 | 8,978 ha | -8.3% |
| 2017 | 7,193 ha | -19.9% |
| 2018 | 5,492 ha | -23.6% |
| 2019 | 6,252 ha | +13.8% |
| 2020 | 6,928 ha | +10.8% |
| 2021 | 7,980 ha | +15.2% |
| 2022 | 5,441 ha | -31.8% |
| 2023 | 4,206 ha | -22.7% |
| 2024 | 4,027 ha | -4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,186 ha | 4,343 ha | 8,271 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,264 ha | 6,773 ha | 9,669 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,567 ha | 3,870 ha | 9,620 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,848 ha | 6,025 ha | 10,750 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,438 ha | 7,470 ha | 13,040 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,842 ha | 5,492 ha | 11,692 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,716 ha | 4,027 ha | 7,980 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0836 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 4,027 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 13,040 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,870 ha in 1984.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 73rd out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 65.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.