Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 1,304 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Switzerland, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Switzerland stood at 1,304 ha. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 5.7% on the previous year and up 51.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 1,304 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 568 ha, in 1994.
Switzerland ranks 101st of 140 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 601 ha | — |
| 1992 | 652 ha | +8.5% |
| 1993 | 615 ha | -5.7% |
| 1994 | 568 ha | -7.6% |
| 1995 | 638 ha | +12.3% |
| 1996 | 726 ha | +13.8% |
| 1997 | 641 ha | -11.7% |
| 1998 | 670 ha | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 752 ha | +12.2% |
| 2000 | 695 ha | -7.6% |
| 2001 | 726 ha | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 896 ha | +23.4% |
| 2003 | 874 ha | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 853 ha | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 806 ha | -5.5% |
| 2006 | 697 ha | -13.5% |
| 2007 | 796 ha | +14.2% |
| 2008 | 1,009 ha | +26.8% |
| 2009 | 966 ha | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 942 ha | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 800 ha | -15.1% |
| 2012 | 821 ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 756 ha | -7.9% |
| 2014 | 860 ha | +13.8% |
| 2015 | 852 ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 898 ha | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 940 ha | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 969 ha | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 1,108 ha | +14.3% |
| 2020 | 1,177 ha | +6.2% |
| 2021 | 1,230 ha | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 1,195 ha | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 1,234 ha | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 1,304 ha | +5.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 651.44 ha | 568 ha | 752 ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 831.8 ha | 695 ha | 1,009 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 894.6 ha | 756 ha | 1,108 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,228 ha | 1,177 ha | 1,304 ha | 5 |
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Switzerland was 1,304 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 1,304 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 568 ha in 1994.
- How does Switzerland rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 101st out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.