Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Tunisia
Tunisia: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 6,066 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 6,066 ha for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Tunisia peaked at 10,139 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 690 ha, in 1963.
That places Tunisia 62nd out of 140 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Tunisia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 830 ha | — |
| 1962 | 820 ha | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 690 ha | -15.9% |
| 1964 | 830 ha | +20.3% |
| 1965 | 1,300 ha | +56.6% |
| 1966 | 1,200 ha | -7.7% |
| 1967 | 2,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 1968 | 1,600 ha | -20.0% |
| 1969 | 1,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 1970 | 850 ha | -43.3% |
| 1971 | 1,600 ha | +88.2% |
| 1972 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,800 ha | +12.5% |
| 1975 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1977 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1978 | 3,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 1979 | 2,200 ha | -26.7% |
| 1980 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 2,400 ha | -4.0% |
| 1984 | 4,100 ha | +70.8% |
| 1985 | 5,100 ha | +24.4% |
| 1986 | 4,400 ha | -13.7% |
| 1987 | 5,100 ha | +15.9% |
| 1988 | 5,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 4,900 ha | -3.9% |
| 1991 | 8,000 ha | +63.3% |
| 1992 | 7,715 ha | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 8,500 ha | +10.2% |
| 1994 | 8,033 ha | -5.5% |
| 1995 | 7,375 ha | -8.2% |
| 1996 | 6,422 ha | -12.9% |
| 1997 | 8,900 ha | +38.6% |
| 1998 | 10,139 ha | +13.9% |
| 1999 | 8,748 ha | -13.7% |
| 2000 | 8,490 ha | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 6,590 ha | -22.4% |
| 2002 | 8,500 ha | +29.0% |
| 2003 | 7,700 ha | -9.4% |
| 2004 | 6,000 ha | -22.1% |
| 2005 | 6,600 ha | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 7,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 9,500 ha | +35.7% |
| 2008 | 6,000 ha | -36.8% |
| 2009 | 6,500 ha | +8.3% |
| 2010 | 6,680 ha | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 6,500 ha | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 6,799 ha | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 6,703 ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 6,520 ha | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 6,395 ha | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 6,395 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 5,990 ha | -6.3% |
| 2018 | 6,260 ha | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 6,116 ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 5,945 ha | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 6,107 ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 6,056 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 6,036 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 6,066 ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,197 ha | 690 ha | 2,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,855 ha | 850 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,850 ha | 2,300 ha | 5,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,873 ha | 4,900 ha | 10,139 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,288 ha | 6,000 ha | 9,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,436 ha | 5,990 ha | 6,799 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,042 ha | 5,945 ha | 6,107 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Tunisia?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Tunisia was 6,066 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 Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 10,139 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 690 ha in 1963.
- How does Tunisia rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Tunisia ranks 62nd out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Tunisia 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.