Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Yemen
Yemen: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 16,082 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 16,082 ha for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Yemen peaked at 16,937 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Yemen 42nd 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 Yemen, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 219 ha | — |
| 1976 | 239 ha | +9.1% |
| 1977 | 336 ha | +40.6% |
| 1978 | 458 ha | +36.3% |
| 1979 | 3,028 ha | +561.1% |
| 1980 | 2,913 ha | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 2,797 ha | -4.0% |
| 1982 | 2,911 ha | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 3,457 ha | +18.8% |
| 1984 | 2,552 ha | -26.2% |
| 1985 | 3,033 ha | +18.8% |
| 1986 | 2,794 ha | -7.9% |
| 1987 | 3,029 ha | +8.4% |
| 1988 | 2,806 ha | -7.4% |
| 1989 | 5,073 ha | +80.8% |
| 1990 | 4,730 ha | -6.8% |
| 1991 | 4,214 ha | -10.9% |
| 1992 | 4,218 ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 4,157 ha | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 4,049 ha | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 4,418 ha | +9.1% |
| 1996 | 4,731 ha | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 4,985 ha | +5.4% |
| 1998 | 5,170 ha | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 4,818 ha | -6.8% |
| 2000 | 5,103 ha | +5.9% |
| 2001 | 5,498 ha | +7.7% |
| 2002 | 5,598 ha | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 5,652 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 11,909 ha | +110.7% |
| 2005 | 12,284 ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 12,354 ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 13,402 ha | +8.5% |
| 2008 | 14,072 ha | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 14,851 ha | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 15,133 ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 14,000 ha | -7.5% |
| 2012 | 15,064 ha | +7.6% |
| 2013 | 15,530 ha | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 14,774 ha | -4.9% |
| 2015 | 13,888 ha | -6.0% |
| 2016 | 13,743 ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 13,635 ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 12,780 ha | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 15,448 ha | +20.9% |
| 2020 | 15,377 ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 15,747 ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 16,937 ha | +7.6% |
| 2023 | 16,108 ha | -4.9% |
| 2024 | 16,082 ha | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 428 ha | 0 ha | 3,028 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,136 ha | 2,552 ha | 5,073 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,549 ha | 4,049 ha | 5,170 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,072 ha | 5,103 ha | 14,851 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,400 ha | 12,780 ha | 15,530 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,050 ha | 15,377 ha | 16,937 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Yemen
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -14.18 % change on previous year (2018)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 182.21 current US$ per person (2018)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6297 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 28.7% (2018)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 28.7% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Yemen?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Yemen was 16,082 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 Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 16,937 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Yemen rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Yemen ranks 42nd out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Yemen 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.