Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 11,036 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 11,036 ha for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 60.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 11,036 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 113 ha, in 1964.
Zimbabwe ranks 51st of 140 countries on this measure, 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 Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 146 ha | — |
| 1962 | 134 ha | -8.2% |
| 1963 | 129 ha | -3.7% |
| 1964 | 113 ha | -12.4% |
| 1965 | 138 ha | +22.1% |
| 1966 | 140 ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 150 ha | +7.1% |
| 1974 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 160 ha | +6.7% |
| 1977 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 165 ha | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 165 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 170 ha | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 180 ha | +5.9% |
| 1984 | 190 ha | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 200 ha | +5.3% |
| 1986 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 210 ha | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 210 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 215 ha | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 220 ha | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 180 ha | -18.2% |
| 1993 | 200 ha | +11.1% |
| 1994 | 202 ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 198 ha | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 204 ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 170 ha | -16.7% |
| 1998 | 160 ha | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 621 ha | +288.1% |
| 2000 | 938 ha | +51.0% |
| 2001 | 1,277 ha | +36.1% |
| 2002 | 1,643 ha | +28.7% |
| 2003 | 2,042 ha | +24.3% |
| 2004 | 2,475 ha | +21.2% |
| 2005 | 2,921 ha | +18.0% |
| 2006 | 3,369 ha | +15.3% |
| 2007 | 4,336 ha | +28.7% |
| 2008 | 4,583 ha | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 5,450 ha | +18.9% |
| 2010 | 5,895 ha | +8.2% |
| 2011 | 6,226 ha | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 6,490 ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 6,700 ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 6,865 ha | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 6,994 ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 7,104 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 7,481 ha | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 5,890 ha | -21.3% |
| 2019 | 6,254 ha | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 8,641 ha | +38.2% |
| 2021 | 8,825 ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 10,764 ha | +22.0% |
| 2023 | 10,958 ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 11,036 ha | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 135.56 ha | 113 ha | 146 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 151.5 ha | 140 ha | 165 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 189.5 ha | 165 ha | 210 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 237 ha | 160 ha | 621 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,903 ha | 938 ha | 5,450 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,590 ha | 5,890 ha | 7,481 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,045 ha | 8,641 ha | 11,036 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 48 Kenya 11,881 ha compare
- 49 Belarus 11,676 ha compare
- 50 Azerbaijan 11,249 ha compare
- 52 Czechoslovakia 9,781 ha compare
- 53 Kyrgyzstan 9,308 ha compare
- 54 Libya 9,056 ha compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 34.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0947 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 286.19 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8815 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.595 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 9.47 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.47 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 11,036 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 11,036 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 113 ha in 1964.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 51st out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.