Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production in Algeria
Algeria: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production was 1.83 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production in Algeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in Algeria stood at 1.83 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 36.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in Algeria peaked at 1.83 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 29,825 t, in 1968.
That places Algeria 10th out of 140 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production in Algeria, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 62,900 t | — |
| 1962 | 63,000 t | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 63,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 68,230 t | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 34,696 t | -49.1% |
| 1966 | 40,698 t | +17.3% |
| 1967 | 38,752 t | -4.8% |
| 1968 | 29,825 t | -23.0% |
| 1969 | 38,072 t | +27.7% |
| 1970 | 37,848 t | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 54,361 t | +43.6% |
| 1972 | 66,222 t | +21.8% |
| 1973 | 74,573 t | +12.6% |
| 1974 | 78,510 t | +5.3% |
| 1975 | 106,472 t | +35.6% |
| 1976 | 72,200 t | -32.2% |
| 1977 | 90,594 t | +25.5% |
| 1978 | 90,128 t | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 113,660 t | +26.1% |
| 1980 | 117,918 t | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 125,820 t | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 112,887 t | -10.3% |
| 1983 | 121,429 t | +7.6% |
| 1984 | 195,555 t | +61.0% |
| 1985 | 164,200 t | -16.0% |
| 1986 | 164,900 t | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 200,190 t | +21.4% |
| 1988 | 200,299 t | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 227,589 t | +13.6% |
| 1990 | 172,974 t | -24.0% |
| 1991 | 317,544 t | +83.6% |
| 1992 | 250,649 t | -21.1% |
| 1993 | 251,145 t | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 247,909 t | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 314,029 t | +26.7% |
| 1996 | 312,881 t | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 351,729 t | +12.4% |
| 1998 | 392,643 t | +11.6% |
| 1999 | 382,454 t | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 315,741 t | -17.4% |
| 2001 | 428,491 t | +35.7% |
| 2002 | 447,846 t | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 555,110 t | +24.0% |
| 2004 | 658,215 t | +18.6% |
| 2005 | 685,500 t | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 703,873 t | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 826,592 t | +17.4% |
| 2008 | 759,166 t | -8.2% |
| 2009 | 980,160 t | +29.1% |
| 2010 | 1.00 million t | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 1.14 million t | +14.3% |
| 2012 | 1.18 million t | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 1.36 million t | +14.9% |
| 2014 | 1.34 million t | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 1.44 million t | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 1.53 million t | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 1.42 million t | -6.9% |
| 2018 | 1.40 million t | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 1.61 million t | +15.3% |
| 2020 | 1.67 million t | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 1.71 million t | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 1.73 million t | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 1.82 million t | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 1.83 million t | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48,797 t | 29,825 t | 68,230 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 78,457 t | 37,848 t | 113,660 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 163,079 t | 112,887 t | 227,589 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 299,396 t | 172,974 t | 392,643 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 636,069 t | 315,741 t | 980,160 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.34 million t | 1.00 million t | 1.61 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.75 million t | 1.67 million t | 1.83 million t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1451 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 878.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.884 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2418 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 14.51 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 14.51 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in Algeria?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in Algeria was 1.83 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1.83 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,825 t in 1968.
- How does Algeria rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production?
- Algeria ranks 10th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Algeria 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) — Production. 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.