Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production in Australia
Australia: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production was 272,396 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Australia recorded 272,396 t for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in 2024.
The figure is up 6.8% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in Australia peaked at 346,640 t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 59,057 t, in 1966.
Australia ranks 48th of 140 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67,857 t | 59,057 t | 87,528 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 98,832 t | 85,528 t | 108,102 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 146,036 t | 114,755 t | 196,280 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 210,080 t | 167,912 t | 244,484 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 247,974 t | 221,921 t | 283,819 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 290,764 t | 256,044 t | 346,640 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 270,541 t | 255,159 t | 281,165 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 45 Canada 298,564 t compare
- 46 Saudi Arabia 295,699 t compare
- 47 Yugoslav SFR 278,038 t compare
- 48 Australia and New Zealand 272,396 t compare
- 50 Mozambique 272,092 t compare
- 51 Philippines 264,323 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.27 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.27 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in Australia?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in Australia was 272,396 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 Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 346,640 t in 2012.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 59,057 t in 1966.
- How does Australia rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production?
- Australia ranks 48th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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.