Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production was 299,856 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 299,856 t for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and down 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in Ethiopia peaked at 494,762 t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 81,000 t, in 1993.
Ethiopia ranks 44th 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) — Production in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 81,000 t | — |
| 1994 | 82,000 t | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 86,306 t | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 84,000 t | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 86,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 92,000 t | +7.0% |
| 1999 | 100,000 t | +8.7% |
| 2000 | 114,867 t | +14.9% |
| 2001 | 120,000 t | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 140,457 t | +17.0% |
| 2003 | 175,000 t | +24.6% |
| 2004 | 216,689 t | +23.8% |
| 2005 | 229,678 t | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 175,919 t | -23.4% |
| 2007 | 178,474 t | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 175,106 t | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 169,317 t | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 254,300 t | +50.2% |
| 2011 | 355,830 t | +39.9% |
| 2012 | 384,360 t | +8.0% |
| 2013 | 314,750 t | -18.1% |
| 2014 | 337,770 t | +7.3% |
| 2015 | 333,590 t | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 397,778 t | +19.2% |
| 2017 | 494,762 t | +24.4% |
| 2018 | 483,660 t | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 485,000 t | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 433,190 t | -10.7% |
| 2021 | 420,967 t | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 310,224 t | -26.3% |
| 2023 | 304,843 t | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 299,856 t | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 87,329 t | 81,000 t | 100,000 t | 7 |
| 2000s | 169,551 t | 114,867 t | 229,678 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 384,180 t | 254,300 t | 494,762 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 353,816 t | 299,856 t | 433,190 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 41 Azerbaijan 327,529 t compare
- 42 Malawi 311,482 t compare
- 43 Zimbabwe 309,008 t compare
- 45 Canada 298,564 t compare
- 46 Saudi Arabia 295,699 t compare
- 47 Yugoslav SFR 278,038 t
More agriculture & rural data for Ethiopia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -20.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3282 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 306.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7589 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 32.82 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 32.82 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in Ethiopia?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in Ethiopia was 299,856 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 Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 494,762 t in 2017.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 81,000 t in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production?
- Ethiopia ranks 44th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 32 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.