Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production in Lebanon
Lebanon: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production was 132,900 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production in Lebanon, 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 Lebanon stood at 132,900 t.
The figure is up 19.7% on the previous year and up 46.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in Lebanon peaked at 199,816 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 17,000 t, in 1980.
Lebanon ranks 66th 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 Lebanon, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 41,000 t | +64.0% |
| 1963 | 33,000 t | -19.5% |
| 1964 | 24,000 t | -27.3% |
| 1965 | 25,875 t | +7.8% |
| 1966 | 32,364 t | +25.1% |
| 1967 | 43,978 t | +35.9% |
| 1968 | 37,811 t | -14.0% |
| 1969 | 29,977 t | -20.7% |
| 1970 | 35,603 t | +18.8% |
| 1971 | 35,568 t | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 29,521 t | -17.0% |
| 1973 | 31,203 t | +5.7% |
| 1974 | 39,026 t | +25.1% |
| 1975 | 30,000 t | -23.1% |
| 1976 | 20,000 t | -33.3% |
| 1977 | 25,000 t | +25.0% |
| 1978 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 22,000 t | -12.0% |
| 1980 | 17,000 t | -22.7% |
| 1981 | 25,000 t | +47.1% |
| 1982 | 28,750 t | +15.0% |
| 1983 | 29,000 t | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 27,000 t | -6.9% |
| 1985 | 36,000 t | +33.3% |
| 1986 | 46,000 t | +27.8% |
| 1987 | 54,031 t | +17.5% |
| 1988 | 54,158 t | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 54,422 t | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 60,000 t | +10.2% |
| 1991 | 64,691 t | +7.8% |
| 1992 | 67,437 t | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 68,000 t | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 70,789 t | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 76,000 t | +7.4% |
| 1996 | 81,097 t | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 75,782 t | -6.6% |
| 1998 | 48,400 t | -36.1% |
| 1999 | 64,100 t | +32.4% |
| 2000 | 157,600 t | +145.9% |
| 2001 | 144,200 t | -8.5% |
| 2002 | 72,623 t | -49.6% |
| 2003 | 62,500 t | -13.9% |
| 2004 | 52,000 t | -16.8% |
| 2005 | 50,900 t | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 45,000 t | -11.6% |
| 2007 | 45,900 t | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 50,900 t | +10.9% |
| 2009 | 86,500 t | +69.9% |
| 2010 | 91,649 t | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 87,297 t | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 86,328 t | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 86,731 t | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 90,490 t | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 112,808 t | +24.7% |
| 2016 | 109,765 t | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 102,420 t | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 148,471 t | +45.0% |
| 2019 | 161,844 t | +9.0% |
| 2020 | 199,816 t | +23.5% |
| 2021 | 129,978 t | -35.0% |
| 2022 | 124,810 t | -4.0% |
| 2023 | 111,053 t | -11.0% |
| 2024 | 132,900 t | +19.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32,556 t | 24,000 t | 43,978 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,292 t | 20,000 t | 39,026 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 37,136 t | 17,000 t | 54,422 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 67,630 t | 48,400 t | 81,097 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 76,812 t | 45,000 t | 157,600 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 107,780 t | 86,328 t | 161,844 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 139,711 t | 111,053 t | 199,816 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
- 63 Czechoslovakia 136,434 t compare
- 64 Jordan 133,239 t compare
- 65 Serbia and Montenegro 133,141 t compare
- 67 Greece 131,400 t compare
- 68 Romania 127,530 t compare
- 69 Dominican Republic 118,257 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Lebanon
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 39.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0105 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 46.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0904 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.05 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.05 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in Lebanon?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in Lebanon was 132,900 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 Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 199,816 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,000 t in 1980.
- How does Lebanon rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production?
- Lebanon ranks 66th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lebanon 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.