Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production in Maldives
Maldives: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production was 38.76 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production in Maldives, 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 Maldives stood at 38.76 t.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in Maldives peaked at 78 t in 1970 and was at its lowest, 1 t, in 1961.
Maldives ranks 138th of 140 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production in Maldives, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 t | — |
| 1962 | 1 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2 t | +100.0% |
| 1970 | 78 t | +3800.0% |
| 1971 | 10 t | -87.2% |
| 1972 | 10 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 8 t | -20.0% |
| 1974 | 8 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 7 t | -12.5% |
| 1976 | 7 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 7 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2 t | -71.4% |
| 1979 | 2 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3 t | +50.0% |
| 1982 | 3 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2 t | -33.3% |
| 1985 | 2 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1 t | -50.0% |
| 1989 | 8 t | +700.0% |
| 1990 | 2 t | -75.0% |
| 1991 | 2 t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 2 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 5 t | +150.0% |
| 1994 | 5 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 3 t | -40.0% |
| 1996 | 3.66 t | +22.0% |
| 1997 | 2 t | -45.4% |
| 1998 | 1 t | -50.0% |
| 1999 | 5.22 t | +422.0% |
| 2000 | 77 t | +1375.1% |
| 2001 | 60 t | -22.1% |
| 2002 | 50 t | -16.7% |
| 2003 | 60 t | +20.0% |
| 2004 | 9 t | -85.0% |
| 2005 | 15 t | +66.7% |
| 2006 | 16 t | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 18 t | +12.5% |
| 2008 | 20 t | +11.1% |
| 2009 | 25 t | +25.0% |
| 2010 | 29.67 t | +18.7% |
| 2011 | 32.71 t | +10.2% |
| 2012 | 37 t | +13.1% |
| 2013 | 40 t | +8.1% |
| 2014 | 40.41 t | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 38.72 t | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 37.98 t | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 39.31 t | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 38.67 t | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 38.65 t | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 38.88 t | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 38.73 t | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 38.76 t | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 38.79 t | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 38.76 t | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.11 t | 1 t | 2 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 13.9 t | 2 t | 78 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.8 t | 1 t | 8 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.09 t | 1 t | 5.22 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 35 t | 9 t | 77 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 37.31 t | 29.67 t | 40.41 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.78 t | 38.73 t | 38.88 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 135 Bhutan 195.66 t compare
- 136 Estonia 130 t compare
- 137 Saint Kitts and Nevis 42.53 t compare
- 139 Antigua and Barbuda 37.51 t compare
- 140 Guadeloupe 20.38 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Maldives
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 30.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0459 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 670.93 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5233 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5749 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 4.59 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.59 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in Maldives?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in Maldives was 38.76 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 Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 78 t in 1970.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 t in 1961.
- How does Maldives rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production?
- Maldives ranks 138th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Maldives 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.