Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production in Portugal
Portugal: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production was 65,870 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in Portugal is 65,870 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.7% on the previous year and down 47.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in Portugal peaked at 129,788 t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 50,800 t, in 1966.
Portugal ranks 76th 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.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production in Portugal, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 88,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 74,400 t | -15.5% |
| 1963 | 95,400 t | +28.2% |
| 1964 | 75,900 t | -20.4% |
| 1965 | 80,000 t | +5.4% |
| 1966 | 50,800 t | -36.5% |
| 1967 | 87,219 t | +71.7% |
| 1968 | 61,769 t | -29.2% |
| 1969 | 62,400 t | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 80,346 t | +28.8% |
| 1971 | 66,500 t | -17.2% |
| 1972 | 61,300 t | -7.8% |
| 1973 | 98,621 t | +60.9% |
| 1974 | 66,075 t | -33.0% |
| 1975 | 76,100 t | +15.2% |
| 1976 | 73,400 t | -3.5% |
| 1977 | 67,771 t | -7.7% |
| 1978 | 74,607 t | +10.1% |
| 1979 | 70,628 t | -5.3% |
| 1980 | 74,031 t | +4.8% |
| 1981 | 55,339 t | -25.2% |
| 1982 | 70,376 t | +27.2% |
| 1983 | 59,165 t | -15.9% |
| 1984 | 62,497 t | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 64,734 t | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 65,689 t | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 60,639 t | -7.7% |
| 1988 | 55,800 t | -8.0% |
| 1989 | 57,200 t | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 57,200 t | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 57,200 t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 57,200 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 90,000 t | +57.3% |
| 1994 | 100,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1995 | 115,800 t | +15.8% |
| 1996 | 107,900 t | -6.8% |
| 1997 | 104,920 t | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 100,618 t | -4.1% |
| 1999 | 120,742 t | +20.0% |
| 2000 | 110,000 t | -8.9% |
| 2001 | 111,347 t | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 112,330 t | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 113,470 t | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 114,859 t | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 115,000 t | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 117,187 t | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 117,000 t | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 122,500 t | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 123,500 t | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 124,331 t | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 124,700 t | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 123,850 t | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 124,481 t | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 125,828 t | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 129,264 t | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 128,972 t | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 129,788 t | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 54,090 t | -58.3% |
| 2019 | 62,330 t | +15.2% |
| 2020 | 70,990 t | +13.9% |
| 2021 | 66,150 t | -6.8% |
| 2022 | 60,500 t | -8.5% |
| 2023 | 56,920 t | -5.9% |
| 2024 | 65,870 t | +15.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 75,099 t | 50,800 t | 95,400 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 73,535 t | 61,300 t | 98,621 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 62,547 t | 55,339 t | 74,031 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 91,158 t | 57,200 t | 120,742 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 115,719 t | 110,000 t | 123,500 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 112,763 t | 54,090 t | 129,788 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 64,086 t | 56,920 t | 70,990 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in Portugal?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in Portugal was 65,870 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 129,788 t in 2017.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 50,800 t in 1966.
- How does Portugal rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production?
- Portugal ranks 76th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.