Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production was 256,192 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland recorded 256,192 t for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in 2024.
The figure is down 17.3% on the previous year and down 31.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 413,600 t in 2005 and was at its lowest, 47,449 t, in 1961.
That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 52nd out of 140 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 47,449 t | — |
| 1962 | 56,188 t | +18.4% |
| 1963 | 73,358 t | +30.6% |
| 1964 | 78,236 t | +6.6% |
| 1965 | 85,348 t | +9.1% |
| 1966 | 87,482 t | +2.5% |
| 1967 | 97,947 t | +12.0% |
| 1968 | 119,589 t | +22.1% |
| 1969 | 116,744 t | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 144,279 t | +23.6% |
| 1971 | 229,932 t | +59.4% |
| 1972 | 194,066 t | -15.6% |
| 1973 | 223,429 t | +15.1% |
| 1974 | 243,900 t | +9.2% |
| 1975 | 173,500 t | -28.9% |
| 1976 | 151,400 t | -12.7% |
| 1977 | 305,800 t | +102.0% |
| 1978 | 230,500 t | -24.6% |
| 1979 | 213,800 t | -7.2% |
| 1980 | 224,800 t | +5.1% |
| 1981 | 230,000 t | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 231,300 t | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 174,600 t | -24.5% |
| 1984 | 237,947 t | +36.3% |
| 1985 | 267,495 t | +12.4% |
| 1986 | 247,424 t | -7.5% |
| 1987 | 286,500 t | +15.8% |
| 1988 | 298,900 t | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 225,189 t | -24.7% |
| 1990 | 241,073 t | +7.1% |
| 1991 | 250,641 t | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 259,022 t | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 346,366 t | +33.7% |
| 1994 | 256,929 t | -25.8% |
| 1995 | 255,000 t | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 284,600 t | +11.6% |
| 1997 | 335,900 t | +18.0% |
| 1998 | 342,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 391,400 t | +14.4% |
| 2000 | 392,700 t | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 374,900 t | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 283,400 t | -24.4% |
| 2003 | 373,600 t | +31.8% |
| 2004 | 340,900 t | -8.8% |
| 2005 | 413,600 t | +21.3% |
| 2006 | 358,800 t | -13.2% |
| 2007 | 304,050 t | -15.3% |
| 2008 | 349,200 t | +14.8% |
| 2009 | 354,900 t | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 364,500 t | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 328,000 t | -10.0% |
| 2012 | 373,606 t | +13.9% |
| 2013 | 354,646 t | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 373,819 t | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 394,219 t | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 371,889 t | -5.7% |
| 2017 | 379,909 t | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 389,116 t | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 356,884 t | -8.3% |
| 2020 | 396,141 t | +11.0% |
| 2021 | 376,839 t | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 308,584 t | -18.1% |
| 2023 | 309,677 t | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 256,192 t | -17.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +102.0% | 151,400 t | 305,800 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 84,705 t | 47,449 t | 119,589 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 211,061 t | 144,279 t | 305,800 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 242,416 t | 174,600 t | 298,900 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 296,293 t | 241,073 t | 391,400 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 354,605 t | 283,400 t | 413,600 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 368,659 t | 328,000 t | 394,219 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 329,487 t | 256,192 t | 396,141 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- 50 Mozambique 272,092 t compare
- 51 Philippines 264,323 t compare
- 53 Belarus 242,441 t compare
- 54 Yemen 233,100 t compare
- 55 Belgium 232,580 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 256,192 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 413,600 t in 2005.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 47,449 t in 1961.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 52nd out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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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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.