Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production was 5.53 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production in Western Africa, 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 Western Africa is 5.53 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.5% on the previous year and up 124.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in Western Africa peaked at 5.53 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 55,000 t, in 1964.
That places Western Africa 12th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Western Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 59,855 t | — |
| 1962 | 58,759 t | -1.8% |
| 1963 | 56,794 t | -3.3% |
| 1964 | 55,000 t | -3.2% |
| 1965 | 71,084 t | +29.2% |
| 1966 | 65,983 t | -7.2% |
| 1967 | 73,831 t | +11.9% |
| 1968 | 69,769 t | -5.5% |
| 1969 | 57,577 t | -17.5% |
| 1970 | 65,800 t | +14.3% |
| 1971 | 69,730 t | +6.0% |
| 1972 | 59,000 t | -15.4% |
| 1973 | 67,443 t | +14.3% |
| 1974 | 86,347 t | +28.0% |
| 1975 | 121,170 t | +40.3% |
| 1976 | 131,900 t | +8.9% |
| 1977 | 116,300 t | -11.8% |
| 1978 | 133,200 t | +14.5% |
| 1979 | 162,386 t | +21.9% |
| 1980 | 168,300 t | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 172,000 t | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 181,600 t | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 184,000 t | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 133,049 t | -27.7% |
| 1985 | 115,914 t | -12.9% |
| 1986 | 136,084 t | +17.4% |
| 1987 | 138,921 t | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 146,176 t | +5.2% |
| 1989 | 214,989 t | +47.1% |
| 1990 | 328,037 t | +52.6% |
| 1991 | 763,996 t | +132.9% |
| 1992 | 707,697 t | -7.4% |
| 1993 | 753,766 t | +6.5% |
| 1994 | 798,481 t | +5.9% |
| 1995 | 762,519 t | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 816,346 t | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 911,500 t | +11.7% |
| 1998 | 1.00 million t | +9.9% |
| 1999 | 1.12 million t | +11.8% |
| 2000 | 923,255 t | -17.6% |
| 2001 | 1.07 million t | +15.9% |
| 2002 | 1.16 million t | +8.0% |
| 2003 | 1.09 million t | -6.0% |
| 2004 | 1.57 million t | +44.7% |
| 2005 | 1.65 million t | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 1.69 million t | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 1.86 million t | +9.9% |
| 2008 | 2.01 million t | +8.0% |
| 2009 | 1.99 million t | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 1.99 million t | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 1.40 million t | -29.9% |
| 2012 | 1.98 million t | +41.6% |
| 2013 | 2.12 million t | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 2.47 million t | +16.7% |
| 2015 | 3.22 million t | +30.3% |
| 2016 | 3.47 million t | +7.8% |
| 2017 | 3.74 million t | +7.8% |
| 2018 | 3.88 million t | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 4.12 million t | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 4.18 million t | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 4.37 million t | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 4.61 million t | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 5.20 million t | +12.6% |
| 2024 | 5.53 million t | +6.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 63,184 t | 55,000 t | 73,831 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 101,328 t | 59,000 t | 162,386 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 159,103 t | 115,914 t | 214,989 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 796,448 t | 328,037 t | 1.12 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.50 million t | 923,255 t | 2.01 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.84 million t | 1.40 million t | 4.12 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.78 million t | 4.18 million t | 5.53 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 9 Indonesia 2.09 million t compare
- 10 Algeria 1.83 million t compare
- 11 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.80 million t compare
- 12 Brazil 1.68 million t compare
- 13 Nigeria 1.67 million t compare
- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 56,204 t compare
- 14 Mexico 1.67 million t compare
- 15 Russian Federation 1.67 million t compare
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- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 3.17 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -1.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in Western Africa?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production in Western Africa was 5.53 million 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 5.53 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 55,000 t in 1964.
- How does Western Africa rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production?
- Western Africa ranks 12th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 124.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.