Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield in Africa
Africa: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield was 12,693 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield in Africa is 12,693 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield in Africa peaked at 15,051 kg/ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 6,166 kg/ha, in 1995.
That places Africa 22nd out of 32 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,643 kg/ha | 11,436 kg/ha | 15,051 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,378 kg/ha | 10,364 kg/ha | 12,742 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,631 kg/ha | 12,982 kg/ha | 14,445 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,611 kg/ha | 6,166 kg/ha | 14,528 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,622 kg/ha | 6,913 kg/ha | 8,346 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,179 kg/ha | 8,028 kg/ha | 12,229 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,325 kg/ha | 11,871 kg/ha | 12,693 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield in Africa?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield in Africa was 12,693 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 15,051 kg/ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,166 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does Africa rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield?
- Africa ranks 22nd out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this 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) — Yield. 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.