Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield was 9,236 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield in Eastern Africa stood at 9,236 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 9,781 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3,635 kg/ha, in 1974.
That places Eastern Africa 27th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,980 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,297 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1963 | 4,339 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 4,309 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 4,431 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1966 | 4,144 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1967 | 4,360 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1968 | 4,333 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 4,826 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1970 | 3,826 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 1971 | 3,899 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 3,764 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1973 | 3,646 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 3,635 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 3,857 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1976 | 3,792 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1977 | 3,643 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1978 | 3,936 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1979 | 4,378 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1980 | 4,764 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1981 | 5,110 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1982 | 5,340 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 4,826 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1984 | 4,908 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 4,968 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 5,066 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 4,997 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 5,096 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 5,320 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 5,492 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 5,504 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 5,754 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 5,892 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 5,751 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 5,723 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 5,768 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 5,632 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 5,959 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 5,807 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 6,331 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2001 | 6,378 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 5,982 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2003 | 6,329 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 6,662 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 6,831 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 6,171 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2007 | 6,410 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 6,478 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 6,110 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 6,248 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 6,750 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 7,830 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2013 | 8,063 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 8,117 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 7,705 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 8,100 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 8,064 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 7,597 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2019 | 8,240 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2020 | 8,823 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 9,410 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2022 | 9,781 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 9,115 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2024 | 9,236 kg/ha | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,335 kg/ha | 3,980 kg/ha | 4,826 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,838 kg/ha | 3,635 kg/ha | 4,378 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,040 kg/ha | 4,764 kg/ha | 5,340 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,728 kg/ha | 5,492 kg/ha | 5,959 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,368 kg/ha | 5,982 kg/ha | 6,831 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,671 kg/ha | 6,248 kg/ha | 8,240 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,273 kg/ha | 8,823 kg/ha | 9,781 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield in Eastern Africa?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield in Eastern Africa was 9,236 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 9,781 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,635 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 27th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern 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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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.