Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield was 25,193 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield in South 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 South Africa stood at 25,193 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield in South Africa peaked at 25,193 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10,857 kg/ha, in 1966.
South Africa ranks 59th 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) — Yield in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,103 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,702 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1963 | 13,045 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 15,200 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1965 | 11,857 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1966 | 10,857 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1967 | 11,857 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1968 | 13,714 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1969 | 18,333 kg/ha | +33.7% |
| 1970 | 14,125 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1971 | 15,000 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1972 | 14,000 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1973 | 15,750 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1974 | 13,500 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1975 | 14,750 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1976 | 15,667 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1977 | 15,444 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 14,778 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1979 | 18,875 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 1980 | 20,286 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1981 | 19,000 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1982 | 18,875 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 18,444 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 18,210 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 17,600 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1986 | 17,400 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 17,543 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 18,376 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 18,542 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 19,016 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 18,881 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 19,030 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 19,532 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 19,263 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 19,493 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 19,172 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 18,571 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 18,454 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 19,890 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 17,316 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2001 | 18,788 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2002 | 19,114 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 20,645 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2004 | 21,692 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 24,072 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2006 | 22,400 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 22,784 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 22,565 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 22,514 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 22,851 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 23,390 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 23,703 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 23,975 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 23,975 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 24,112 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 24,029 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 24,096 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 24,260 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 24,403 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 24,611 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 24,904 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 24,935 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 25,063 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 25,193 kg/ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,630 kg/ha | 10,857 kg/ha | 18,333 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,189 kg/ha | 13,500 kg/ha | 18,875 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,428 kg/ha | 17,400 kg/ha | 20,286 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,130 kg/ha | 18,454 kg/ha | 19,890 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,189 kg/ha | 17,316 kg/ha | 24,072 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,879 kg/ha | 22,851 kg/ha | 24,403 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,941 kg/ha | 24,611 kg/ha | 25,193 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 186.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.812 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield in South Africa?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield in South Africa was 25,193 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 South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 25,193 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,857 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does South Africa rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield?
- South Africa ranks 59th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South 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.