Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield was 24,948 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 24,948 kg/ha for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 24,948 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10,717 kg/ha, in 1966.
That places Southern Africa 16th out of 28 groups 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) — Yield in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,034 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,674 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1963 | 13,014 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 15,154 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1965 | 11,852 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1966 | 10,717 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1967 | 11,805 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1968 | 13,682 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1969 | 18,115 kg/ha | +32.4% |
| 1970 | 14,056 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1971 | 14,979 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1972 | 14,021 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1973 | 15,740 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1974 | 13,511 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1975 | 14,764 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1976 | 15,673 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1977 | 15,452 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 14,790 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1979 | 18,859 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 1980 | 20,255 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1981 | 18,983 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1982 | 18,859 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 18,433 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 18,201 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 17,594 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1986 | 17,396 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 17,538 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 18,366 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 18,532 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 19,012 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 18,854 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 19,004 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 19,509 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 19,244 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 19,476 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 19,150 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 18,556 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 18,443 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 19,875 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 17,330 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2001 | 18,791 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2002 | 19,117 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 20,628 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2004 | 21,648 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 23,952 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2006 | 22,329 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2007 | 22,684 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 22,472 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 22,385 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 22,718 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 23,217 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 23,452 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 23,673 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 23,682 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 23,904 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 23,821 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 23,874 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 24,049 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 24,244 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 24,397 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 24,601 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 24,613 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 24,773 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 24,948 kg/ha | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,561 kg/ha | 10,717 kg/ha | 18,115 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,185 kg/ha | 13,511 kg/ha | 18,859 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,416 kg/ha | 17,396 kg/ha | 20,255 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,112 kg/ha | 18,443 kg/ha | 19,875 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,134 kg/ha | 17,330 kg/ha | 23,952 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,664 kg/ha | 22,718 kg/ha | 24,244 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,666 kg/ha | 24,397 kg/ha | 24,948 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield in Southern Africa?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield in Southern Africa was 24,948 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 24,948 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,717 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Southern Africa rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 16th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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.