Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) β Yield in Zambia
Zambia: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) β Yield was 16,099 kg/ha in 2024. βΌ Falling
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) β Yield in Zambia, 1961β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) β yield in Zambia stood at 16,099 kg/ha.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) β yield in Zambia peaked at 22,000 kg/ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 14,500 kg/ha, in 2010.
That places Zambia 95th out of 140 countries 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 | 20,788 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 22,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,353 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 21,176 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,616 kg/ha | 15,556 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,184 kg/ha | 14,706 kg/ha | 15,556 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,052 kg/ha | 14,805 kg/ha | 15,263 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,636 kg/ha | 14,500 kg/ha | 16,390 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,990 kg/ha | 15,854 kg/ha | 16,099 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Zambia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 65.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0411 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 54.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5408 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 4.11 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.11 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) β yield in Zambia?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) β yield in Zambia was 16,099 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) β yield recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 22,000 kg/ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) β yield recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,500 kg/ha in 2010.
- How does Zambia rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) β yield?
- Zambia ranks 95th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) β yield rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zambia 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) β 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.