Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested was 616 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Caribbean stood at 616 ha.
The figure is down 6.0% on the previous year and down 40.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 1,582 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 168 ha, in 1968.
That places Caribbean 22nd out of 24 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, green — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 370 ha | — |
| 1962 | 450 ha | +21.6% |
| 1963 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 700 ha | +55.6% |
| 1966 | 552 ha | -21.1% |
| 1967 | 170 ha | -69.2% |
| 1968 | 168 ha | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 235 ha | +39.9% |
| 1970 | 219 ha | -6.8% |
| 1971 | 342 ha | +56.2% |
| 1972 | 369 ha | +7.9% |
| 1973 | 294 ha | -20.3% |
| 1974 | 330 ha | +12.2% |
| 1975 | 295 ha | -10.6% |
| 1976 | 421 ha | +42.7% |
| 1977 | 518 ha | +23.0% |
| 1978 | 609 ha | +17.6% |
| 1979 | 644 ha | +5.7% |
| 1980 | 756 ha | +17.4% |
| 1981 | 798 ha | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 541 ha | -32.2% |
| 1983 | 730 ha | +34.9% |
| 1984 | 825 ha | +13.0% |
| 1985 | 635 ha | -23.0% |
| 1986 | 506 ha | -20.3% |
| 1987 | 790 ha | +56.1% |
| 1988 | 499 ha | -36.8% |
| 1989 | 566 ha | +13.4% |
| 1990 | 692 ha | +22.3% |
| 1991 | 509 ha | -26.4% |
| 1992 | 981 ha | +92.7% |
| 1993 | 1,073 ha | +9.4% |
| 1994 | 1,082 ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 1,261 ha | +16.5% |
| 1996 | 1,031 ha | -18.2% |
| 1997 | 889 ha | -13.8% |
| 1998 | 1,042 ha | +17.2% |
| 1999 | 1,582 ha | +51.8% |
| 2000 | 1,116 ha | -29.5% |
| 2001 | 1,351 ha | +21.1% |
| 2002 | 933 ha | -30.9% |
| 2003 | 973 ha | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 997 ha | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 1,027 ha | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 983 ha | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 978 ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 974 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 1,022 ha | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 1,209 ha | +18.3% |
| 2011 | 1,208 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,259 ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 1,306 ha | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 1,041 ha | -20.3% |
| 2015 | 914 ha | -12.2% |
| 2016 | 1,208 ha | +32.2% |
| 2017 | 1,001 ha | -17.1% |
| 2018 | 1,152 ha | +15.1% |
| 2019 | 915 ha | -20.6% |
| 2020 | 799 ha | -12.7% |
| 2021 | 805 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 808 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 655 ha | -18.9% |
| 2024 | 616 ha | -6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 393.89 ha | 168 ha | 700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 404.1 ha | 219 ha | 644 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 664.6 ha | 499 ha | 825 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,014 ha | 509 ha | 1,582 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,035 ha | 933 ha | 1,351 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,121 ha | 914 ha | 1,306 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 736.6 ha | 616 ha | 808 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Caribbean was 616 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 1,582 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 168 ha in 1968.
- How does Caribbean rank for onions and shallots, green — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 22nd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, green — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested. 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.