Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested was 8,533 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Central America, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Central America is 8,533 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Central America peaked at 11,545 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 5,350 ha, in 1990.
That places Central America 14th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5,350 ha | — |
| 1991 | 7,204 ha | +34.7% |
| 1992 | 6,233 ha | -13.5% |
| 1993 | 6,669 ha | +7.0% |
| 1994 | 6,748 ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 6,018 ha | -10.8% |
| 1996 | 6,512 ha | +8.2% |
| 1997 | 8,233 ha | +26.4% |
| 1998 | 8,256 ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 8,085 ha | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 8,325 ha | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 10,008 ha | +20.2% |
| 2002 | 10,550 ha | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 11,054 ha | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 11,545 ha | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 9,879 ha | -14.4% |
| 2006 | 6,888 ha | -30.3% |
| 2007 | 7,039 ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 7,884 ha | +12.0% |
| 2009 | 8,405 ha | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 8,376 ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 8,474 ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 8,545 ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 8,621 ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 8,684 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 8,122 ha | -6.5% |
| 2016 | 8,482 ha | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 8,626 ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 8,633 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 8,509 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 8,456 ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 8,555 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 8,551 ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 8,518 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 8,533 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,931 ha | 5,350 ha | 8,256 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,158 ha | 6,888 ha | 11,545 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,507 ha | 8,122 ha | 8,684 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,523 ha | 8,456 ha | 8,555 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 11 Thailand 9,782 ha compare
- 12 Mexico 8,437 ha compare
- 13 New Zealand 5,923 ha compare
- 13 Australia and New Zealand 5,923 ha compare
- 15 Iraq 5,625 ha compare
- 16 China, Taiwan Province of 4,059 ha compare
- 17 Ethiopia 3,041 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Central America?
- Onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Central America was 8,533 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 Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 11,545 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,350 ha in 1990.
- How does Central America rank for onions and shallots, green — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 14th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, green — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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.