Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Cyprus
Cyprus: Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested was 56 ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Cyprus, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cyprus recorded 56 ha for onions and shallots, green — area harvested in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.1% on the previous year and down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Cyprus peaked at 65 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 15 ha, in 1975.
Cyprus ranks 50th of 59 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 45 ha | — |
| 1962 | 45 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 50 ha | +11.1% |
| 1964 | 55 ha | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 50 ha | -9.1% |
| 1966 | 45 ha | -10.0% |
| 1967 | 40 ha | -11.1% |
| 1968 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 35 ha | -12.5% |
| 1971 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 30 ha | -14.3% |
| 1973 | 35 ha | +16.7% |
| 1974 | 25 ha | -28.6% |
| 1975 | 15 ha | -40.0% |
| 1976 | 25 ha | +66.7% |
| 1977 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 27 ha | +8.0% |
| 1979 | 54 ha | +100.0% |
| 1980 | 47 ha | -13.0% |
| 1981 | 40 ha | -14.9% |
| 1982 | 47 ha | +17.5% |
| 1983 | 47 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 33 ha | -29.8% |
| 1985 | 60 ha | +81.8% |
| 1986 | 56 ha | -6.7% |
| 1987 | 54 ha | -3.6% |
| 1988 | 47 ha | -13.0% |
| 1989 | 45 ha | -4.3% |
| 1990 | 40 ha | -11.1% |
| 1991 | 35 ha | -12.5% |
| 1992 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 30 ha | -14.3% |
| 1994 | 60 ha | +100.0% |
| 1995 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 55 ha | -8.3% |
| 1997 | 60 ha | +9.1% |
| 1998 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 65 ha | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 65 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 64 ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 64 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 64 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 62 ha | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 62 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 62 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 60 ha | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 55 ha | -8.3% |
| 2013 | 56 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 56 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 60 ha | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 59 ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 56 ha | -5.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45.56 ha | 40 ha | 55 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 30.6 ha | 15 ha | 54 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 47.6 ha | 33 ha | 60 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 49.5 ha | 30 ha | 60 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 62.6 ha | 60 ha | 65 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 58 ha | 55 ha | 62 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
- 47 Belize 81 ha compare
- 48 Bhutan 65 ha
- 49 Kuwait 61 ha
- 51 Algeria 33 ha compare
- 52 Belgium-Luxembourg 31 ha compare
- 53 Puerto Rico 25 ha compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0112 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 335.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8799 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3331 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.12 (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Cyprus?
- Onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Cyprus was 56 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 65 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 15 ha in 1975.
- How does Cyprus rank for onions and shallots, green — area harvested?
- Cyprus ranks 50th out of 59 countries with data for 2017.
- Is onions and shallots, green — area harvested rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cyprus 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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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.