Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested was 33,825 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Middle Africa stood at 33,825 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 67.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 33,825 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 520 ha, in 1991.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1967 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 4,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1979 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1981 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1983 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1985 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 8,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1987 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 9,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1989 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1991 | 520 ha | -94.8% |
| 1992 | 550 ha | +5.8% |
| 1993 | 1,496 ha | +172.0% |
| 1994 | 2,232 ha | +49.2% |
| 1995 | 2,983 ha | +33.6% |
| 1996 | 3,751 ha | +25.7% |
| 1997 | 4,540 ha | +21.0% |
| 1998 | 5,352 ha | +17.9% |
| 1999 | 6,189 ha | +15.6% |
| 2000 | 7,056 ha | +14.0% |
| 2001 | 7,953 ha | +12.7% |
| 2002 | 8,876 ha | +11.6% |
| 2003 | 9,814 ha | +10.6% |
| 2004 | 10,745 ha | +9.5% |
| 2005 | 9,783 ha | -9.0% |
| 2006 | 10,664 ha | +9.0% |
| 2007 | 11,539 ha | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 12,787 ha | +10.8% |
| 2009 | 14,039 ha | +9.8% |
| 2010 | 15,291 ha | +8.9% |
| 2011 | 16,537 ha | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 17,775 ha | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 19,002 ha | +6.9% |
| 2014 | 20,218 ha | +6.4% |
| 2015 | 21,422 ha | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 22,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 25,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 2018 | 26,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 28,865 ha | +11.0% |
| 2021 | 28,573 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 32,996 ha | +15.5% |
| 2023 | 33,219 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 33,825 ha | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,444 ha | 2,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,200 ha | 3,000 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,000 ha | 5,000 ha | 9,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,761 ha | 520 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,326 ha | 7,056 ha | 14,039 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,924 ha | 15,291 ha | 26,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,496 ha | 28,573 ha | 33,825 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Middle Africa was 33,825 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 33,825 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 520 ha in 1991.
- How does Middle Africa rank for onions and shallots, green — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 3rd out of 9 regions with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, green — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 67.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.