Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested was 5,923 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 5,923 ha for onions and shallots, green — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 21.3% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 7,044 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
New Zealand ranks 13th of 59 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 580 ha | — |
| 1963 | 841 ha | +45.0% |
| 1964 | 1,042 ha | +23.9% |
| 1965 | 830 ha | -20.3% |
| 1966 | 697 ha | -16.0% |
| 1967 | 790 ha | +13.3% |
| 1968 | 1,021 ha | +29.2% |
| 1969 | 1,400 ha | +37.1% |
| 1970 | 879 ha | -37.2% |
| 1971 | 1,041 ha | +18.4% |
| 1972 | 1,082 ha | +3.9% |
| 1973 | 1,182 ha | +9.2% |
| 1974 | 1,339 ha | +13.3% |
| 1975 | 1,472 ha | +9.9% |
| 1976 | 1,529 ha | +3.9% |
| 1977 | 1,754 ha | +14.7% |
| 1978 | 1,893 ha | +7.9% |
| 1979 | 2,122 ha | +12.1% |
| 1980 | 2,289 ha | +7.9% |
| 1981 | 2,137 ha | -6.6% |
| 1982 | 2,544 ha | +19.0% |
| 1983 | 1,823 ha | -28.3% |
| 1984 | 2,390 ha | +31.1% |
| 1985 | 2,700 ha | +13.0% |
| 1986 | 2,331 ha | -13.7% |
| 1987 | 1,992 ha | -14.5% |
| 1988 | 2,079 ha | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 2,397 ha | +15.3% |
| 1990 | 2,704 ha | +12.8% |
| 1991 | 2,750 ha | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 2,925 ha | +6.4% |
| 1993 | 3,127 ha | +6.9% |
| 1994 | 4,929 ha | +57.6% |
| 1995 | 5,697 ha | +15.6% |
| 1996 | 5,772 ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 5,500 ha | -4.7% |
| 1998 | 5,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1999 | 5,800 ha | +16.0% |
| 2000 | 7,044 ha | +21.4% |
| 2001 | 7,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 5,621 ha | -19.7% |
| 2003 | 5,748 ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 4,993 ha | -13.1% |
| 2005 | 4,931 ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 4,855 ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 4,594 ha | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 4,500 ha | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 4,511 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 4,937 ha | +9.4% |
| 2011 | 5,142 ha | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 5,718 ha | +11.2% |
| 2013 | 5,364 ha | -6.2% |
| 2014 | 5,067 ha | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 5,258 ha | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 5,877 ha | +11.8% |
| 2017 | 6,009 ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 5,783 ha | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 5,920 ha | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 5,588 ha | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 5,588 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 4,884 ha | -12.6% |
| 2023 | 4,884 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 5,923 ha | +21.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 800.11 ha | 0 ha | 1,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,429 ha | 879 ha | 2,122 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,268 ha | 1,823 ha | 2,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,420 ha | 2,704 ha | 5,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,380 ha | 4,500 ha | 7,044 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,508 ha | 4,937 ha | 6,009 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,373 ha | 4,884 ha | 5,923 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, green — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Onions and shallots, green — area harvested in New Zealand was 5,923 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 7,044 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for onions and shallots, green — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 13th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, green — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.