Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in South America
South America: Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested was 15,123 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, onions and shallots, green — area harvested in South America stood at 15,123 ha.
The figure is down 3.6% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — area harvested in South America peaked at 25,763 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 2,775 ha, in 1978.
South America ranks 11th of 24 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,666 ha | +11.1% |
| 1963 | 8,973 ha | +34.6% |
| 1964 | 8,992 ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 7,232 ha | -19.6% |
| 1966 | 6,674 ha | -7.7% |
| 1967 | 6,461 ha | -3.2% |
| 1968 | 5,729 ha | -11.3% |
| 1969 | 9,536 ha | +66.5% |
| 1970 | 9,693 ha | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 5,795 ha | -40.2% |
| 1972 | 5,687 ha | -1.9% |
| 1973 | 4,498 ha | -20.9% |
| 1974 | 3,872 ha | -13.9% |
| 1975 | 4,336 ha | +12.0% |
| 1976 | 4,031 ha | -7.0% |
| 1977 | 3,973 ha | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 2,775 ha | -30.2% |
| 1979 | 3,062 ha | +10.3% |
| 1980 | 3,333 ha | +8.9% |
| 1981 | 4,742 ha | +42.3% |
| 1982 | 4,731 ha | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 4,594 ha | -2.9% |
| 1984 | 7,454 ha | +62.3% |
| 1985 | 8,128 ha | +9.0% |
| 1986 | 9,775 ha | +20.3% |
| 1987 | 9,200 ha | -5.9% |
| 1988 | 9,440 ha | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 10,170 ha | +7.7% |
| 1990 | 9,630 ha | -5.3% |
| 1991 | 10,820 ha | +12.4% |
| 1992 | 12,249 ha | +13.2% |
| 1993 | 13,673 ha | +11.6% |
| 1994 | 13,232 ha | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 15,540 ha | +17.4% |
| 1996 | 15,762 ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 25,763 ha | +63.5% |
| 1998 | 20,796 ha | -19.3% |
| 1999 | 10,387 ha | -50.1% |
| 2000 | 13,740 ha | +32.3% |
| 2001 | 15,552 ha | +13.2% |
| 2002 | 16,828 ha | +8.2% |
| 2003 | 13,376 ha | -20.5% |
| 2004 | 14,850 ha | +11.0% |
| 2005 | 16,945 ha | +14.1% |
| 2006 | 16,511 ha | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 16,642 ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 15,173 ha | -8.8% |
| 2009 | 15,464 ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 14,772 ha | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 14,672 ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 14,202 ha | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 14,665 ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 15,206 ha | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 15,835 ha | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 16,276 ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 16,050 ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 15,083 ha | -6.0% |
| 2019 | 14,582 ha | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 15,392 ha | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 15,573 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 15,814 ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 15,690 ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 15,123 ha | -3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,363 ha | 5,729 ha | 9,536 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,772 ha | 2,775 ha | 9,693 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,157 ha | 3,333 ha | 10,170 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,785 ha | 9,630 ha | 25,763 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,508 ha | 13,376 ha | 16,945 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,134 ha | 14,202 ha | 16,276 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,518 ha | 15,123 ha | 15,814 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, green — area harvested in South America?
- Onions and shallots, green — area harvested in South America was 15,123 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 25,763 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,775 ha in 1978.
- How does South America rank for onions and shallots, green — area harvested?
- South America ranks 11th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, green — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South 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.