Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested was 2,422 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
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 Southern Europe is 2,422 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.9% on the previous year and down 57.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 6,843 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1,907 ha, in 2018.
That places Southern Europe 19th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,178 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,197 ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 5,018 ha | -3.4% |
| 1964 | 5,142 ha | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 4,812 ha | -6.4% |
| 1966 | 4,070 ha | -15.4% |
| 1967 | 4,223 ha | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 4,328 ha | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 4,453 ha | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 4,100 ha | -7.9% |
| 1971 | 4,400 ha | +7.3% |
| 1972 | 3,110 ha | -29.3% |
| 1973 | 4,000 ha | +28.6% |
| 1974 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 4,600 ha | +9.5% |
| 1976 | 4,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 4,885 ha | +6.2% |
| 1978 | 4,240 ha | -13.2% |
| 1979 | 4,550 ha | +7.3% |
| 1980 | 4,850 ha | +6.6% |
| 1981 | 4,900 ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 5,137 ha | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 4,757 ha | -7.4% |
| 1984 | 4,940 ha | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 5,263 ha | +6.5% |
| 1986 | 4,614 ha | -12.3% |
| 1987 | 4,898 ha | +6.2% |
| 1988 | 4,921 ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 4,407 ha | -10.4% |
| 1990 | 5,483 ha | +24.4% |
| 1991 | 5,017 ha | -8.5% |
| 1992 | 4,670 ha | -6.9% |
| 1993 | 4,570 ha | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 4,325 ha | -5.4% |
| 1995 | 3,827 ha | -11.5% |
| 1996 | 4,831 ha | +26.2% |
| 1997 | 5,376 ha | +11.3% |
| 1998 | 5,819 ha | +8.2% |
| 1999 | 5,894 ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 5,344 ha | -9.3% |
| 2001 | 5,226 ha | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 4,808 ha | -8.0% |
| 2003 | 4,683 ha | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 4,529 ha | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 4,618 ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 4,074 ha | -11.8% |
| 2007 | 4,046 ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 5,212 ha | +28.8% |
| 2009 | 4,995 ha | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 6,426 ha | +28.6% |
| 2011 | 6,843 ha | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 6,357 ha | -7.1% |
| 2013 | 5,969 ha | -6.1% |
| 2014 | 5,667 ha | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 5,641 ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 5,827 ha | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 5,340 ha | -8.4% |
| 2018 | 1,907 ha | -64.3% |
| 2019 | 2,009 ha | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 2,371 ha | +18.0% |
| 2021 | 2,277 ha | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 2,388 ha | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 2,265 ha | -5.2% |
| 2024 | 2,422 ha | +6.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,713 ha | 4,070 ha | 5,197 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,268 ha | 3,110 ha | 4,885 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,869 ha | 4,407 ha | 5,263 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,981 ha | 3,827 ha | 5,894 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,754 ha | 4,046 ha | 5,344 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,199 ha | 1,907 ha | 6,843 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,345 ha | 2,265 ha | 2,422 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Southern Europe was 2,422 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 Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 6,843 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,907 ha in 2018.
- How does Southern Europe rank for onions and shallots, green — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 19th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, green — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 57.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.