Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested was 48,795 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 48,795 ha for onions and shallots, green — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.4% on the previous year and up 119.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 48,795 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11,130 ha, in 1970.
Western Africa ranks 5th of 24 groups 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 Western Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,399 ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,405 ha | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 11,411 ha | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 11,417 ha | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 11,423 ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 11,280 ha | -1.3% |
| 1967 | 11,300 ha | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 11,330 ha | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 11,230 ha | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 11,130 ha | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 11,150 ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 11,150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 11,150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 11,200 ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 11,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 11,210 ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 11,200 ha | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 11,250 ha | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 11,500 ha | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 11,580 ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 11,780 ha | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 11,980 ha | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 12,140 ha | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 12,190 ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 12,100 ha | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 12,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 11,902 ha | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 11,876 ha | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 11,943 ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 12,445 ha | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 14,977 ha | +20.3% |
| 1992 | 15,970 ha | +6.6% |
| 1993 | 17,435 ha | +9.2% |
| 1994 | 18,747 ha | +7.5% |
| 1995 | 19,769 ha | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 20,879 ha | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 21,752 ha | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 20,727 ha | -4.7% |
| 1999 | 21,136 ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 21,457 ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 22,069 ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 22,525 ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 23,035 ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 23,479 ha | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 23,856 ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 24,428 ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 25,358 ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 26,103 ha | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 26,470 ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 27,063 ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 28,318 ha | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 29,502 ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 30,004 ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 22,260 ha | -25.8% |
| 2015 | 33,011 ha | +48.3% |
| 2016 | 38,463 ha | +16.5% |
| 2017 | 38,007 ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 47,604 ha | +25.3% |
| 2019 | 40,492 ha | -14.9% |
| 2020 | 44,311 ha | +9.4% |
| 2021 | 43,299 ha | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 45,972 ha | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 46,746 ha | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 48,795 ha | +4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,355 ha | 11,230 ha | 11,423 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,214 ha | 11,130 ha | 11,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,949 ha | 11,580 ha | 12,190 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,384 ha | 12,445 ha | 21,752 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,878 ha | 21,457 ha | 26,470 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,472 ha | 22,260 ha | 47,604 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 45,825 ha | 43,299 ha | 48,795 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Western Africa was 48,795 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 48,795 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,130 ha in 1970.
- How does Western Africa rank for onions and shallots, green — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 5th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, green — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 119.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western 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.