Onions and shallots, green — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Onions and shallots, green — Production is currently reported for 67 countries. The highest value is 1.00 million t in China; the lowest is 0 t in Italy.
The median across all reporting countries is 11,587 t, and the mean is 106,737 t.
Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Portugal (up 1,735.6%), and the largest decrease in Philippines (down 100.0%).
Onions and shallots, green — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1.00 million t | 2024 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 908,012 t | 2024 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Mali | 847,300 t | 2024 | up 471.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Angola | 612,391 t | 2024 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Japan | 488,887 t | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 6 | Republic of Korea | 449,753 t | 2024 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Morocco | 367,061 t | 2024 | up 547.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Tunisia | 287,167 t | 2024 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Australia and New Zealand | 267,459 t | 2024 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 9 | New Zealand | 267,459 t | 2024 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Nigeria | 244,348 t | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 12 | Thailand | 178,728 t | 2024 | up 36.4% | falling |
| 13 | Türkiye | 108,184 t | 2024 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 14 | Ecuador | 98,847 t | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 15 | Mexico | 97,708 t | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 16 | Germany | 91,603 t | 2017 | up 81.7% | rising |
| 17 | China, Taiwan Province of | 89,590 t | 2024 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 18 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 88,540 t | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 19 | Portugal | 64,247 t | 2017 | up 1,735.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Iraq | 61,547 t | 2024 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 57,599 t | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 22 | Libya | 55,811 t | 2024 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Albania | 49,981 t | 2024 | up 86.7% | volatile |
| 24 | France | 49,476 t | 2017 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 45,004 t | 2017 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Réunion | 4,251 t | 2006 | up 41.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 38,164 t | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 27 | Syrian Arab Republic | 29,095 t | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 28 | Ukraine | 25,700 t | 2024 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 29 | Norway | 25,300 t | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 30 | Burkina Faso | 17,770 t | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 31 | Spain | 17,527 t | 2017 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 32 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 15,638 t | 2024 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Greece | 12,652 t | 2017 | down 47.4% | rising |
| 34 | United Arab Emirates | 11,587 t | 2024 | down 55.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Paraguay | 11,330 t | 2024 | up 88.8% | flat |
| 36 | Côte d'Ivoire | 8,330 t | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 38 | Palestine | 7,197 t | 2022 | up 126.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Jamaica | 7,010 t | 2024 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Ethiopia PDR | 5,930 t | 1992 | down 57.6% | rising |
| 41 | Jordan | 5,608 t | 2024 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Bulgaria | 5,444 t | 2017 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 43 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 4,755 t | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 44 | Switzerland | 3,321 t | 2024 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Hungary | 2,400 t | 2017 | up 132.3% | falling |
| 46 | North Macedonia | 1,964 t | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 47 | Niger | 1,767 t | 1990 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Comoros | 1,633 t | 2024 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Belize | 1,447 t | 2024 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Israel | 1,414 t | 2024 | down 58.0% | rising |
| 51 | Kuwait | 942.63 t | 2024 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Sudan (former) | 919.09 t | 2011 | up 129.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Bahamas | 677.75 t | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 54 | Puerto Rico | 528.78 t | 2024 | down 58.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 440 t | 1999 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Madagascar | 397.15 t | 2024 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Algeria | 357.5 t | 2024 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Djibouti | 182.34 t | 2024 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Bhutan | 156.94 t | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 60 | Cyprus | 153 t | 2017 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 61 | Brunei Darussalam | 102.83 t | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 62 | Costa Rica | 95.85 t | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 63 | Polynesia | 48.68 t | 2024 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 63 | French Polynesia | 48.68 t | 2024 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Singapore | 0 t | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Philippines | 0 t | 2001 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 65 | Italy | 0 t | 2004 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 5.58 million t
- Africa 2.48 million t
- Asia 2.43 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2.25 million t
- Eastern Asia 2.03 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.52 million t
- Western Africa 1.12 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.02 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 916,685 t
- Northern Africa 710,397 t
- Middle Africa 612,391 t
- European Union (27) 288,505 t
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.