Onions and shallots, green — Production in Cyprus
Cyprus: Onions and shallots, green — Production was 153 t in 2017. ▼ Falling
Onions and shallots, green — Production in Cyprus, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Cyprus recorded 153 t for onions and shallots, green — production in 2017.
The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 37.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — production in Cyprus peaked at 640 t in 1969 and was at its lowest, 142.68 t, in 2014.
That places Cyprus 55th out of 61 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, green — Production in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300 t | — |
| 1962 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 290 t | -3.3% |
| 1964 | 310 t | +6.9% |
| 1965 | 340 t | +9.7% |
| 1966 | 390 t | +14.7% |
| 1967 | 360 t | -7.7% |
| 1968 | 350 t | -2.8% |
| 1969 | 640 t | +82.9% |
| 1970 | 350 t | -45.3% |
| 1971 | 350 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 333 t | -4.9% |
| 1973 | 368 t | +10.5% |
| 1974 | 263 t | -28.5% |
| 1975 | 175 t | -33.5% |
| 1976 | 263 t | +50.3% |
| 1977 | 280 t | +6.5% |
| 1978 | 271 t | -3.2% |
| 1979 | 490 t | +80.8% |
| 1980 | 306 t | -37.6% |
| 1981 | 280 t | -8.5% |
| 1982 | 333 t | +18.9% |
| 1983 | 333 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 238 t | -28.5% |
| 1985 | 298 t | +25.2% |
| 1986 | 588 t | +97.3% |
| 1987 | 543 t | -7.7% |
| 1988 | 508 t | -6.4% |
| 1989 | 473 t | -6.9% |
| 1990 | 446 t | -5.7% |
| 1991 | 294 t | -34.1% |
| 1992 | 288 t | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 240 t | -16.7% |
| 1994 | 228 t | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 252 t | +10.5% |
| 1996 | 228 t | -9.5% |
| 1997 | 240 t | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 252 t | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 258 t | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 253 t | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 252 t | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 252 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 252 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 243 t | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 251 t | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 240 t | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 244 t | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 227 t | -7.0% |
| 2009 | 230 t | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 196 t | -14.8% |
| 2011 | 159 t | -18.9% |
| 2012 | 156 t | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 154 t | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 142.68 t | -7.4% |
| 2015 | 154.44 t | +8.2% |
| 2016 | 158 t | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 153 t | -3.2% |
Cyprus compared with similar countries
- Cyprus's 153 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 3,321 t, 5% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Cyprus's 153 t is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 15,090 t, 1% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Onions and shallots, green — Production in Cyprus changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +97.3% | 298 t | 588 t |
| 1969 | +82.9% | 350 t | 640 t |
| 1979 | +80.8% | 271 t | 490 t |
| 1976 | +50.3% | 175 t | 263 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 364.44 t | 290 t | 640 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 314.3 t | 175 t | 490 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 390 t | 238 t | 588 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 272.6 t | 228 t | 446 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 244.4 t | 227 t | 253 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 159.14 t | 142.68 t | 196 t | 8 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
- 52 Algeria 357.5 t compare
- 53 Djibouti 182.34 t compare
- 54 Bhutan 156.94 t
- 56 Brunei Darussalam 102.83 t compare
- 57 Costa Rica 95.85 t compare
- 58 French Polynesia 48.68 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cyprus
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0112 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 335.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8799 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3331 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, green — production in Cyprus?
- Onions and shallots, green — production in Cyprus was 153 t in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, green — production recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 640 t in 1969.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — production recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 142.68 t in 2014.
- How does Cyprus rank for onions and shallots, green — production?
- Cyprus ranks 55th out of 61 countries with data for 2017.
- Is onions and shallots, green — production rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cyprus data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Onions and shallots, green — Production. 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.