Onions and shallots, green — Production in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Onions and shallots, green — Production was 40,376 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, green — Production in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for onions and shallots, green — production in Eastern Africa is 40,376 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — production in Eastern Africa peaked at 40,560 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8,605 t, in 1961.
That places Eastern Africa 19th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, green — Production in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,605 t | — |
| 1962 | 9,105 t | +5.8% |
| 1963 | 9,505 t | +4.4% |
| 1964 | 9,605 t | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 9,705 t | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 10,502 t | +8.2% |
| 1967 | 11,002 t | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 11,502 t | +4.5% |
| 1969 | 12,003 t | +4.4% |
| 1970 | 11,003 t | -8.3% |
| 1971 | 13,003 t | +18.2% |
| 1972 | 15,003 t | +15.4% |
| 1973 | 16,003 t | +6.7% |
| 1974 | 15,748 t | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 15,281 t | -3.0% |
| 1976 | 15,558 t | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 15,883 t | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 16,273 t | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 16,662 t | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 18,041 t | +8.3% |
| 1981 | 15,613 t | -13.5% |
| 1982 | 15,797 t | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 14,584 t | -7.7% |
| 1984 | 14,523 t | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 18,014 t | +24.0% |
| 1986 | 17,613 t | -2.2% |
| 1987 | 19,043 t | +8.1% |
| 1988 | 20,713 t | +8.8% |
| 1989 | 21,197 t | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 16,125 t | -23.9% |
| 1991 | 22,645 t | +40.4% |
| 1992 | 11,682 t | -48.4% |
| 1993 | 22,614 t | +93.6% |
| 1994 | 18,878 t | -16.5% |
| 1995 | 19,865 t | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 21,476 t | +8.1% |
| 1997 | 23,931 t | +11.4% |
| 1998 | 24,288 t | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 21,400 t | -11.9% |
| 2000 | 25,096 t | +17.3% |
| 2001 | 24,630 t | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 25,041 t | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 24,725 t | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 26,422 t | +6.9% |
| 2005 | 27,711 t | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 29,119 t | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 26,493 t | -9.0% |
| 2008 | 28,350 t | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 30,594 t | +7.9% |
| 2010 | 35,227 t | +15.1% |
| 2011 | 35,460 t | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 35,732 t | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 36,270 t | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 36,888 t | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 39,750 t | +7.8% |
| 2016 | 37,734 t | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 38,410 t | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 38,645 t | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 39,041 t | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 39,449 t | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 40,227 t | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 40,265 t | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 40,560 t | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 40,376 t | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,170 t | 8,605 t | 12,003 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,042 t | 11,003 t | 16,662 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,514 t | 14,523 t | 21,197 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,290 t | 11,682 t | 24,288 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,818 t | 24,630 t | 30,594 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 37,316 t | 35,227 t | 39,750 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,175 t | 39,449 t | 40,560 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, green — production in Eastern Africa?
- Onions and shallots, green — production in Eastern Africa was 40,376 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, green — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 40,560 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,605 t in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for onions and shallots, green — production?
- Eastern Africa ranks 19th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, green — production rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.