Onions and shallots, green — Production in South America
South America: Onions and shallots, green — Production was 167,775 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, green — Production in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
South America recorded 167,775 t for onions and shallots, green — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.8% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — production in South America peaked at 191,025 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 24,398 t, in 1978.
That places South America 14th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, green — Production in South America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 80,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 80,000 t | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 83,200 t | +4.0% |
| 1964 | 168,882 t | +103.0% |
| 1965 | 115,634 t | -31.5% |
| 1966 | 111,475 t | -3.6% |
| 1967 | 97,491 t | -12.5% |
| 1968 | 70,963 t | -27.2% |
| 1969 | 95,963 t | +35.2% |
| 1970 | 94,880 t | -1.1% |
| 1971 | 76,789 t | -19.1% |
| 1972 | 56,661 t | -26.2% |
| 1973 | 33,686 t | -40.5% |
| 1974 | 34,479 t | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 38,926 t | +12.9% |
| 1976 | 40,165 t | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 33,034 t | -17.8% |
| 1978 | 24,398 t | -26.1% |
| 1979 | 26,406 t | +8.2% |
| 1980 | 30,108 t | +14.0% |
| 1981 | 42,132 t | +39.9% |
| 1982 | 41,669 t | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 40,670 t | -2.4% |
| 1984 | 60,725 t | +49.3% |
| 1985 | 65,996 t | +8.7% |
| 1986 | 46,851 t | -29.0% |
| 1987 | 50,663 t | +8.1% |
| 1988 | 64,387 t | +27.1% |
| 1989 | 64,069 t | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 65,423 t | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 72,711 t | +11.1% |
| 1992 | 61,979 t | -14.8% |
| 1993 | 67,145 t | +8.3% |
| 1994 | 74,325 t | +10.7% |
| 1995 | 87,880 t | +18.2% |
| 1996 | 91,075 t | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 144,864 t | +59.1% |
| 1998 | 109,559 t | -24.4% |
| 1999 | 74,699 t | -31.8% |
| 2000 | 78,950 t | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 113,055 t | +43.2% |
| 2002 | 146,326 t | +29.4% |
| 2003 | 120,193 t | -17.9% |
| 2004 | 138,264 t | +15.0% |
| 2005 | 150,891 t | +9.1% |
| 2006 | 151,683 t | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 158,646 t | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 147,184 t | -7.2% |
| 2009 | 149,828 t | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 141,235 t | -5.7% |
| 2011 | 142,638 t | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 134,431 t | -5.8% |
| 2013 | 143,899 t | +7.0% |
| 2014 | 153,547 t | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 164,458 t | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 171,582 t | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 172,295 t | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 159,174 t | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 149,377 t | -6.2% |
| 2020 | 164,228 t | +9.9% |
| 2021 | 186,138 t | +13.3% |
| 2022 | 191,025 t | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 174,439 t | -8.7% |
| 2024 | 167,775 t | -3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 100,456 t | 70,963 t | 168,882 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 45,942 t | 24,398 t | 94,880 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 50,727 t | 30,108 t | 65,996 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 84,966 t | 61,979 t | 144,864 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 135,502 t | 78,950 t | 158,646 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 153,264 t | 134,431 t | 172,295 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 176,721 t | 164,228 t | 191,025 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, green — production in South America?
- Onions and shallots, green — production in South America was 167,775 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, green — production recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 191,025 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — production recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,398 t in 1978.
- How does South America rank for onions and shallots, green — production?
- South America ranks 14th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, green — production rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.