Onions and shallots, green — Yield in Africa
Africa: Onions and shallots, green — Yield was 22,177 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, green — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for onions and shallots, green — yield in Africa is 22,177 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — yield in Africa peaked at 22,177 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7,056 kg/ha, in 1973.
That places Africa 6th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,831 kg/ha | 7,123 kg/ha | 8,383 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,122 kg/ha | 7,056 kg/ha | 9,005 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,856 kg/ha | 7,982 kg/ha | 9,678 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,588 kg/ha | 8,894 kg/ha | 20,497 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,718 kg/ha | 19,812 kg/ha | 21,566 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,172 kg/ha | 20,006 kg/ha | 22,013 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,165 kg/ha | 19,105 kg/ha | 22,177 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 3 Germany 40,089 kg/ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 38,599 kg/ha compare
- 5 Portugal 38,038 kg/ha compare
- 6 China, People's Republic of 36,152 kg/ha compare
- 7 China, Hong Kong SAR 33,184 kg/ha compare
- 8 Libya 30,882 kg/ha compare
- 9 Morocco 27,992 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 613,627 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.29 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 706,446 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 47.50 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.37 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 31.26 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.67 million ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 55.77 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 26.38 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, green — yield in Africa?
- Onions and shallots, green — yield in Africa was 22,177 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, green — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 22,177 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,056 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Africa rank for onions and shallots, green — yield?
- Africa ranks 6th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, green — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Onions and shallots, green — Yield. 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.