Onions and shallots, green — Yield in Caribbean
Caribbean: Onions and shallots, green — Yield was 13,349 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, green — Yield in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 13,349 kg/ha for onions and shallots, green — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — yield in Caribbean peaked at 18,004 kg/ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 2,466 kg/ha, in 1966.
That places Caribbean 16th out of 24 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Onions and shallots, green — Yield in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,432 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,529 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 3,529 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,529 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,774 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1966 | 2,466 kg/ha | -34.7% |
| 1967 | 2,594 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1968 | 3,607 kg/ha | +39.1% |
| 1969 | 2,660 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 1970 | 3,470 kg/ha | +30.5% |
| 1971 | 3,129 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1972 | 3,490 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1973 | 3,476 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 3,239 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1975 | 2,892 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1976 | 3,361 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1977 | 3,361 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 3,364 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 5,899 kg/ha | +75.3% |
| 1980 | 4,611 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1981 | 7,150 kg/ha | +55.1% |
| 1982 | 4,434 kg/ha | -38.0% |
| 1983 | 5,441 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 1984 | 5,480 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 5,447 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 6,049 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 5,653 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1988 | 5,481 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 5,364 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1990 | 6,087 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1991 | 5,196 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1992 | 7,116 kg/ha | +36.9% |
| 1993 | 8,916 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1994 | 12,225 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 1995 | 12,349 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 11,444 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1997 | 10,481 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1998 | 10,074 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 12,700 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 2000 | 18,004 kg/ha | +41.8% |
| 2001 | 16,512 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2002 | 14,175 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2003 | 14,132 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 13,678 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 14,259 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 14,874 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 14,403 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 13,696 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2009 | 12,782 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 11,936 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2011 | 13,962 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 2012 | 13,287 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 14,331 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2014 | 13,778 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 14,759 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 15,181 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 13,910 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2018 | 14,244 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 13,526 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 14,177 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 14,329 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 14,002 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 13,582 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 13,349 kg/ha | -1.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Onions and shallots, green — Yield in Caribbean 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +75.3% | 3,364 kg/ha | 5,899 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,236 kg/ha | 2,466 kg/ha | 3,774 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,568 kg/ha | 2,892 kg/ha | 5,899 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,511 kg/ha | 4,434 kg/ha | 7,150 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,659 kg/ha | 5,196 kg/ha | 12,700 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,651 kg/ha | 12,782 kg/ha | 18,004 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,891 kg/ha | 11,936 kg/ha | 15,181 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,888 kg/ha | 13,349 kg/ha | 14,329 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 13 Mali 26,126 kg/ha compare
- 14 Jordan 25,424 kg/ha compare
- 15 Norway 25,300 kg/ha compare
- 16 Spain 25,110 kg/ha compare
- 17 North Macedonia 22,807 kg/ha compare
- 18 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 22,767 kg/ha compare
- 19 China, Taiwan Province of 22,073 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, green — yield in Caribbean?
- Onions and shallots, green — yield in Caribbean was 13,349 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 Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 18,004 kg/ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — yield recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,466 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Caribbean rank for onions and shallots, green — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 16th out of 24 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, green — yield rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Caribbean 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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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.