Onions and shallots, green — Yield in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Onions and shallots, green — Yield was 10,420 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, green — Yield in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, onions and shallots, green — yield in Eastern Africa stood at 10,420 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 10,731 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 2,709 kg/ha, in 1991.
That places Eastern Africa 22nd 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,004 kg/ha | 10,002 kg/ha | 10,006 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,846 kg/ha | 9,424 kg/ha | 10,003 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,662 kg/ha | 9,373 kg/ha | 9,970 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,380 kg/ha | 2,709 kg/ha | 10,472 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,439 kg/ha | 10,157 kg/ha | 10,731 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,332 kg/ha | 10,155 kg/ha | 10,594 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,435 kg/ha | 10,371 kg/ha | 10,492 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 205,889 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 641,088 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 546,014 ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 63,544 t (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 23.97 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 16,968 kg/ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 23.97 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 42 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 1.01 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 3.49 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, green — yield in Eastern Africa?
- Onions and shallots, green — yield in Eastern Africa was 10,420 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 10,731 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,709 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for onions and shallots, green — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 22nd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, green — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. 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 — 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.