Onions and shallots, green — Yield in South America
South America: Onions and shallots, green — Yield was 11,094 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Onions and shallots, green — Yield in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, onions and shallots, green — yield in South America stood at 11,094 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — yield in South America peaked at 18,781 kg/ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 4,793 kg/ha, in 1986.
South America ranks 21st of 24 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, green — Yield in South America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,417 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,001 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1963 | 9,272 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1964 | 18,781 kg/ha | +102.6% |
| 1965 | 15,989 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1966 | 16,703 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 15,089 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1968 | 12,387 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 1969 | 10,063 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1970 | 9,788 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1971 | 13,251 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 1972 | 9,963 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 1973 | 7,489 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 1974 | 8,905 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1975 | 8,977 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 9,964 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1977 | 8,315 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1978 | 8,792 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1979 | 8,624 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 9,033 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1981 | 8,885 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 8,808 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 8,853 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 8,147 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1985 | 8,120 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 4,793 kg/ha | -41.0% |
| 1987 | 5,507 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1988 | 6,821 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1989 | 6,300 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1990 | 6,794 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1991 | 6,720 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 5,060 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 1993 | 4,911 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 5,617 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1995 | 5,655 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 5,778 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 5,623 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 5,268 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1999 | 7,192 kg/ha | +36.5% |
| 2000 | 5,746 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 2001 | 7,270 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 2002 | 8,695 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2003 | 8,986 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 9,311 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 8,905 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 9,187 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 9,533 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 9,700 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 9,689 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 9,561 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 9,721 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 9,466 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 9,812 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 10,098 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 10,386 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 10,542 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 10,735 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 10,554 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 10,244 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 10,670 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 11,953 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2022 | 12,080 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 11,118 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2024 | 11,094 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,745 kg/ha | 9,272 kg/ha | 18,781 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,407 kg/ha | 7,489 kg/ha | 13,251 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,527 kg/ha | 4,793 kg/ha | 9,033 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,862 kg/ha | 4,911 kg/ha | 7,192 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,702 kg/ha | 5,746 kg/ha | 9,700 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,112 kg/ha | 9,466 kg/ha | 10,735 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,383 kg/ha | 10,670 kg/ha | 12,080 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 18 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 22,767 kg/ha compare
- 19 China, Taiwan Province of 22,073 kg/ha compare
- 20 Djibouti 21,841 kg/ha compare
- 21 Albania 21,401 kg/ha compare
- 22 France 21,054 kg/ha compare
- 23 Puerto Rico 20,861 kg/ha compare
- 24 Japan 20,690 kg/ha compare
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.3049 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production 4.58 million t (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Yield 13,552 kg/ha (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Area harvested 330,901 ha (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production 1.51 million t (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield 10,891 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, green — yield in South America?
- Onions and shallots, green — yield in South America was 11,094 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 18,781 kg/ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,793 kg/ha in 1986.
- How does South America rank for onions and shallots, green — yield?
- South America ranks 21st out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, green — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — 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.