Onions and shallots, green — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Onions and shallots, green — Yield was 22,907 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, green — Yield in Western 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 Western Africa is 22,907 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 24.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — yield in Western Africa peaked at 22,907 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,251 kg/ha, in 1973.
That places Western Africa 6th out of 24 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.
Onions and shallots, green — Yield in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,307 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,521 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 7,613 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 7,827 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 8,084 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 8,189 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 8,352 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 8,432 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 8,482 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 8,878 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1971 | 9,076 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 8,137 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1973 | 6,251 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 1974 | 6,312 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 8,125 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 1976 | 8,600 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1977 | 9,089 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1978 | 9,991 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1979 | 9,904 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 9,991 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 9,949 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 10,058 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 10,264 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 9,975 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 10,316 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 10,497 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 11,275 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1988 | 11,574 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 12,204 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1990 | 12,141 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 22,809 kg/ha | +87.9% |
| 1992 | 22,620 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 22,420 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 22,321 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 22,234 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 22,084 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 21,649 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 21,785 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 21,630 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 21,633 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 21,387 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 21,271 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 21,172 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 21,134 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 21,128 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 20,964 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 20,727 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 20,519 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 20,230 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 19,959 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 19,625 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 19,086 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 19,744 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 18,365 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2015 | 20,004 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2016 | 20,523 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 20,326 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 19,600 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 19,326 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 21,572 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2021 | 22,059 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 19,152 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2023 | 22,820 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2024 | 22,907 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,978 kg/ha | 7,307 kg/ha | 8,482 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,436 kg/ha | 6,251 kg/ha | 9,991 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,610 kg/ha | 9,949 kg/ha | 12,204 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,169 kg/ha | 12,141 kg/ha | 22,809 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,016 kg/ha | 20,230 kg/ha | 21,633 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,656 kg/ha | 18,365 kg/ha | 20,523 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,702 kg/ha | 19,152 kg/ha | 22,907 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, green — yield in Western Africa?
- Onions and shallots, green — yield in Western Africa was 22,907 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 22,907 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,251 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Western Africa rank for onions and shallots, green — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 6th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, green — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.