Onions — Food in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Onions — Food was 287 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Onions — Food in Afghanistan, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 287 1000 t for onions — food in 2023.
The figure is up 13.4% on the previous year and up 36.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions — food in Afghanistan peaked at 336 1000 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 143 1000 t, in 2016.
That places Afghanistan 42nd out of 158 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 220.5 1000 t | 143 1000 t | 285 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 278.5 1000 t | 238 1000 t | 336 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 39 Mozambique 308 1000 t compare
- 40 Philippines 294 1000 t compare
- 41 Ethiopia 291 1000 t compare
- 43 Malawi 277 1000 t compare
- 44 Azerbaijan 268 1000 t compare
- 45 Belarus 227 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture share gdp 34.29 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 34.29 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
- Rural population 74.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.4% (2025)
- Rural population 32.47 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.10 billion current US$ (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production 1.34 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is onions — food in Afghanistan?
- Onions — food in Afghanistan was 287 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions — food recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 336 1000 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest onions — food recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 143 1000 t in 2016.
- How does Afghanistan rank for onions — food?
- Afghanistan ranks 42nd out of 158 countries with data for 2023.
- Is onions — food rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Onions — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.