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Countries that grow the most onions

How many tonnes of onions each country pulled out of the ground in 2023, from the UN food agency’s own returns.

Source FAO, as of 31 December 2023 · production (tonnes)

(FAOSTAT), Crops and livestock products — dry onion and shallot production in tonnes, 2023. 2023 rather than 2024 because FAO flags how each figure was obtained and 2023 is the latest predominantly official year: 96 of the 139 countries ranked here carry an official figure, 69.1%, against 84 of 138 in 2024 — 60.9% — where imputed figures rise from 25 to 35. That choice decides the top of the list: India leads 2022 and 2023, and in 2024 China’s estimated figure passes India’s official one by 17,363 tonnes — 0.07%, well inside what an estimate can be wrong by. FAO’s item is dry onions and shallots, the bulb crop; green onions and shallots are a separate item and are not counted here. FAO serves "China" as an aggregate of its mainland and Taiwan alongside both parts; this list ranks the aggregate, as a player would name it, and drops the parts so the same tonnes are not counted twice. Regional aggregates — World, continents, the European Union — are not countries and are excluded. Published as one row per country per year and unranked; ranked here, in whole tonnes.

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