Based on a comparison of 133 countries in 2022, India ranked the highest in dry onion production with 31,687 kt followed by China and Egypt. On the other end of the scale was Maldives with 0.040 kt, Estonia with 0.120 kt and Bahrain with 0.151 kt.
Total dry onion production reached 110,616 kt in 2022 in the World according to Faostat. This is 3.5 % more than in the previous year and 25.4 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total dry onion production reached an all time high of 110,616 kt in 2022 and an all time low of 13,914 kt in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 3.46 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, India, accounted for 28.6 % of dry onion production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 54.1 % share while the ten largest countries some 68.2 % in 2022.
Data for more countries are available at Onion Production (Dry) indicator page.
| Onion Production (Dry) | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Algeria | kt | 1,526 | 1,420 | 1,400 | 1,614 | 1,666 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bangladesh | kt | 1,735 | 1,867 | 1,738 | 1,803 | 1,954 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | kt | 1,655 | 1,615 | 1,540 | 1,561 | 1,500 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 23,727 | 23,969 | 24,100 | 24,443 | 24,751 | ||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | kt | 2,459 | 2,965 | 3,067 | 3,077 | 3,199 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 20,931 | 22,427 | 23,262 | 22,819 | 26,091 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | kt | 1,447 | 1,470 | 1,503 | 1,580 | 1,815 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | kt | 2,401 | 1,701 | 1,518 | 1,983 | 2,366 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 1,635 | 1,620 | 1,573 | 1,487 | 1,500 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | kt | 1,250 | 1,346 | 1,417 | 1,464 | 1,517 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | kt | 1,736 | 1,833 | 2,120 | 2,080 | 2,122 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 1,634 | 1,794 | 1,642 | 1,670 | 1,738 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | kt | 1,584 | 1,600 | 1,589 | 1,591 | 1,593 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | kt | 2,121 | 2,176 | 1,931 | 2,200 | 2,280 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 3,801 | 3,737 | 3,284 | 3,170 | 3,354 |
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