Based on a comparison of 59 countries in 2016, China ranked the highest in onion and shallot production with 934,707 tonnes followed by Niger and Japan. On the other end of the scale was Philippines with 1.00 tonnes, Italy with 32.0 tonnes and Brunei with 95.0 tonnes.
Data for more countries are available at Onion (inc. Shallot) Production indicator page.
Onion (inc. Shallot) Production | Unit | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
China | tonnes | 785,000 | 813,000 | 820,000 | 830,000 | 841,558 | ||||||||||||||||
Ecuador | tonnes | 96,475 | 96,250 | 95,277 | 96,181 | 97,085 | ||||||||||||||||
Germany | tonnes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 59,963 | 75,730 | 103,648 | 87,183 | 89,245 | ||||||
Greece | tonnes | 387,747 | 387,835 | 387,925 | 385,240 | 311,619 | ||||||||||||||||
Japan | tonnes | 541,300 | 549,500 | 544,100 | 541,400 | 545,300 | ||||||||||||||||
Mali | tonnes | 278,626 | 293,768 | 298,436 | 331,711 | 148,174 | ||||||||||||||||
Mexico | tonnes | 97,727 | 98,256 | 98,785 | 99,314 | 99,844 | ||||||||||||||||
New Zealand | tonnes | 209,643 | 213,131 | 236,674 | 222,752 | 209,481 | ||||||||||||||||
Niger | tonnes | 325,558 | 303,484 | 592,726 | 711,963 | 738,095 | ||||||||||||||||
Nigeria | tonnes | 231,905 | 236,000 | 240,000 | 235,000 | 235,000 | ||||||||||||||||
South Korea | tonnes | 417,229 | 482,143 | 356,734 | 430,580 | 462,695 | ||||||||||||||||
Taiwan | tonnes | 111,205 | 105,826 | 97,482 | 100,000 | 101,654 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Thailand | tonnes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 180,696 | 195,228 | 220,491 | 128,930 | 131,000 | |||||||||||
Tunisia | tonnes | 220,200 | 210,000 | 213,000 | 261,000 | 267,000 | ||||||||||||||||
Turkey | tonnes | 165,478 | 153,823 | 150,928 | 153,478 | 148,255 |