Africa vs Saudi Arabia: Dates — Area harvested
Dates — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Africa currently reports 511,841 ha against 257,613 ha in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 254,228 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 2.0 times Saudi Arabia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 3rd and Saudi Arabia ranks 1st of 20 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 118,794 ha | 25,278 ha | 93,517 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 133,606 ha | 47,840 ha | 85,765 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 167,118 ha | 62,248 ha | 104,870 ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 232,749 ha | 94,623 ha | 138,126 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 332,618 ha | 148,968 ha | 183,650 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 421,128 ha | 130,290 ha | 290,838 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 487,161 ha | 190,727 ha | 296,434 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher dates — area harvested, Africa or Saudi Arabia?
- Africa, at 511,841 ha against 257,613 ha in Saudi Arabia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in dates — area harvested between Africa and Saudi Arabia?
- 254,228 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Saudi Arabia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Saudi Arabia rank globally for dates — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 3rd and Saudi Arabia ranks 1st of 20 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Dates — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.