Eastern Africa vs Yemen: Dates — Area harvested
Dates — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 14,880 ha against 3,337 ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 11,543 ha.
That makes Yemen's figure about 4.5 times Eastern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Yemen has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 14th and Yemen ranks 13th of 20 groups.
Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,561 ha | 10,317 ha | 8,756 ha | Yemen |
| 1970s | 1,910 ha | 12,158 ha | 10,248 ha | Yemen |
| 1980s | 2,706 ha | 14,436 ha | 11,729 ha | Yemen |
| 1990s | 2,762 ha | 18,065 ha | 15,303 ha | Yemen |
| 2000s | 2,987 ha | 17,754 ha | 14,767 ha | Yemen |
| 2010s | 3,179 ha | 14,402 ha | 11,222 ha | Yemen |
| 2020s | 3,319 ha | 14,786 ha | 11,467 ha | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher dates — area harvested, Eastern Africa or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 14,880 ha against 3,337 ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in dates — area harvested between Eastern Africa and Yemen?
- 11,543 ha, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Yemen?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Yemen rank globally for dates — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 14th and Yemen ranks 13th 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.