Iraq vs Saudi Arabia: Dates — Area harvested
Dates — Area harvested over time
- Iraq
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 257,613 ha against 256,758 ha in Iraq, a difference of 855 ha.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Iraq ahead.
Iraq ranks 2nd and Saudi Arabia ranks 1st of 37 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Iraq averaged higher in 4 and Saudi Arabia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iraq | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 111,688 ha | 63,905 ha | 47,783 ha | Iraq |
| 1990s | 139,018 ha | 94,623 ha | 44,395 ha | Iraq |
| 2000s | 93,712 ha | 148,968 ha | 55,256 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 206,659 ha | 130,290 ha | 76,369 ha | Iraq |
| 2020s | 264,886 ha | 190,727 ha | 74,159 ha | Iraq |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher dates — area harvested, Iraq or Saudi Arabia?
- Saudi Arabia, at 257,613 ha against 256,758 ha in Iraq as of 2024.
- What is the difference in dates — area harvested between Iraq and Saudi Arabia?
- 855 ha, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Saudi Arabia?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do Iraq and Saudi Arabia rank globally for dates — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 2nd and Saudi Arabia ranks 1st of 37 countries.
- 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.