Morocco vs Northern Africa: Dates — Area harvested
Dates — Area harvested over time
- Morocco
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 481,342 ha against 66,055 ha in Morocco, a difference of 415,287 ha.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 7.3 times Morocco's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Northern Africa has been ahead every year.
Morocco ranks 7th and Northern Africa ranks 4th of 37 countries.
Northern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Morocco | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,889 ha | 110,422 ha | 91,533 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1970s | 22,100 ha | 126,191 ha | 104,091 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1980s | 20,830 ha | 154,210 ha | 133,380 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1990s | 33,490 ha | 213,678 ha | 180,188 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 34,550 ha | 309,122 ha | 274,572 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 58,785 ha | 392,133 ha | 333,348 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 64,610 ha | 456,742 ha | 392,132 ha | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher dates — area harvested, Morocco or Northern Africa?
- Northern Africa, at 481,342 ha against 66,055 ha in Morocco as of 2024.
- What is the difference in dates — area harvested between Morocco and Northern Africa?
- 415,287 ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Northern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Morocco and Northern Africa rank globally for dates — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 7th and Northern Africa ranks 4th 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.