Saudi Arabia vs Western Asia: Dates — Area harvested
Dates — Area harvested over time
- Saudi Arabia
- Western Asia
How they compare
Western Asia currently reports 616,819 ha against 257,613 ha in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 359,206 ha.
That makes Western Asia's figure about 2.4 times Saudi Arabia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Asia has been ahead every year.
Saudi Arabia ranks 1st and Western Asia ranks 2nd of 37 countries.
Western Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Saudi Arabia | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,278 ha | 51,601 ha | 26,323 ha | Western Asia |
| 1970s | 47,840 ha | 81,529 ha | 33,688 ha | Western Asia |
| 1980s | 62,248 ha | 168,905 ha | 106,657 ha | Western Asia |
| 1990s | 94,623 ha | 332,043 ha | 237,420 ha | Western Asia |
| 2000s | 148,968 ha | 488,044 ha | 339,076 ha | Western Asia |
| 2010s | 130,290 ha | 449,549 ha | 319,259 ha | Western Asia |
| 2020s | 190,727 ha | 557,618 ha | 366,891 ha | Western Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher dates — area harvested, Saudi Arabia or Western Asia?
- Western Asia, at 616,819 ha against 257,613 ha in Saudi Arabia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in dates — area harvested between Saudi Arabia and Western Asia?
- 359,206 ha, with Western Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Saudi Arabia and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Saudi Arabia and Western Asia rank globally for dates — area harvested?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 1st and Western Asia ranks 2nd 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.