United Arab Emirates vs Western Africa: Dates — Area harvested
Dates — Area harvested over time
- United Arab Emirates
- Western Africa
How they compare
United Arab Emirates currently reports 38,921 ha against 15,681 ha in Western Africa, a difference of 23,240 ha.
That makes United Arab Emirates's figure about 2.5 times Western Africa's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Africa ahead.
United Arab Emirates ranks 8th and Western Africa ranks 9th of 37 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, United Arab Emirates averaged higher in 5 and Western Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | United Arab Emirates | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 583.33 ha | 6,811 ha | 6,228 ha | Western Africa |
| 1970s | 2,436 ha | 5,505 ha | 3,069 ha | Western Africa |
| 1980s | 9,523 ha | 6,371 ha | 3,152 ha | United Arab Emirates |
| 1990s | 45,743 ha | 9,193 ha | 36,550 ha | United Arab Emirates |
| 2000s | 185,470 ha | 12,488 ha | 172,982 ha | United Arab Emirates |
| 2010s | 53,297 ha | 15,349 ha | 37,948 ha | United Arab Emirates |
| 2020s | 40,024 ha | 15,703 ha | 24,321 ha | United Arab Emirates |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher dates — area harvested, United Arab Emirates or Western Africa?
- United Arab Emirates, at 38,921 ha against 15,681 ha in Western Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in dates — area harvested between United Arab Emirates and Western Africa?
- 23,240 ha, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for United Arab Emirates and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do United Arab Emirates and Western Africa rank globally for dates — area harvested?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 8th and Western Africa ranks 9th 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.