Western Africa vs Yemen: Dates — Area harvested
Dates — Area harvested over time
- Western Africa
- Yemen
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 15,681 ha against 14,880 ha in Yemen, a difference of 801 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 1.1 times Yemen's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Yemen ahead.
Western Africa ranks 9th and Yemen ranks 13th of 20 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Western Africa averaged higher in 2 and Yemen in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Western Africa | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,811 ha | 10,317 ha | 3,506 ha | Yemen |
| 1970s | 5,505 ha | 12,158 ha | 6,653 ha | Yemen |
| 1980s | 6,371 ha | 14,436 ha | 8,065 ha | Yemen |
| 1990s | 9,193 ha | 18,065 ha | 8,872 ha | Yemen |
| 2000s | 12,488 ha | 17,754 ha | 5,266 ha | Yemen |
| 2010s | 15,349 ha | 14,402 ha | 947.3 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 15,703 ha | 14,786 ha | 917.2 ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher dates — area harvested, Western Africa or Yemen?
- Western Africa, at 15,681 ha against 14,880 ha in Yemen as of 2024.
- What is the difference in dates — area harvested between Western Africa and Yemen?
- 801 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Western Africa and Yemen?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Western Africa and Yemen rank globally for dates — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 9th 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.