Eastern Africa vs Saudi Arabia: Dates — Yield
Dates — Yield over time
- Eastern Africa
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 7,482 kg/ha against 4,630 kg/ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 2,852 kg/ha.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.6 times Eastern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Saudi Arabia has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 17th and Saudi Arabia ranks 16th of 23 groups.
Saudi Arabia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,644 kg/ha | 7,237 kg/ha | 3,593 kg/ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 1970s | 3,779 kg/ha | 6,653 kg/ha | 2,875 kg/ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 1980s | 3,886 kg/ha | 7,122 kg/ha | 3,236 kg/ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 1990s | 3,796 kg/ha | 6,417 kg/ha | 2,621 kg/ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2000s | 4,173 kg/ha | 6,110 kg/ha | 1,937 kg/ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 4,587 kg/ha | 8,718 kg/ha | 4,132 kg/ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2020s | 4,647 kg/ha | 9,251 kg/ha | 4,604 kg/ha | Saudi Arabia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher dates — yield, Eastern Africa or Saudi Arabia?
- Saudi Arabia, at 7,482 kg/ha against 4,630 kg/ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in dates — yield between Eastern Africa and Saudi Arabia?
- 2,852 kg/ha, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Saudi Arabia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Saudi Arabia rank globally for dates — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 17th and Saudi Arabia ranks 16th of 23 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Dates — Yield. 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.