Dates — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Dates — Area harvested was 511,841 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 511,841 ha for dates — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 24.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Africa peaked at 511,841 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 97,900 ha, in 1962.
That places Africa 3rd out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Dates — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 101,750 ha | — |
| 1962 | 97,900 ha | -3.8% |
| 1963 | 117,200 ha | +19.7% |
| 1964 | 129,200 ha | +10.2% |
| 1965 | 118,800 ha | -8.0% |
| 1966 | 117,100 ha | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 132,300 ha | +13.0% |
| 1968 | 135,750 ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 119,150 ha | -12.2% |
| 1970 | 105,850 ha | -11.2% |
| 1971 | 132,153 ha | +24.8% |
| 1972 | 134,153 ha | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 134,653 ha | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 137,450 ha | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 137,010 ha | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 133,080 ha | -2.9% |
| 1977 | 127,280 ha | -4.4% |
| 1978 | 142,600 ha | +12.0% |
| 1979 | 151,830 ha | +6.5% |
| 1980 | 144,945 ha | -4.5% |
| 1981 | 150,320 ha | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 150,827 ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 148,820 ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 150,140 ha | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 183,365 ha | +22.1% |
| 1986 | 183,365 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 184,565 ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 182,965 ha | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 191,865 ha | +4.9% |
| 1990 | 193,280 ha | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 201,309 ha | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 203,548 ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 208,148 ha | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 219,647 ha | +5.5% |
| 1995 | 247,499 ha | +12.7% |
| 1996 | 260,401 ha | +5.2% |
| 1997 | 261,723 ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 260,947 ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 270,989 ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 270,492 ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 291,977 ha | +7.9% |
| 2002 | 317,100 ha | +8.6% |
| 2003 | 318,955 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 329,020 ha | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 340,520 ha | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 353,374 ha | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 358,942 ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 364,712 ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 381,091 ha | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 419,334 ha | +10.0% |
| 2011 | 404,045 ha | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 404,005 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 401,026 ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 410,824 ha | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 420,946 ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 434,967 ha | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 435,603 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 440,088 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 440,445 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 454,079 ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 469,205 ha | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 493,633 ha | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 507,046 ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 511,841 ha | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 118,794 ha | 97,900 ha | 135,750 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 133,606 ha | 105,850 ha | 151,830 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 167,118 ha | 144,945 ha | 191,865 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 232,749 ha | 193,280 ha | 270,989 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 332,618 ha | 270,492 ha | 381,091 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 421,128 ha | 401,026 ha | 440,445 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 487,161 ha | 454,079 ha | 511,841 ha | 5 |
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- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — area harvested in Africa?
- Dates — area harvested in Africa was 511,841 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 511,841 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 97,900 ha in 1962.
- How does Africa rank for dates — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 3rd out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Dates — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.