Dates — Area harvested in Algeria
Algeria: Dates — Area harvested was 175,962 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Area harvested in Algeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Algeria recorded 175,962 ha for dates — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Algeria peaked at 179,481 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 32,000 ha, in 1970.
Algeria ranks 3rd of 37 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Dates — Area harvested in Algeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 38,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 40,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 52,000 ha | +30.0% |
| 1964 | 59,000 ha | +13.5% |
| 1965 | 44,000 ha | -25.4% |
| 1966 | 46,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 62,000 ha | +34.8% |
| 1968 | 59,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1969 | 53,000 ha | -10.2% |
| 1970 | 32,000 ha | -39.6% |
| 1971 | 58,000 ha | +81.2% |
| 1972 | 57,000 ha | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 57,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 60,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1975 | 61,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 55,000 ha | -9.8% |
| 1977 | 47,000 ha | -14.5% |
| 1978 | 65,000 ha | +38.3% |
| 1979 | 69,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1980 | 67,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 70,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 68,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 65,000 ha | -4.4% |
| 1984 | 65,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 71,000 ha | +9.2% |
| 1986 | 72,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 73,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 76,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 1989 | 78,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 78,640 ha | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 81,890 ha | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 83,440 ha | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 84,410 ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 85,230 ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 87,020 ha | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 96,560 ha | +11.0% |
| 1997 | 96,520 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 97,990 ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 100,120 ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 101,820 ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 104,390 ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 120,830 ha | +15.7% |
| 2003 | 128,800 ha | +6.6% |
| 2004 | 136,774 ha | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 147,906 ha | +8.1% |
| 2006 | 154,372 ha | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 159,871 ha | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 162,033 ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 160,867 ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 161,091 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 162,134 ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 163,985 ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 164,695 ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 165,378 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 166,893 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 167,279 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 167,643 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 168,855 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 169,786 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 170,500 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 172,033 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 175,361 ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 179,481 ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 175,962 ha | -2.0% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 175,962 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,495 ha, 39.1× the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Algeria's 175,962 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 31,182 ha, 5.6× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Area harvested in Algeria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +81.2% | 32,000 ha | 58,000 ha |
| 1970 | -39.6% | 53,000 ha | 32,000 ha |
| 1978 | +38.3% | 47,000 ha | 65,000 ha |
| 1967 | +34.8% | 46,000 ha | 62,000 ha |
| 1963 | +30.0% | 40,000 ha | 52,000 ha |
| 1965 | -25.4% | 59,000 ha | 44,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 50,333 ha | 38,000 ha | 62,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 56,100 ha | 32,000 ha | 69,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 70,500 ha | 65,000 ha | 78,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 89,182 ha | 78,640 ha | 100,120 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 137,766 ha | 101,820 ha | 162,033 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 165,774 ha | 161,091 ha | 169,786 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 174,667 ha | 170,500 ha | 179,481 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1451 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 878.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.884 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2418 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — area harvested in Algeria?
- Dates — area harvested in Algeria was 175,962 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 179,481 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 32,000 ha in 1970.
- How does Algeria rank for dates — area harvested?
- Algeria ranks 3rd out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Algeria 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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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.