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 40 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
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 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
- 1 Saudi Arabia 257,613 ha compare
- 2 Iraq 256,758 ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 135,540 ha compare
- 5 Pakistan 92,977 ha compare
- 6 Egypt 85,948 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture share gdp 14.51 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 14.51 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
- Rural population 24.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 11.47 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 41.65 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 234.77 t (2024)
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 40 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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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.