Dates — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Dates — Area harvested was 9,287 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Dates — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, dates — area harvested in Americas stood at 9,287 ha.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 75.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Americas peaked at 9,831 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,935 ha, in 1970.
That places Americas 11th out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Dates — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,621 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,692 ha | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 2,466 ha | -8.4% |
| 1964 | 2,540 ha | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 2,486 ha | -2.1% |
| 1966 | 2,500 ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 2,558 ha | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 2,569 ha | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 1,976 ha | -23.1% |
| 1970 | 1,935 ha | -2.1% |
| 1971 | 2,169 ha | +12.1% |
| 1972 | 2,225 ha | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 2,285 ha | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 2,264 ha | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 2,307 ha | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 2,085 ha | -9.6% |
| 1977 | 2,127 ha | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 2,252 ha | +5.9% |
| 1979 | 2,171 ha | -3.6% |
| 1980 | 2,247 ha | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 2,240 ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 2,133 ha | -4.8% |
| 1983 | 2,330 ha | +9.2% |
| 1984 | 2,362 ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 2,471 ha | +4.6% |
| 1986 | 2,626 ha | +6.3% |
| 1987 | 2,761 ha | +5.1% |
| 1988 | 2,940 ha | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 2,896 ha | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 2,876 ha | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 2,886 ha | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 2,995 ha | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 3,072 ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 2,856 ha | -7.0% |
| 1995 | 2,709 ha | -5.1% |
| 1996 | 2,606 ha | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 2,673 ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 2,943 ha | +10.1% |
| 1999 | 2,669 ha | -9.3% |
| 2000 | 2,917 ha | +9.3% |
| 2001 | 2,998 ha | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 2,791 ha | -6.9% |
| 2003 | 2,746 ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 2,883 ha | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 3,039 ha | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 2,951 ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 2,836 ha | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 3,023 ha | +6.6% |
| 2009 | 3,442 ha | +13.9% |
| 2010 | 3,885 ha | +12.9% |
| 2011 | 4,413 ha | +13.6% |
| 2012 | 4,616 ha | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 4,435 ha | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 5,294 ha | +19.4% |
| 2015 | 5,273 ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 6,265 ha | +18.8% |
| 2017 | 6,889 ha | +10.0% |
| 2018 | 7,788 ha | +13.0% |
| 2019 | 8,146 ha | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 9,831 ha | +20.7% |
| 2021 | 9,358 ha | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 8,933 ha | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 9,223 ha | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 9,287 ha | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,490 ha | 1,976 ha | 2,692 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,182 ha | 1,935 ha | 2,307 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,501 ha | 2,133 ha | 2,940 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,828 ha | 2,606 ha | 3,072 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,963 ha | 2,746 ha | 3,442 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,700 ha | 3,885 ha | 8,146 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,326 ha | 8,933 ha | 9,831 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — area harvested in Americas?
- Dates — area harvested in Americas was 9,287 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 9,831 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,935 ha in 1970.
- How does Americas rank for dates — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 11th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Americas 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.