Dates — Area harvested in Asia
Asia: Dates — Area harvested was 857,731 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Dates — Area harvested in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dates — area harvested in Asia is 857,731 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.7% on the previous year and up 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Asia peaked at 857,731 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 136,196 ha, in 1961.
That places Asia 2nd out of 23 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 146,801 ha | 136,196 ha | 155,690 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 185,290 ha | 156,870 ha | 211,664 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 314,990 ha | 211,714 ha | 424,569 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 557,684 ha | 428,326 ha | 725,429 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 772,170 ha | 728,492 ha | 811,793 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 743,439 ha | 693,785 ha | 850,263 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 798,508 ha | 751,971 ha | 857,731 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
- 1 Saudi Arabia 257,613 ha compare
- 2 Iraq 256,758 ha compare
- 3 Algeria 175,962 ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 135,540 ha compare
- 5 Pakistan 92,977 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Asia
- Tomatoes — Production 113.95 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 73.05 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.10 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 4.18 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 2.08 million ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 866.88 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 68.35 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 79 kg/An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 531.98 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 2.65 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — area harvested in Asia?
- Dates — area harvested in Asia was 857,731 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 857,731 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 136,196 ha in 1961.
- How does Asia rank for dates — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 2nd out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Asia 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.