Dates — Area harvested in Bahrain
Bahrain: Dates — Area harvested was 1,961 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Area harvested in Bahrain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bahrain recorded 1,961 ha for dates — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 42.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Bahrain peaked at 4,000 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 812 ha, in 1995.
Bahrain ranks 26th of 37 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Dates — Area harvested in Bahrain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,650 ha | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 2,300 ha | +39.4% |
| 1976 | 3,100 ha | +34.8% |
| 1977 | 3,900 ha | +25.8% |
| 1978 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,700 ha | -57.5% |
| 1982 | 1,200 ha | -29.4% |
| 1983 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,400 ha | +16.7% |
| 1986 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,600 ha | +14.3% |
| 1988 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 997 ha | -37.7% |
| 1991 | 950 ha | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 900 ha | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 920 ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 870 ha | -5.4% |
| 1995 | 812 ha | -6.7% |
| 1996 | 823 ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 823 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,000 ha | +21.5% |
| 1999 | 830 ha | -17.0% |
| 2000 | 823 ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 823 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,670 ha | +102.9% |
| 2003 | 1,670 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,650 ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 1,400 ha | -15.2% |
| 2006 | 2,150 ha | +53.6% |
| 2007 | 2,102 ha | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 1,500 ha | -28.6% |
| 2009 | 1,510 ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 1,652 ha | +9.4% |
| 2011 | 2,246 ha | +36.0% |
| 2012 | 2,630 ha | +17.1% |
| 2013 | 2,989 ha | +13.7% |
| 2014 | 3,425 ha | +14.6% |
| 2015 | 3,237 ha | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 3,500 ha | +8.1% |
| 2017 | 2,440 ha | -30.3% |
| 2018 | 2,450 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 2,490 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 2,500 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 1,961 ha | -21.6% |
| 2022 | 1,961 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,961 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,961 ha | +0.0% |
Bahrain compared with similar countries
- Bahrain's 1,961 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,451 ha, 44% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Bahrain's 1,961 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 31,182 ha, 6% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Area harvested in Bahrain 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +102.9% | 823 ha | 1,670 ha |
| 1981 | -57.5% | 4,000 ha | 1,700 ha |
| 2006 | +53.6% | 1,400 ha | 2,150 ha |
| 1975 | +39.4% | 1,650 ha | 2,300 ha |
| 1990 | -37.7% | 1,600 ha | 997 ha |
| 2011 | +36.0% | 1,652 ha | 2,246 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,600 ha | 1,600 ha | 1,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,535 ha | 1,600 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,690 ha | 1,200 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 892.5 ha | 812 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,530 ha | 823 ha | 2,150 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,706 ha | 1,652 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,069 ha | 1,961 ha | 2,500 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bahrain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.85 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0024 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 73.61 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2010)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — area harvested in Bahrain?
- Dates — area harvested in Bahrain was 1,961 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 4,000 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 812 ha in 1995.
- How does Bahrain rank for dates — area harvested?
- Bahrain ranks 26th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahrain 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.