Dates — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Dates — Area harvested was 3,337 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dates — area harvested in Eastern Africa is 3,337 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 3,337 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,450 ha, in 1961.
Eastern Africa ranks 14th of 20 groups 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 Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,450 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,500 ha | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1966 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,650 ha | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 1,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,150 ha | +30.3% |
| 1977 | 2,350 ha | +9.3% |
| 1978 | 2,050 ha | -12.8% |
| 1979 | 2,650 ha | +29.3% |
| 1980 | 2,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,740 ha | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 2,745 ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 2,745 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,745 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,745 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,745 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,945 ha | +7.3% |
| 1991 | 2,688 ha | -8.7% |
| 1992 | 2,535 ha | -5.7% |
| 1993 | 2,759 ha | +8.8% |
| 1994 | 2,852 ha | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 2,805 ha | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 2,837 ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 2,803 ha | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 2,703 ha | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 2,690 ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 2,760 ha | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 2,967 ha | +7.5% |
| 2002 | 2,910 ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 3,144 ha | +8.0% |
| 2004 | 2,985 ha | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 2,899 ha | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 3,111 ha | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 3,015 ha | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 3,029 ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 3,050 ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 3,070 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 3,092 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 3,135 ha | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 3,145 ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 3,185 ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 3,194 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 3,216 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 3,235 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 3,243 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 3,278 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 3,303 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 3,310 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 3,316 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 3,330 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 3,337 ha | +0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Area harvested in Eastern Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +30.3% | 1,650 ha | 2,150 ha |
| 1979 | +29.3% | 2,050 ha | 2,650 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,561 ha | 1,450 ha | 1,650 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,910 ha | 1,650 ha | 2,650 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,706 ha | 2,650 ha | 2,745 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,762 ha | 2,535 ha | 2,945 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,987 ha | 2,760 ha | 3,144 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,179 ha | 3,070 ha | 3,278 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,319 ha | 3,303 ha | 3,337 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
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Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Dates — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 3,337 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,337 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,450 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for dates — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 14th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.