Dates — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Dates — Area harvested was 85,948 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 85,948 ha for dates — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 9.9% on the previous year and up 95.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 85,948 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 20,000 ha, in 1961.
Egypt ranks 5th of 37 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Dates — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1984 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 24,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 23,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 1987 | 24,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 21,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1989 | 25,000 ha | +19.0% |
| 1990 | 21,816 ha | -12.7% |
| 1991 | 27,000 ha | +23.8% |
| 1992 | 27,450 ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 22,269 ha | -18.9% |
| 1994 | 25,652 ha | +15.2% |
| 1995 | 25,652 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 27,296 ha | +6.4% |
| 1997 | 28,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 29,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 28,195 ha | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 28,982 ha | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 29,461 ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 29,632 ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 32,864 ha | +10.9% |
| 2004 | 34,528 ha | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 36,150 ha | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 35,780 ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 36,450 ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 36,828 ha | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 36,924 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 41,945 ha | +13.6% |
| 2011 | 41,652 ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 38,503 ha | -7.6% |
| 2013 | 37,923 ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 44,037 ha | +16.1% |
| 2015 | 48,576 ha | +10.3% |
| 2016 | 49,765 ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 50,293 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 47,571 ha | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 49,825 ha | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 50,550 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 59,353 ha | +17.4% |
| 2022 | 74,413 ha | +25.4% |
| 2023 | 78,239 ha | +5.1% |
| 2024 | 85,948 ha | +9.9% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 85,948 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,918 ha, 44.8× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 85,948 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 31,182 ha, 2.8× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Area harvested in Egypt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +25.4% | 59,353 ha | 74,413 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,300 ha | 20,000 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,233 ha | 21,816 ha | 29,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 33,760 ha | 28,982 ha | 36,924 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 45,009 ha | 37,923 ha | 50,293 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 69,701 ha | 50,550 ha | 85,948 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — area harvested in Egypt?
- Dates — area harvested in Egypt was 85,948 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 85,948 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for dates — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 5th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 95.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.