Dates — Area harvested in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran (Islamic Republic of): Dates — Area harvested was 135,540 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Area harvested in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dates — area harvested in Iran (Islamic Republic of) is 135,540 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 18.9% on the previous year and down 25.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Iran (Islamic Republic of) peaked at 222,403 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 78,000 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Dates — Area harvested in Iran (Islamic Republic of), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 78,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 78,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 78,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 78,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 78,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 79,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 79,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 79,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 79,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 80,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 81,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 81,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 81,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 81,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 82,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 82,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 120,919 ha | +47.5% |
| 1983 | 105,107 ha | -13.1% |
| 1984 | 106,214 ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 102,995 ha | -3.0% |
| 1986 | 115,163 ha | +11.8% |
| 1987 | 123,264 ha | +7.0% |
| 1988 | 127,139 ha | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 120,913 ha | -4.9% |
| 1990 | 118,988 ha | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 141,155 ha | +18.6% |
| 1992 | 136,413 ha | -3.4% |
| 1993 | 138,564 ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 150,672 ha | +8.7% |
| 1995 | 151,066 ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 166,133 ha | +10.0% |
| 1997 | 192,246 ha | +15.7% |
| 1998 | 176,908 ha | -8.0% |
| 1999 | 177,272 ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 184,725 ha | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 183,269 ha | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 183,878 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 191,145 ha | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 193,628 ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 197,723 ha | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 194,679 ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 209,331 ha | +7.5% |
| 2008 | 196,938 ha | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 198,896 ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 214,440 ha | +7.8% |
| 2011 | 222,403 ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 202,242 ha | -9.1% |
| 2013 | 199,114 ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 182,537 ha | -8.3% |
| 2015 | 163,898 ha | -10.2% |
| 2016 | 180,145 ha | +9.9% |
| 2017 | 169,793 ha | -5.7% |
| 2018 | 181,668 ha | +7.0% |
| 2019 | 160,117 ha | -11.9% |
| 2020 | 147,932 ha | -7.6% |
| 2021 | 144,823 ha | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 123,810 ha | -14.5% |
| 2023 | 113,992 ha | -7.9% |
| 2024 | 135,540 ha | +18.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Area harvested in Iran (Islamic Republic of) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +47.5% | 82,000 ha | 120,919 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 78,444 ha | 78,000 ha | 79,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 80,400 ha | 80,000 ha | 81,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 108,571 ha | 82,000 ha | 127,139 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 154,942 ha | 118,988 ha | 192,246 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 193,421 ha | 183,269 ha | 209,331 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 187,636 ha | 160,117 ha | 222,403 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 133,219 ha | 113,992 ha | 147,932 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 3.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 4.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.2498 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -7.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 24.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 4.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -2.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -16.67 % change on previous year (1979)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — area harvested in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Dates — area harvested in Iran (Islamic Republic of) was 135,540 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 222,403 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 78,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank for dates — area harvested?
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 2nd out of 6 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iran (Islamic Republic of) 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.