Dates — Area harvested in Kuwait
Kuwait: Dates — Area harvested was 3,623 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Dates — Area harvested in Kuwait, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 3,623 ha for dates — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 36.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Kuwait peaked at 3,670 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 75 ha, in 1992.
That places Kuwait 21st out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Dates — Area harvested in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 150 ha | — |
| 1986 | 250 ha | +66.7% |
| 1987 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 400 ha | +60.0% |
| 1990 | 350 ha | -12.5% |
| 1991 | 250 ha | -28.6% |
| 1992 | 75 ha | -70.0% |
| 1993 | 149 ha | +98.7% |
| 1994 | 175 ha | +17.4% |
| 1995 | 204 ha | +16.6% |
| 1996 | 233 ha | +14.2% |
| 1997 | 308 ha | +32.2% |
| 1998 | 346 ha | +12.3% |
| 1999 | 421 ha | +21.7% |
| 2000 | 542 ha | +28.7% |
| 2001 | 603 ha | +11.3% |
| 2002 | 789 ha | +30.8% |
| 2003 | 1,083 ha | +37.3% |
| 2004 | 1,239 ha | +14.4% |
| 2005 | 1,417 ha | +14.4% |
| 2006 | 1,505 ha | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 1,583 ha | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 1,549 ha | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 1,584 ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 1,765 ha | +11.4% |
| 2011 | 2,277 ha | +29.0% |
| 2012 | 2,411 ha | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 2,672 ha | +10.8% |
| 2014 | 2,664 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 2,741 ha | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 2,937 ha | +7.2% |
| 2017 | 3,031 ha | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 3,353 ha | +10.6% |
| 2019 | 3,667 ha | +9.4% |
| 2020 | 3,670 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 3,617 ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 3,477 ha | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 3,577 ha | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 3,623 ha | +1.3% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 3,623 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,451 ha, 81% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 3,623 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 31,182 ha, 12% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Area harvested in Kuwait 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +98.7% | 75 ha | 149 ha |
| 1992 | -70.0% | 250 ha | 75 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 260 ha | 150 ha | 400 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 251.1 ha | 75 ha | 421 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,189 ha | 542 ha | 1,584 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,752 ha | 1,765 ha | 3,667 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,593 ha | 3,477 ha | 3,670 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More agriculture & rural data for Kuwait
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0053 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 171.42 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2005)
- 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 0.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — area harvested in Kuwait?
- Dates — area harvested in Kuwait was 3,623 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 3,670 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 75 ha in 1992.
- How does Kuwait rank for dates — area harvested?
- Kuwait ranks 21st out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kuwait 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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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.