Dates — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Dates — Area harvested was 80,953 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, dates — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 80,953 ha.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 84,139 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 25,956 ha, in 1962.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Dates — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26,056 ha | — |
| 1962 | 25,956 ha | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 28,754 ha | +10.8% |
| 1964 | 30,254 ha | +5.2% |
| 1965 | 31,354 ha | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 29,735 ha | -5.2% |
| 1967 | 29,247 ha | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 29,600 ha | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 30,700 ha | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 33,200 ha | +8.1% |
| 1971 | 34,303 ha | +3.3% |
| 1972 | 34,503 ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 35,103 ha | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 36,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 34,353 ha | -4.6% |
| 1976 | 31,827 ha | -7.4% |
| 1977 | 32,994 ha | +3.7% |
| 1978 | 31,511 ha | -4.5% |
| 1979 | 33,341 ha | +5.8% |
| 1980 | 33,513 ha | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 34,335 ha | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 34,146 ha | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 34,245 ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 36,616 ha | +6.9% |
| 1985 | 45,560 ha | +24.4% |
| 1986 | 45,547 ha | -0.0% |
| 1987 | 45,981 ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 47,187 ha | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 49,039 ha | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 48,919 ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 47,637 ha | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 47,652 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 49,700 ha | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 53,638 ha | +7.9% |
| 1995 | 57,362 ha | +6.9% |
| 1996 | 57,528 ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 62,688 ha | +9.0% |
| 1998 | 55,760 ha | -11.1% |
| 1999 | 65,956 ha | +18.3% |
| 2000 | 75,733 ha | +14.8% |
| 2001 | 78,857 ha | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 79,799 ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 79,174 ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 69,833 ha | -11.8% |
| 2005 | 68,155 ha | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 72,026 ha | +5.7% |
| 2007 | 72,133 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 74,966 ha | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 84,139 ha | +12.2% |
| 2010 | 83,300 ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 78,317 ha | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 78,109 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 78,388 ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 77,148 ha | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 79,726 ha | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 79,097 ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 78,546 ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 79,674 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 80,398 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 80,936 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 81,034 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 80,763 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 80,778 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 80,953 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29,073 ha | 25,956 ha | 31,354 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 33,714 ha | 31,511 ha | 36,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 40,617 ha | 33,513 ha | 49,039 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 54,684 ha | 47,637 ha | 65,956 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 75,482 ha | 68,155 ha | 84,139 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 79,270 ha | 77,148 ha | 83,300 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 80,893 ha | 80,763 ha | 81,034 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -0.4713 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual 4.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 6.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Dates — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 80,953 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 84,139 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,956 ha in 1962.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for dates — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 3rd out of 6 groups with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.