Dates — Area harvested in Mali
Mali: Dates — Area harvested was 85 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Dates — Area harvested in Mali, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, dates — area harvested in Mali stood at 85 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 37.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Mali peaked at 115 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2 ha, in 2012.
That places Mali 35th out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Dates — Area harvested in Mali, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 16 ha | — |
| 1992 | 16 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 17 ha | +6.2% |
| 1994 | 17 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 18 ha | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 18 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 19 ha | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 19 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 20 ha | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 21 ha | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 22 ha | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 22 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 23 ha | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 23 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 22 ha | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 20 ha | -9.1% |
| 2010 | 8 ha | -60.0% |
| 2011 | 51 ha | +537.5% |
| 2012 | 2 ha | -96.1% |
| 2013 | 55 ha | +2650.0% |
| 2014 | 62 ha | +12.7% |
| 2015 | 62 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 57 ha | -8.1% |
| 2017 | 54 ha | -5.3% |
| 2018 | 115 ha | +113.0% |
| 2019 | 91 ha | -20.9% |
| 2020 | 77 ha | -15.4% |
| 2021 | 68 ha | -11.7% |
| 2022 | 76 ha | +11.8% |
| 2023 | 83 ha | +9.2% |
| 2024 | 85 ha | +2.4% |
Mali compared with similar countries
- Mali's 85 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 8,074 ha, 1% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Mali's 85 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 745 ha, 11% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Area harvested in Mali 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +2650.0% | 2 ha | 55 ha |
| 2011 | +537.5% | 8 ha | 51 ha |
| 2018 | +113.0% | 54 ha | 115 ha |
| 2012 | -96.1% | 51 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | -60.0% | 20 ha | 8 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.78 ha | 16 ha | 20 ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 21.4 ha | 20 ha | 23 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 55.7 ha | 2 ha | 115 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.8 ha | 68 ha | 85 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mali
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 394.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 33.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 33.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — area harvested in Mali?
- Dates — area harvested in Mali was 85 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 115 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 ha in 2012.
- How does Mali rank for dates — area harvested?
- Mali ranks 35th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mali 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.