Dates — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Dates — Area harvested was 10,638 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dates — area harvested in Middle Africa is 10,638 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 10,787 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 6,568 ha, in 1991.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Dates — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 7,660 ha | — |
| 1986 | 7,660 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 7,660 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 7,660 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 7,660 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 7,787 ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 6,568 ha | -15.7% |
| 1992 | 6,731 ha | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 6,821 ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 6,886 ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 6,972 ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 7,058 ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 7,145 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 7,236 ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 7,332 ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 7,423 ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 7,522 ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 7,624 ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 7,350 ha | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 7,549 ha | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 7,571 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 7,720 ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 7,825 ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 8,358 ha | +6.8% |
| 2009 | 8,731 ha | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 9,028 ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 9,498 ha | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 10,150 ha | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 10,146 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 10,269 ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 10,588 ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 10,341 ha | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 10,510 ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 10,787 ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 10,553 ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 10,638 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 10,659 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 10,617 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 10,638 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 10,638 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7,660 ha | 7,660 ha | 7,660 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 7,054 ha | 6,568 ha | 7,787 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,767 ha | 7,350 ha | 8,731 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,187 ha | 9,028 ha | 10,787 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,638 ha | 10,617 ha | 10,659 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 1 Saudi Arabia 257,613 ha compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 135,540 ha compare
- 2 Iraq 256,758 ha compare
- 3 Algeria 175,962 ha compare
- 4 Pakistan 92,977 ha compare
- 5 Egypt 85,948 ha compare
- 5 Türkiye 2,840 ha compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 408 ha compare
- 6 Tunisia 81,732 ha compare
- 7 Morocco 66,055 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Middle Africa
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -3.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 11.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -6.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 5.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) -0.2155 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 0.167 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.1088 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.84 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Dates — area harvested in Middle Africa was 10,638 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 10,787 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,568 ha in 1991.
- How does Middle Africa rank for dates — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 4th out of 6 groups with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.