Dates — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Dates — Area harvested was 66,055 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Area harvested in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, dates — area harvested in Morocco stood at 66,055 ha.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 68,176 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 17,700 ha, in 1980.
That places Morocco 7th out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Dates — Area harvested in Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 20,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 23,000 ha | +15.0% |
| 1973 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 20,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1979 | 23,000 ha | +15.0% |
| 1980 | 17,700 ha | -23.0% |
| 1981 | 20,200 ha | +14.1% |
| 1982 | 21,900 ha | +8.4% |
| 1983 | 21,500 ha | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 21,700 ha | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 21,400 ha | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 21,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 22,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 19,500 ha | -11.8% |
| 1989 | 20,900 ha | +7.2% |
| 1990 | 22,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 23,700 ha | +7.7% |
| 1992 | 23,500 ha | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 23,400 ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 23,300 ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 44,200 ha | +89.7% |
| 1996 | 44,400 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 42,000 ha | -5.4% |
| 1998 | 44,200 ha | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 44,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 30,400 ha | -31.2% |
| 2001 | 33,600 ha | +10.5% |
| 2002 | 33,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 32,900 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 34,700 ha | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 35,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 36,100 ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 37,300 ha | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 39,000 ha | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 68,176 ha | +74.8% |
| 2011 | 54,476 ha | -20.1% |
| 2012 | 57,035 ha | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 57,384 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 57,744 ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 57,859 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 58,122 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 58,316 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 59,127 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 59,613 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 61,332 ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 63,215 ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 65,432 ha | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 67,014 ha | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 66,055 ha | -1.4% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 66,055 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,918 ha, 34.4× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 66,055 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 31,182 ha, 2.1× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Area harvested in Morocco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +89.7% | 23,300 ha | 44,200 ha |
| 2010 | +74.8% | 39,000 ha | 68,176 ha |
| 2000 | -31.2% | 44,200 ha | 30,400 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,889 ha | 18,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,100 ha | 20,000 ha | 23,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,830 ha | 17,700 ha | 22,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,490 ha | 22,000 ha | 44,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 34,550 ha | 30,400 ha | 39,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 58,785 ha | 54,476 ha | 68,176 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 64,610 ha | 61,332 ha | 67,014 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — area harvested in Morocco?
- Dates — area harvested in Morocco was 66,055 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 68,176 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,700 ha in 1980.
- How does Morocco rank for dates — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 7th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.