Dates — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Dates — Area harvested was 413,647 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) recorded 413,647 ha for dates — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 413,647 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 77,616 ha, in 1962.
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 5th of 20 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Dates — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 83,366 ha | — |
| 1962 | 77,616 ha | -6.9% |
| 1963 | 84,434 ha | +8.8% |
| 1964 | 99,234 ha | +17.5% |
| 1965 | 105,054 ha | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 99,926 ha | -4.9% |
| 1967 | 99,297 ha | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 107,215 ha | +8.0% |
| 1969 | 95,800 ha | -10.6% |
| 1970 | 102,595 ha | +7.1% |
| 1971 | 109,100 ha | +6.3% |
| 1972 | 109,803 ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 111,643 ha | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 110,750 ha | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 112,286 ha | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 116,682 ha | +3.9% |
| 1977 | 116,732 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 112,091 ha | -4.0% |
| 1979 | 117,767 ha | +5.1% |
| 1980 | 113,817 ha | -3.4% |
| 1981 | 120,886 ha | +6.2% |
| 1982 | 126,075 ha | +4.3% |
| 1983 | 128,953 ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 133,912 ha | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 149,270 ha | +11.5% |
| 1986 | 150,077 ha | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 153,013 ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 149,619 ha | -2.2% |
| 1989 | 157,373 ha | +5.2% |
| 1990 | 156,567 ha | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 163,498 ha | +4.4% |
| 1992 | 162,919 ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 195,361 ha | +19.9% |
| 1994 | 204,697 ha | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 231,117 ha | +12.9% |
| 1996 | 233,854 ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 235,690 ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 235,312 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 247,149 ha | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 246,259 ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 261,425 ha | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 261,296 ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 261,075 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 260,298 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 262,247 ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 270,142 ha | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 276,924 ha | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 281,428 ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 298,893 ha | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 334,266 ha | +11.8% |
| 2011 | 321,094 ha | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 315,360 ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 311,597 ha | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 321,758 ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 335,852 ha | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 349,430 ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 350,386 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 354,990 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 355,838 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 364,860 ha | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 379,603 ha | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 398,765 ha | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 408,495 ha | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 413,647 ha | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 94,660 ha | 77,616 ha | 107,215 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 111,945 ha | 102,595 ha | 117,767 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 138,300 ha | 113,817 ha | 157,373 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 206,616 ha | 156,567 ha | 247,149 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 267,999 ha | 246,259 ha | 298,893 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 335,057 ha | 311,597 ha | 355,838 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 393,074 ha | 364,860 ha | 413,647 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- 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
- 8 United Arab Emirates 38,921 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Dates — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 413,647 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 413,647 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 77,616 ha in 1962.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for dates — area harvested?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 5th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.