Dates — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Dates — Area harvested was 481,342 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dates — area harvested in Northern Africa is 481,342 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 481,342 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 91,400 ha, in 1962.
That places Northern Africa 4th out of 20 groups 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 Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 94,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 91,400 ha | -3.6% |
| 1963 | 108,000 ha | +18.2% |
| 1964 | 119,000 ha | +10.2% |
| 1965 | 108,000 ha | -9.2% |
| 1966 | 108,800 ha | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 124,500 ha | +14.4% |
| 1968 | 127,700 ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 111,600 ha | -12.6% |
| 1970 | 97,500 ha | -12.6% |
| 1971 | 125,303 ha | +28.5% |
| 1972 | 127,303 ha | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 127,803 ha | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 130,500 ha | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 130,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 127,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 119,300 ha | -6.1% |
| 1978 | 134,550 ha | +12.8% |
| 1979 | 142,650 ha | +6.0% |
| 1980 | 135,695 ha | -4.9% |
| 1981 | 141,570 ha | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 142,537 ha | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 140,300 ha | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 141,700 ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 166,400 ha | +17.4% |
| 1986 | 166,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 168,100 ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 165,500 ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 173,900 ha | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 174,674 ha | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 184,939 ha | +5.9% |
| 1992 | 187,822 ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 191,129 ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 199,682 ha | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 226,332 ha | +13.3% |
| 1996 | 239,736 ha | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 236,520 ha | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 243,390 ha | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 252,555 ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 251,812 ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 270,431 ha | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 294,985 ha | +9.1% |
| 2003 | 295,857 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 306,655 ha | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 319,052 ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 330,932 ha | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 335,531 ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 339,077 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 346,887 ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 386,400 ha | +11.4% |
| 2011 | 376,009 ha | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 376,222 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 373,257 ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 383,817 ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 391,551 ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 406,131 ha | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 407,048 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 410,233 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 410,665 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 423,634 ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 438,898 ha | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 463,263 ha | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 476,573 ha | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 481,342 ha | +1.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Area harvested in Northern Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +28.5% | 97,500 ha | 125,303 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 110,422 ha | 91,400 ha | 127,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 126,191 ha | 97,500 ha | 142,650 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 154,210 ha | 135,695 ha | 173,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 213,678 ha | 174,674 ha | 252,555 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 309,122 ha | 251,812 ha | 346,887 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 392,133 ha | 373,257 ha | 410,665 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 456,742 ha | 423,634 ha | 481,342 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern 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 Northern Africa
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.3611 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 0.2048 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 4.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual 0.5578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 4.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 0.3026 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -2.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 2.89 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Dates — area harvested in Northern Africa was 481,342 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 481,342 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 91,400 ha in 1962.
- How does Northern Africa rank for dates — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 4th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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.