Dates — Area harvested in Oman
Oman: Dates — Area harvested was 27,785 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Area harvested in Oman, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, dates — area harvested in Oman stood at 27,785 ha.
The figure is up 4.1% on the previous year and down 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Oman peaked at 36,255 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 13,000 ha, in 1961.
Oman ranks 12th of 37 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Dates — Area harvested in Oman, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 13,340 ha | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 13,340 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 14,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 1974 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1977 | 17,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 1978 | 18,500 ha | +8.8% |
| 1979 | 20,194 ha | +9.2% |
| 1980 | 20,100 ha | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 20,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 20,194 ha | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 20,194 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 20,194 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 22,000 ha | +8.9% |
| 1986 | 23,500 ha | +6.8% |
| 1987 | 24,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 26,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 27,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 28,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 28,500 ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 29,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 29,500 ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 30,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 35,500 ha | +18.3% |
| 1999 | 35,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 35,508 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 33,919 ha | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 33,869 ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 33,848 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 35,532 ha | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 31,353 ha | -11.8% |
| 2006 | 31,353 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 32,746 ha | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 31,353 ha | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 31,353 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 31,353 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 31,348 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 31,090 ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 34,195 ha | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 36,255 ha | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 24,120 ha | -33.5% |
| 2016 | 24,120 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 24,617 ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 25,125 ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 25,382 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 25,630 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 26,017 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 26,355 ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 26,698 ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 27,785 ha | +4.1% |
Oman compared with similar countries
- Oman's 27,785 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,451 ha, 6.2× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Oman's 27,785 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 31,182 ha, 89% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Area harvested in Oman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | -33.5% | 36,255 ha | 24,120 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,000 ha | 13,000 ha | 13,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,237 ha | 13,000 ha | 20,194 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,028 ha | 20,100 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 29,400 ha | 25,000 ha | 35,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 33,083 ha | 31,353 ha | 35,532 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,760 ha | 24,120 ha | 36,255 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,497 ha | 25,630 ha | 27,785 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Oman
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0281 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 560.19 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.86 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2052 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — area harvested in Oman?
- Dates — area harvested in Oman was 27,785 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Oman?
- The highest recorded value was 36,255 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Oman?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Oman rank for dates — area harvested?
- Oman ranks 12th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Oman?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Oman 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.