Dates — Area harvested in Qatar
Qatar: Dates — Area harvested was 2,578 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Dates — Area harvested in Qatar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Qatar recorded 2,578 ha for dates — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 5.7% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Qatar peaked at 2,824 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Qatar ranks 24th of 37 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Dates — Area harvested in Qatar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 700 ha | — |
| 1979 | 750 ha | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 805 ha | +7.3% |
| 1981 | 829 ha | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 677 ha | -18.3% |
| 1983 | 706 ha | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 731 ha | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 804 ha | +10.0% |
| 1986 | 877 ha | +9.1% |
| 1987 | 896 ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 899 ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 967 ha | +7.6% |
| 1990 | 998 ha | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 1,298 ha | +30.1% |
| 1992 | 1,537 ha | +18.4% |
| 1993 | 1,628 ha | +5.9% |
| 1994 | 1,700 ha | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 1,824 ha | +7.3% |
| 1996 | 1,897 ha | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 2,567 ha | +35.3% |
| 1998 | 1,368 ha | -46.7% |
| 1999 | 1,366 ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 1,931 ha | +41.4% |
| 2001 | 1,516 ha | -21.5% |
| 2002 | 1,463 ha | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 1,464 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,600 ha | +9.3% |
| 2005 | 1,444 ha | -9.8% |
| 2006 | 1,444 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,444 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,440 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 2,237 ha | +55.3% |
| 2010 | 2,469 ha | +10.4% |
| 2011 | 2,366 ha | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 2,477 ha | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 2,599 ha | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 2,290 ha | -11.9% |
| 2015 | 2,300 ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 2,407 ha | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 2,341 ha | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 2,417 ha | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 2,154 ha | -10.9% |
| 2020 | 2,216 ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 2,393 ha | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 2,824 ha | +18.0% |
| 2023 | 2,734 ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 2,578 ha | -5.7% |
Qatar compared with similar countries
- Qatar's 2,578 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,451 ha, 58% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Qatar's 2,578 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 31,182 ha, 8% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Area harvested in Qatar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +55.3% | 1,440 ha | 2,237 ha |
| 1998 | -46.7% | 2,567 ha | 1,368 ha |
| 2000 | +41.4% | 1,366 ha | 1,931 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 145 ha | 0 ha | 750 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 819.1 ha | 677 ha | 967 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,618 ha | 998 ha | 2,567 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,598 ha | 1,440 ha | 2,237 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,382 ha | 2,154 ha | 2,599 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,549 ha | 2,216 ha | 2,824 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Qatar
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0031 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 221.93 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0064 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — area harvested in Qatar?
- Dates — area harvested in Qatar was 2,578 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 2,824 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Qatar rank for dates — area harvested?
- Qatar ranks 24th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Qatar 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.