Dates — Area harvested in Somalia
Somalia: Dates — Area harvested was 2,798 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Area harvested in Somalia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dates — area harvested in Somalia is 2,798 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Somalia peaked at 2,798 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,300 ha, in 1961.
That places Somalia 23rd out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Somalia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,800 ha | +28.6% |
| 1977 | 2,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1978 | 1,800 ha | -10.0% |
| 1979 | 2,300 ha | +27.8% |
| 1980 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,483 ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 2,300 ha | -7.4% |
| 1992 | 2,146 ha | -6.7% |
| 1993 | 2,381 ha | +11.0% |
| 1994 | 2,479 ha | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 2,430 ha | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 2,412 ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 2,407 ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 2,328 ha | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 2,322 ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 2,400 ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 2,600 ha | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 2,542 ha | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 2,750 ha | +8.2% |
| 2004 | 2,593 ha | -5.7% |
| 2005 | 2,500 ha | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 2,700 ha | +8.0% |
| 2007 | 2,609 ha | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 2,606 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 2,611 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 2,618 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 2,627 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 2,650 ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 2,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,685 ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 2,692 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 2,710 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 2,717 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 2,717 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,744 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 2,761 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 2,776 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 2,778 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,789 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 2,798 ha | +0.3% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 2,798 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 8,074 ha, 35% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 2,798 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 745 ha, 3.8× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Area harvested in Somalia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +28.6% | 1,400 ha | 1,800 ha |
| 1979 | +27.8% | 1,800 ha | 2,300 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,356 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,630 ha | 1,400 ha | 2,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,360 ha | 2,300 ha | 2,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,369 ha | 2,146 ha | 2,483 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,591 ha | 2,400 ha | 2,750 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,681 ha | 2,618 ha | 2,744 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,780 ha | 2,761 ha | 2,798 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4486 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 55.8% (1990)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 55.8% (1990)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — area harvested in Somalia?
- Dates — area harvested in Somalia was 2,798 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,798 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,300 ha in 1961.
- How does Somalia rank for dates — area harvested?
- Somalia ranks 23rd out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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.