Dates — Area harvested in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Dates — Area harvested was 228,517 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dates — area harvested in Southern Asia is 228,517 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 8.6% on the previous year and down 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 315,503 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 86,700 ha, in 1963.
Southern Asia ranks 6th of 20 groups 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 Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 86,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 87,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 86,700 ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 96,500 ha | +11.3% |
| 1965 | 97,700 ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 96,700 ha | -1.0% |
| 1967 | 97,600 ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 99,200 ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 98,400 ha | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 98,500 ha | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 103,900 ha | +5.5% |
| 1972 | 101,400 ha | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 102,100 ha | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 99,800 ha | -2.3% |
| 1975 | 102,471 ha | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 105,335 ha | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 103,918 ha | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 103,640 ha | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 104,100 ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 106,135 ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 109,878 ha | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 151,444 ha | +37.8% |
| 1983 | 137,509 ha | -9.2% |
| 1984 | 139,314 ha | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 141,695 ha | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 155,663 ha | +9.9% |
| 1987 | 163,564 ha | +5.1% |
| 1988 | 168,439 ha | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 162,708 ha | -3.4% |
| 1990 | 161,002 ha | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 183,551 ha | +14.0% |
| 1992 | 177,650 ha | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 211,731 ha | +19.2% |
| 1994 | 224,173 ha | +5.9% |
| 1995 | 224,981 ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 240,692 ha | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 267,346 ha | +11.1% |
| 1998 | 252,408 ha | -5.6% |
| 1999 | 254,172 ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 263,315 ha | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 261,738 ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 261,744 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 265,936 ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 275,355 ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 279,714 ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 279,374 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 299,466 ha | +7.2% |
| 2008 | 287,638 ha | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 289,480 ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 304,564 ha | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 315,503 ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 291,842 ha | -7.5% |
| 2013 | 288,768 ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 273,682 ha | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 261,005 ha | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 277,858 ha | +6.5% |
| 2017 | 268,208 ha | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 280,525 ha | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 259,583 ha | -7.5% |
| 2020 | 243,551 ha | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 241,337 ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 218,676 ha | -9.4% |
| 2023 | 210,389 ha | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 228,517 ha | +8.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Area harvested in Southern Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +37.8% | 109,878 ha | 151,444 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 94,078 ha | 86,700 ha | 99,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 102,516 ha | 98,500 ha | 105,335 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 143,635 ha | 106,135 ha | 168,439 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 219,771 ha | 161,002 ha | 267,346 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 276,376 ha | 261,738 ha | 299,466 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 282,154 ha | 259,583 ha | 315,503 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 228,494 ha | 210,389 ha | 243,551 ha | 5 |
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- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 2.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 3.89 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — area harvested in Southern Asia?
- Dates — area harvested in Southern Asia was 228,517 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 315,503 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 86,700 ha in 1963.
- How does Southern Asia rank for dates — area harvested?
- Southern Asia ranks 6th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.