Dates — Area harvested in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Dates — Area harvested was 38,921 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Dates — Area harvested in United Arab Emirates, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, dates — area harvested in United Arab Emirates stood at 38,921 ha.
The figure is down 4.3% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in United Arab Emirates peaked at 197,400 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 500 ha, in 1961.
United Arab Emirates ranks 8th of 37 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Dates — Area harvested in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 570 ha | +3.6% |
| 1964 | 610 ha | +7.0% |
| 1965 | 610 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 620 ha | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 610 ha | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 580 ha | -4.9% |
| 1969 | 600 ha | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 640 ha | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 660 ha | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 680 ha | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 708 ha | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 1,500 ha | +111.9% |
| 1975 | 2,200 ha | +46.7% |
| 1976 | 2,600 ha | +18.2% |
| 1977 | 4,032 ha | +55.1% |
| 1978 | 5,739 ha | +42.3% |
| 1979 | 5,600 ha | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 5,564 ha | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 6,313 ha | +13.5% |
| 1982 | 7,146 ha | +13.2% |
| 1983 | 7,138 ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 5,864 ha | -17.8% |
| 1985 | 6,125 ha | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 6,123 ha | -0.0% |
| 1987 | 6,649 ha | +8.6% |
| 1988 | 22,156 ha | +233.2% |
| 1989 | 22,156 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 22,156 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 22,368 ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 27,926 ha | +24.8% |
| 1993 | 28,860 ha | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 28,860 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 30,215 ha | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 31,005 ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 36,531 ha | +17.8% |
| 1998 | 59,179 ha | +62.0% |
| 1999 | 170,330 ha | +187.8% |
| 2000 | 185,330 ha | +8.8% |
| 2001 | 185,330 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 185,329 ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 185,330 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 186,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 185,330 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 185,395 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 185,330 ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 185,330 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 186,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 197,400 ha | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 41,159 ha | -79.1% |
| 2012 | 38,233 ha | -7.1% |
| 2013 | 30,148 ha | -21.1% |
| 2014 | 35,572 ha | +18.0% |
| 2015 | 37,362 ha | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 37,963 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 37,997 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 38,117 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 39,020 ha | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 39,245 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 40,615 ha | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 40,687 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 40,652 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 38,921 ha | -4.3% |
United Arab Emirates compared with similar countries
- United Arab Emirates's 38,921 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,451 ha, 8.7× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- United Arab Emirates's 38,921 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 31,182 ha, 1.2× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Area harvested in United Arab Emirates 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +233.2% | 6,649 ha | 22,156 ha |
| 1999 | +187.8% | 59,179 ha | 170,330 ha |
| 1974 | +111.9% | 708 ha | 1,500 ha |
| 2011 | -79.1% | 197,400 ha | 41,159 ha |
| 1998 | +62.0% | 36,531 ha | 59,179 ha |
| 1977 | +55.1% | 2,600 ha | 4,032 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 583.33 ha | 500 ha | 620 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,436 ha | 640 ha | 5,739 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,523 ha | 5,564 ha | 22,156 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 45,743 ha | 22,156 ha | 170,330 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 185,470 ha | 185,329 ha | 186,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 53,297 ha | 30,148 ha | 197,400 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,024 ha | 38,921 ha | 40,687 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for United Arab Emirates
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0077 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 386.83 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1404 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — area harvested in United Arab Emirates?
- Dates — area harvested in United Arab Emirates was 38,921 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 197,400 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 ha in 1961.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for dates — area harvested?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 8th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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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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.