Dates — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Dates — Area harvested was 15,681 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dates — area harvested in Western Africa is 15,681 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 22,218 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 3,930 ha, in 1976.
That places Western Africa 9th out of 20 groups 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 Western Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1963 | 7,700 ha | +54.0% |
| 1964 | 8,700 ha | +13.0% |
| 1965 | 9,200 ha | +5.7% |
| 1966 | 6,700 ha | -27.2% |
| 1967 | 6,200 ha | -7.5% |
| 1968 | 6,400 ha | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 5,900 ha | -7.8% |
| 1970 | 6,700 ha | +13.6% |
| 1971 | 5,200 ha | -22.4% |
| 1972 | 5,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 5,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 5,300 ha | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 5,360 ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 3,930 ha | -26.7% |
| 1977 | 5,630 ha | +43.3% |
| 1978 | 6,000 ha | +6.6% |
| 1979 | 6,530 ha | +8.8% |
| 1980 | 6,600 ha | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 6,100 ha | -7.6% |
| 1982 | 5,640 ha | -7.5% |
| 1983 | 5,870 ha | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 5,700 ha | -2.9% |
| 1985 | 6,560 ha | +15.1% |
| 1986 | 6,560 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 6,060 ha | -7.6% |
| 1988 | 7,060 ha | +16.5% |
| 1989 | 7,560 ha | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 7,874 ha | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 7,114 ha | -9.7% |
| 1992 | 6,460 ha | -9.2% |
| 1993 | 7,439 ha | +15.2% |
| 1994 | 10,227 ha | +37.5% |
| 1995 | 11,389 ha | +11.4% |
| 1996 | 10,770 ha | -5.4% |
| 1997 | 15,054 ha | +39.8% |
| 1998 | 7,433 ha | -50.6% |
| 1999 | 8,171 ha | +9.9% |
| 2000 | 8,225 ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 10,684 ha | +29.9% |
| 2002 | 11,351 ha | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 12,342 ha | +8.7% |
| 2004 | 11,573 ha | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 10,772 ha | -6.9% |
| 2006 | 11,366 ha | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 12,333 ha | +8.5% |
| 2008 | 14,019 ha | +13.7% |
| 2009 | 22,218 ha | +58.5% |
| 2010 | 20,591 ha | -7.3% |
| 2011 | 15,195 ha | -26.2% |
| 2012 | 14,243 ha | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 14,237 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 13,318 ha | -6.5% |
| 2015 | 15,375 ha | +15.4% |
| 2016 | 15,045 ha | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 14,578 ha | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 15,456 ha | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 15,451 ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 15,895 ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 15,650 ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 15,592 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 15,699 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 15,681 ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,811 ha | 5,000 ha | 9,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,505 ha | 3,930 ha | 6,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,371 ha | 5,640 ha | 7,560 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,193 ha | 6,460 ha | 15,054 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,488 ha | 8,225 ha | 22,218 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,349 ha | 13,318 ha | 20,591 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,703 ha | 15,592 ha | 15,895 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.0113 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 3.8 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Dates — area harvested in Western Africa was 15,681 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 22,218 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,930 ha in 1976.
- How does Western Africa rank for dates — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 9th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.