Dates — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Dates — Area harvested was 616,819 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Dates — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, dates — area harvested in Western Asia stood at 616,819 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 38.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 616,819 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 48,296 ha, in 1961.
That places Western Asia 2nd out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Dates — Area harvested in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 48,296 ha | — |
| 1962 | 49,356 ha | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 49,694 ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 50,299 ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 51,299 ha | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 52,936 ha | +3.2% |
| 1967 | 52,247 ha | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 54,140 ha | +3.6% |
| 1969 | 56,140 ha | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 57,220 ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 58,496 ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 60,716 ha | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 63,719 ha | +4.9% |
| 1974 | 92,492 ha | +45.2% |
| 1975 | 86,446 ha | -6.5% |
| 1976 | 96,460 ha | +11.6% |
| 1977 | 93,255 ha | -3.3% |
| 1978 | 100,419 ha | +7.7% |
| 1979 | 106,064 ha | +5.6% |
| 1980 | 103,779 ha | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 105,260 ha | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 111,862 ha | +6.3% |
| 1983 | 99,019 ha | -11.5% |
| 1984 | 101,437 ha | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 212,691 ha | +109.7% |
| 1986 | 235,115 ha | +10.5% |
| 1987 | 224,141 ha | -4.7% |
| 1988 | 237,082 ha | +5.8% |
| 1989 | 258,661 ha | +9.1% |
| 1990 | 264,824 ha | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 259,838 ha | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 270,877 ha | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 296,985 ha | +9.6% |
| 1994 | 329,384 ha | +10.9% |
| 1995 | 344,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 362,403 ha | +5.3% |
| 1997 | 355,294 ha | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 371,269 ha | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 465,257 ha | +25.3% |
| 2000 | 503,050 ha | +8.1% |
| 2001 | 489,765 ha | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 491,526 ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 494,357 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 447,322 ha | -9.5% |
| 2005 | 439,778 ha | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 494,092 ha | +12.4% |
| 2007 | 503,827 ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 509,187 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 507,540 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 535,482 ha | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 381,897 ha | -28.7% |
| 2012 | 392,553 ha | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 446,836 ha | +13.8% |
| 2014 | 446,978 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 419,881 ha | -6.1% |
| 2016 | 448,551 ha | +6.8% |
| 2017 | 461,154 ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 499,093 ha | +8.2% |
| 2019 | 463,065 ha | -7.2% |
| 2020 | 496,020 ha | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 534,072 ha | +7.7% |
| 2022 | 544,369 ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 596,812 ha | +9.6% |
| 2024 | 616,819 ha | +3.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Area harvested in Western 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +109.7% | 101,437 ha | 212,691 ha |
| 1974 | +45.2% | 63,719 ha | 92,492 ha |
| 2011 | -28.7% | 535,482 ha | 381,897 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51,601 ha | 48,296 ha | 56,140 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 81,529 ha | 57,220 ha | 106,064 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 168,905 ha | 99,019 ha | 258,661 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 332,043 ha | 259,838 ha | 465,257 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 488,044 ha | 439,778 ha | 509,187 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 449,549 ha | 381,897 ha | 535,482 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 557,618 ha | 496,020 ha | 616,819 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -4.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -10.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.6534 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 0.8791 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate -4.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -9.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -9.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 1.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Dates — area harvested in Western Asia was 616,819 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 616,819 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 48,296 ha in 1961.
- How does Western Asia rank for dates — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 2nd out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western 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.