Dates — Area harvested in World
World: Dates — Area harvested was 1.38 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Dates — Area harvested in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dates — area harvested in World is 1.38 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in World peaked at 1.38 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 238,349 ha, in 1962.
World ranks 1st of 20 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Dates — Area harvested in World, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 240,972 ha | — |
| 1962 | 238,349 ha | -1.1% |
| 1963 | 257,461 ha | +8.0% |
| 1964 | 280,170 ha | +8.8% |
| 1965 | 272,106 ha | -2.9% |
| 1966 | 271,106 ha | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 286,575 ha | +5.7% |
| 1968 | 293,429 ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 277,436 ha | -5.5% |
| 1970 | 265,365 ha | -4.4% |
| 1971 | 298,578 ha | +12.5% |
| 1972 | 300,350 ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 304,666 ha | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 333,908 ha | +9.6% |
| 1975 | 330,135 ha | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 338,846 ha | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 328,569 ha | -3.0% |
| 1978 | 350,998 ha | +6.8% |
| 1979 | 366,118 ha | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 359,355 ha | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 370,032 ha | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 418,608 ha | +13.1% |
| 1983 | 390,035 ha | -6.8% |
| 1984 | 395,915 ha | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 543,382 ha | +37.2% |
| 1986 | 580,371 ha | +6.8% |
| 1987 | 578,803 ha | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 595,342 ha | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 619,846 ha | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 625,085 ha | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 653,311 ha | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 661,112 ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 726,352 ha | +9.9% |
| 1994 | 784,516 ha | +8.0% |
| 1995 | 826,453 ha | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 873,396 ha | +5.7% |
| 1997 | 894,624 ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 893,152 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 999,612 ha | +11.9% |
| 2000 | 1.05 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2001 | 1.05 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 1.08 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 1.09 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 1.06 million ha | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 1.07 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 1.14 million ha | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 1.17 million ha | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 1.17 million ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 1.19 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 1.27 million ha | +6.9% |
| 2011 | 1.12 million ha | -12.3% |
| 2012 | 1.11 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 1.15 million ha | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 1.15 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 1.12 million ha | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 1.18 million ha | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 1.19 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 1.24 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 1.18 million ha | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 1.22 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 1.27 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 1.28 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 1.34 million ha | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 1.38 million ha | +3.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Area harvested in World 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 | +37.2% | 395,915 ha | 543,382 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 268,623 ha | 238,349 ha | 293,429 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 321,753 ha | 265,365 ha | 366,118 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 485,169 ha | 359,355 ha | 619,846 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 793,761 ha | 625,085 ha | 999,612 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.11 million ha | 1.05 million ha | 1.19 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.17 million ha | 1.11 million ha | 1.27 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.30 million ha | 1.22 million ha | 1.38 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 Saudi Arabia 257,613 ha compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 135,540 ha compare
- 2 Iraq 256,758 ha compare
- 3 Algeria 175,962 ha compare
- 4 Pakistan 92,977 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — area harvested in World?
- Dates — area harvested in World was 1.38 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 1.38 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 238,349 ha in 1962.
- How does World rank for dates — area harvested?
- World ranks 1st out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this World 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.