Dates — Food in Western Asia
Western Asia: Dates — Food was 2,839 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Dates — Food in Western Asia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Western Asia recorded 2,839 1000 t for dates — food in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 14.2% on the previous year and up 54.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — food in Western Asia peaked at 2,839 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,230 1000 t, in 2014.
That places Western Asia 6th out of 30 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Dates — Food in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,692 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 1,739 1000 t | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 1,728 1000 t | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 1,844 1000 t | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 1,230 1000 t | -33.3% |
| 2015 | 1,660 1000 t | +35.0% |
| 2016 | 1,738 1000 t | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 1,885 1000 t | +8.5% |
| 2018 | 2,117 1000 t | +12.3% |
| 2019 | 2,335 1000 t | +10.3% |
| 2020 | 2,398 1000 t | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 2,327 1000 t | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 2,486 1000 t | +6.8% |
| 2023 | 2,839 1000 t | +14.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Food 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | -33.3% | 1,844 1000 t | 1,230 1000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,797 1000 t | 1,230 1000 t | 2,335 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,512 1000 t | 2,327 1000 t | 2,839 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia
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- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.6534 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -4.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 10.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % 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 — food in Western Asia?
- Dates — food in Western Asia was 2,839 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — food recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,839 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest dates — food recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,230 1000 t in 2014.
- How does Western Asia rank for dates — food?
- Western Asia ranks 6th out of 30 groups with data for 2023.
- Is dates — food rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.