Dates — Production in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Dates — Production was 4.23 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Dates — Production in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dates — production in Northern Africa is 4.23 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 27.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — production in Northern Africa peaked at 4.23 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 656,800 t, in 1962.
Northern Africa ranks 4th of 23 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 737,053 t | 656,800 t | 806,050 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 868,340 t | 686,376 t | 979,825 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.00 million t | 924,993 t | 1.16 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.44 million t | 1.13 million t | 1.86 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.36 million t | 2.00 million t | 2.69 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.36 million t | 2.87 million t | 3.78 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.12 million t | 3.98 million t | 4.23 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Northern Africa
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 45,744 An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 15,893 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 90,508 ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 45,744 An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 149.18 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 7,042 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 34 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 1,557 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 45,744 An (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 123.39 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — production in Northern Africa?
- Dates — production in Northern Africa was 4.23 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4.23 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest dates — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 656,800 t in 1962.
- How does Northern Africa rank for dates — production?
- Northern Africa ranks 4th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is dates — production rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Northern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Dates — Production. 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.