Dates — Production in Western Asia
Western Asia: Dates — Production was 3.60 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Dates — Production in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, dates — production in Western Asia stood at 3.60 million t.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 60.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — production in Western Asia peaked at 3.61 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 560,315 t, in 1968.
That places Western Asia 5th out of 23 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 635,537 t | 560,315 t | 804,050 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 858,356 t | 603,563 t | 1.13 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.06 million t | 883,933 t | 1.34 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.80 million t | 1.39 million t | 2.38 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.67 million t | 2.49 million t | 2.87 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.69 million t | 2.24 million t | 3.18 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.46 million t | 3.30 million t | 3.61 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia
- Bananas — Production 1.37 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 788,652 An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 172,662 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 31,503 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 66,983 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 110,431 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 19.50 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 291,165 ha (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Production 5.42 million t (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying 228,391 1000 An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — production in Western Asia?
- Dates — production in Western Asia was 3.60 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — production recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.61 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest dates — production recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 560,315 t in 1968.
- How does Western Asia rank for dates — production?
- Western Asia ranks 5th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is dates — production rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.8%. 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 — 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.