Dates — Yield in Africa
Africa: Dates — Yield was 8,423 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dates — yield in Africa is 8,423 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — yield in Africa peaked at 8,947 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5,750 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places Africa 8th out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Dates — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,109 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,178 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1963 | 6,999 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1964 | 5,964 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1965 | 6,783 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1966 | 6,249 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1967 | 5,830 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1968 | 5,750 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 7,154 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1970 | 6,946 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1971 | 6,252 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1972 | 6,658 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1973 | 6,581 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 6,848 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 7,034 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 7,041 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 7,787 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1978 | 6,756 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1979 | 6,817 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 7,257 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1981 | 6,514 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1982 | 6,638 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 6,898 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1984 | 6,673 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1985 | 5,758 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1986 | 5,766 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 6,064 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1988 | 5,790 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1989 | 6,350 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1990 | 6,142 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 6,237 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 6,315 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 6,562 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 6,383 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 5,971 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1996 | 6,157 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 6,238 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 6,850 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1999 | 7,097 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 7,639 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2001 | 7,599 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 7,104 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 7,424 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 7,151 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 6,966 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 7,242 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 7,220 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 7,282 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 7,310 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 7,018 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 7,578 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 7,816 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 7,891 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 8,231 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 8,764 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 8,366 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 8,468 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 8,503 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 8,774 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 8,947 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 8,778 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 8,716 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 8,350 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 8,423 kg/ha | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,668 kg/ha | 5,750 kg/ha | 8,109 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,872 kg/ha | 6,252 kg/ha | 7,787 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,371 kg/ha | 5,758 kg/ha | 7,257 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,395 kg/ha | 5,971 kg/ha | 7,097 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,294 kg/ha | 6,966 kg/ha | 7,639 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,141 kg/ha | 7,018 kg/ha | 8,774 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,643 kg/ha | 8,350 kg/ha | 8,947 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — yield in Africa?
- Dates — yield in Africa was 8,423 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 8,947 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest dates — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,750 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Africa rank for dates — yield?
- Africa ranks 8th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is dates — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Dates — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.