Dates — Yield in Eswatini
Eswatini: Dates — Yield was 3,177 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Dates — Yield in Eswatini, 1999–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, dates — yield in Eswatini stood at 3,177 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — yield in Eswatini peaked at 3,500 kg/ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 3,111 kg/ha, in 2006.
Eswatini ranks 27th of 37 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Dates — Yield in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3,333 kg/ha | — |
| 2000 | 3,362 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 3,500 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 3,333 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 3,308 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 3,283 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 3,258 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 3,111 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 3,224 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 3,221 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 3,214 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 3,158 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 3,200 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 3,300 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 3,230 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 3,202 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 3,208 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 3,191 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 3,184 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 3,180 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 3,176 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 3,172 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 3,176 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 3,182 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 3,179 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 3,177 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 3,177 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,861 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 3,177 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,054 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,333 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 1 |
| 2000s | 3,281 kg/ha | 3,111 kg/ha | 3,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,203 kg/ha | 3,158 kg/ha | 3,300 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,177 kg/ha | 3,172 kg/ha | 3,182 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — yield in Eswatini?
- Dates — yield in Eswatini was 3,177 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — yield recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 3,500 kg/ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest dates — yield recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,111 kg/ha in 2006.
- How does Eswatini rank for dates — yield?
- Eswatini ranks 27th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — yield rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini 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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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.