Dates — Yield in Europe
Europe: Dates — Yield was 31,057 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Dates — Yield in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Europe recorded 31,057 kg/ha for dates — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 123.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — yield in Europe peaked at 31,057 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,360 kg/ha, in 2001.
That places Europe 1st out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Dates — Yield in Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 29,630 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 29,925 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 29,925 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 28,249 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1965 | 27,375 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1966 | 25,368 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1967 | 24,102 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1968 | 26,136 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1969 | 25,545 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 20,952 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1971 | 22,456 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1972 | 21,224 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1973 | 21,527 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 21,102 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1975 | 20,874 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 20,935 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 21,545 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 21,451 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 21,581 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 21,236 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 20,712 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 21,048 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 19,594 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1984 | 19,106 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 19,391 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 18,704 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1987 | 18,610 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 18,669 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 18,967 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 18,576 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 18,005 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 17,629 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 18,995 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1994 | 17,654 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1995 | 17,284 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 16,407 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1997 | 13,670 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1998 | 12,827 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1999 | 14,410 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2000 | 4,930 kg/ha | -65.8% |
| 2001 | 4,360 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2002 | 4,517 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 4,686 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 9,318 kg/ha | +98.9% |
| 2005 | 9,665 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 10,842 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2007 | 10,400 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 11,552 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2009 | 11,809 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 13,136 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2011 | 13,821 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 15,253 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2013 | 14,568 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 13,888 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 15,457 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2016 | 16,376 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 15,255 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2018 | 27,848 kg/ha | +82.5% |
| 2019 | 28,938 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 29,920 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 29,565 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 30,343 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 30,441 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 31,057 kg/ha | +2.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Yield in Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +98.9% | 4,686 kg/ha | 9,318 kg/ha |
| 2018 | +82.5% | 15,255 kg/ha | 27,848 kg/ha |
| 2000 | -65.8% | 14,410 kg/ha | 4,930 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,362 kg/ha | 24,102 kg/ha | 29,925 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,365 kg/ha | 20,874 kg/ha | 22,456 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,604 kg/ha | 18,610 kg/ha | 21,236 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,546 kg/ha | 12,827 kg/ha | 18,995 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,208 kg/ha | 4,360 kg/ha | 11,809 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,454 kg/ha | 13,136 kg/ha | 28,938 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,265 kg/ha | 29,565 kg/ha | 31,057 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — yield in Europe?
- Dates — yield in Europe was 31,057 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — yield recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 31,057 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest dates — yield recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,360 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Europe rank for dates — yield?
- Europe ranks 1st out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is dates — yield rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 123.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe 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.