Dates — Yield in Israel
Israel: Dates — Yield was 15,154 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Dates — Yield in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dates — yield in Israel is 15,154 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.5% on the previous year and up 46.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — yield in Israel peaked at 15,154 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,886 kg/ha, in 2008.
That places Israel 4th out of 37 countries 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 Israel, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,571 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,750 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 9,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 8,800 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1965 | 8,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,333 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1967 | 9,000 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1968 | 9,500 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1969 | 10,500 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1970 | 11,500 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1971 | 12,093 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1972 | 12,083 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 12,041 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 11,930 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 12,069 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 13,500 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1977 | 12,424 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1978 | 10,921 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1979 | 12,132 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1980 | 12,250 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 10,196 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1982 | 9,434 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1983 | 8,030 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1984 | 8,852 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1985 | 7,606 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1986 | 9,231 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1987 | 10,110 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1988 | 8,788 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1989 | 11,619 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 1990 | 10,335 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1991 | 10,040 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 7,325 kg/ha | -27.0% |
| 1993 | 9,085 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 1994 | 9,490 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 11,008 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1996 | 8,275 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 1997 | 7,871 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 6,518 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1999 | 8,378 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 2000 | 5,668 kg/ha | -32.4% |
| 2001 | 5,392 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 7,125 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 2003 | 5,351 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 2004 | 5,567 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 5,509 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 5,521 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 5,542 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 4,886 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2009 | 6,113 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 2010 | 6,124 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 6,729 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2012 | 10,674 kg/ha | +58.6% |
| 2013 | 10,820 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 10,378 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 10,269 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 10,375 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 10,192 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 9,419 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 9,046 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 9,183 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 10,371 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2022 | 12,552 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 2023 | 14,094 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2024 | 15,154 kg/ha | +7.5% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 15,154 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 11,137 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Israel's 15,154 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 7,369 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,251 kg/ha | 8,571 kg/ha | 10,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,069 kg/ha | 10,921 kg/ha | 13,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,612 kg/ha | 7,606 kg/ha | 12,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,832 kg/ha | 6,518 kg/ha | 11,008 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,667 kg/ha | 4,886 kg/ha | 7,125 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,403 kg/ha | 6,124 kg/ha | 10,820 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,271 kg/ha | 9,183 kg/ha | 15,154 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Israel
- 1 Albania 31,057 kg/ha compare
- 1 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 8,722 kg/ha compare
- 2 Kuwait 28,213 kg/ha compare
- 3 Egypt 20,365 kg/ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 3,860 kg/ha compare
- 5 Oman 14,420 kg/ha compare
- 5 Türkiye 3,521 kg/ha compare
- 6 Qatar 13,702 kg/ha compare
- 7 China 13,097 kg/ha compare
- 7 China, mainland 13,097 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Israel
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 696.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7021 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — yield in Israel?
- Dates — yield in Israel was 15,154 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — yield recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 15,154 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest dates — yield recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,886 kg/ha in 2008.
- How does Israel rank for dates — yield?
- Israel ranks 4th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — yield rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Israel 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.