Dates — Yield in Kuwait
Kuwait: Dates — Yield was 28,213 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Dates — Yield in Kuwait, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, dates — yield in Kuwait stood at 28,213 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 34.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — yield in Kuwait peaked at 46,127 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 2,800 kg/ha, in 1985.
That places Kuwait 2nd out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Dates — Yield in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 2,800 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 4,092 kg/ha | +46.1% |
| 1987 | 4,400 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1988 | 4,600 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 4,885 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1990 | 4,000 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1991 | 3,600 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1992 | 14,493 kg/ha | +302.6% |
| 1993 | 14,409 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 21,680 kg/ha | +50.5% |
| 1995 | 21,618 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 21,605 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 21,630 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 18,740 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1999 | 18,751 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 18,736 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 14,421 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 2002 | 14,420 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 14,415 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 14,410 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 14,417 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 18,735 kg/ha | +29.9% |
| 2007 | 18,739 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 18,742 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 19,145 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 18,743 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 46,120 kg/ha | +146.1% |
| 2012 | 46,127 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 38,932 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2014 | 43,248 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2015 | 34,591 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2016 | 31,715 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2017 | 28,832 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2018 | 28,827 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 28,810 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 30,450 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 31,390 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 30,027 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 28,636 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2024 | 28,213 kg/ha | -1.5% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 28,213 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 11,137 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 28,213 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 7,369 kg/ha, 3.8× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Yield in Kuwait 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +302.6% | 3,600 kg/ha | 14,493 kg/ha |
| 2011 | +146.1% | 18,743 kg/ha | 46,120 kg/ha |
| 1994 | +50.5% | 14,409 kg/ha | 21,680 kg/ha |
| 1986 | +46.1% | 2,800 kg/ha | 4,092 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4,155 kg/ha | 2,800 kg/ha | 4,885 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 16,053 kg/ha | 3,600 kg/ha | 21,680 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,618 kg/ha | 14,410 kg/ha | 19,145 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 34,595 kg/ha | 18,743 kg/ha | 46,127 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,743 kg/ha | 28,213 kg/ha | 31,390 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Kuwait
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0053 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 171.42 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2005)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — yield in Kuwait?
- Dates — yield in Kuwait was 28,213 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — yield recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 46,127 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest dates — yield recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,800 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Kuwait rank for dates — yield?
- Kuwait ranks 2nd out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — yield rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kuwait 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.