Dates — Yield in Mali
Mali: Dates — Yield was 8,896 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Dates — Yield in Mali, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dates — yield in Mali is 8,896 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 24.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — yield in Mali peaked at 12,516 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 5,826 kg/ha, in 2018.
Mali ranks 11th of 37 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Dates — Yield in Mali, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 12,516 kg/ha | — |
| 1992 | 12,494 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 12,474 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 12,454 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 12,436 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 12,419 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 12,403 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 12,387 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 12,372 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 12,358 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 12,345 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 12,332 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 12,319 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 12,308 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 12,296 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 12,286 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 12,275 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 12,261 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 12,249 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 12,246 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 12,246 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 12,246 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 12,246 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 11,812 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 11,738 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 12,246 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 12,185 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 5,826 kg/ha | -52.2% |
| 2019 | 7,363 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 2020 | 11,026 kg/ha | +49.8% |
| 2021 | 10,678 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 9,394 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2023 | 9,078 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 8,896 kg/ha | -2.0% |
Mali compared with similar countries
- Mali's 8,896 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 4,720 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Mali's 8,896 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,054 kg/ha, 2.9× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Yield in Mali 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | -52.2% | 12,185 kg/ha | 5,826 kg/ha |
| 2020 | +49.8% | 7,363 kg/ha | 11,026 kg/ha |
| 2019 | +26.4% | 5,826 kg/ha | 7,363 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12,439 kg/ha | 12,372 kg/ha | 12,516 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 12,303 kg/ha | 12,249 kg/ha | 12,358 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,015 kg/ha | 5,826 kg/ha | 12,246 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,814 kg/ha | 8,896 kg/ha | 11,026 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mali
- 9 Sudan 11,955 kg/ha compare
- 10 Sudan (former) 11,908 kg/ha compare
- 12 United Arab Emirates 8,572 kg/ha compare
- 13 Palestine 8,251 kg/ha compare
- 14 Algeria 7,600 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mali
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 394.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 33.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 33.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — yield in Mali?
- Dates — yield in Mali was 8,896 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — yield recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 12,516 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest dates — yield recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,826 kg/ha in 2018.
- How does Mali rank for dates — yield?
- Mali ranks 11th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — yield rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mali 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.