Dates — Yield in Morocco
Morocco: Dates — Yield was 1,694 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Dates — Yield in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, dates — yield in Morocco stood at 1,694 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 5.7% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — yield in Morocco peaked at 5,454 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 651.4 kg/ha, in 1985.
That places Morocco 37th out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Dates — Yield in Morocco, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,778 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,111 kg/ha | -34.9% |
| 1963 | 4,444 kg/ha | +42.9% |
| 1964 | 4,722 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1965 | 4,778 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 4,500 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1967 | 4,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 4,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 4,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 4,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 4,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 4,000 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1973 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 4,070 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 4,165 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 4,270 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 4,235 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 4,500 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1979 | 4,217 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1980 | 4,237 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 3,218 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 1982 | 3,014 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1983 | 2,607 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1984 | 1,171 kg/ha | -55.1% |
| 1985 | 651.4 kg/ha | -44.4% |
| 1986 | 934.6 kg/ha | +43.5% |
| 1987 | 1,674 kg/ha | +79.1% |
| 1988 | 2,584 kg/ha | +54.3% |
| 1989 | 5,057 kg/ha | +95.8% |
| 1990 | 5,454 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1991 | 4,515 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1992 | 3,489 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1993 | 4,748 kg/ha | +36.1% |
| 1994 | 2,662 kg/ha | -43.9% |
| 1995 | 2,208 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1996 | 1,802 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1997 | 2,630 kg/ha | +46.0% |
| 1998 | 1,923 kg/ha | -26.9% |
| 1999 | 1,642 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2000 | 2,434 kg/ha | +48.3% |
| 2001 | 964.3 kg/ha | -60.4% |
| 2002 | 1,006 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 1,640 kg/ha | +63.0% |
| 2004 | 2,109 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 2005 | 1,369 kg/ha | -35.1% |
| 2006 | 1,281 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2007 | 2,058 kg/ha | +60.7% |
| 2008 | 1,949 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 2,169 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2010 | 1,487 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 2011 | 1,890 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 2012 | 1,786 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2013 | 1,950 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2014 | 1,770 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2015 | 1,735 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 2,156 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 2017 | 2,222 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 1,889 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2019 | 1,703 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2020 | 2,334 kg/ha | +37.0% |
| 2021 | 2,378 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 2,100 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2023 | 1,602 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 2024 | 1,694 kg/ha | +5.7% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 1,694 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,861 kg/ha, 59% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 1,694 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 7,369 kg/ha, 23% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,426 kg/ha | 3,111 kg/ha | 4,778 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,246 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 4,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,515 kg/ha | 651.4 kg/ha | 5,057 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,107 kg/ha | 1,642 kg/ha | 5,454 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,698 kg/ha | 964.3 kg/ha | 2,434 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,859 kg/ha | 1,487 kg/ha | 2,222 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,022 kg/ha | 1,602 kg/ha | 2,378 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — yield in Morocco?
- Dates — yield in Morocco was 1,694 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — yield recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 5,454 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest dates — yield recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 651.4 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Morocco rank for dates — yield?
- Morocco ranks 37th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — yield rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Morocco 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.