Dates — Yield in Qatar
Qatar: Dates — Yield was 13,702 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Yield in Qatar, 1978–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, dates — yield in Qatar stood at 13,702 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.4% on the previous year and up 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — yield in Qatar peaked at 14,972 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 3,801 kg/ha, in 1980.
That places Qatar 6th out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
Dates — Yield in Qatar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 3,857 kg/ha | — |
| 1979 | 3,876 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 3,801 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 7,093 kg/ha | +86.6% |
| 1982 | 9,770 kg/ha | +37.7% |
| 1983 | 8,788 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1984 | 7,267 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1985 | 6,121 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1986 | 5,674 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1987 | 5,800 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 5,862 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 5,459 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1990 | 5,723 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 6,944 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 1992 | 6,194 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1993 | 6,587 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1994 | 6,724 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 6,871 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 7,687 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1997 | 8,927 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1998 | 11,995 kg/ha | +34.4% |
| 1999 | 11,998 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 8,346 kg/ha | -30.4% |
| 2001 | 8,647 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 10,147 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2003 | 11,324 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2004 | 11,389 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 13,742 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 2006 | 14,934 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2007 | 14,934 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 14,972 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 9,305 kg/ha | -37.9% |
| 2010 | 8,704 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 8,747 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 8,818 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 11,998 kg/ha | +36.1% |
| 2014 | 12,001 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 12,000 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 12,000 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 12,001 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 12,003 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 12,000 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 12,007 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 12,000 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 11,999 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 13,002 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2024 | 13,702 kg/ha | +5.4% |
Qatar compared with similar countries
- Qatar's 13,702 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 11,137 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Qatar's 13,702 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 7,369 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Yield in Qatar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +86.6% | 3,801 kg/ha | 7,093 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3,867 kg/ha | 3,857 kg/ha | 3,876 kg/ha | 2 |
| 1980s | 6,563 kg/ha | 3,801 kg/ha | 9,770 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,965 kg/ha | 5,723 kg/ha | 11,998 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,774 kg/ha | 8,346 kg/ha | 14,972 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,027 kg/ha | 8,704 kg/ha | 12,003 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,542 kg/ha | 11,999 kg/ha | 13,702 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Qatar
More agriculture & rural data for Qatar
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0031 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 221.93 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0064 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — yield in Qatar?
- Dates — yield in Qatar was 13,702 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — yield recorded in Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 14,972 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest dates — yield recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,801 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Qatar rank for dates — yield?
- Qatar ranks 6th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — yield rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Qatar 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.