Dates — Yield in Somalia
Somalia: Dates — Yield was 5,083 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Yield in Somalia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dates — yield in Somalia is 5,083 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — yield in Somalia peaked at 5,248 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3,615 kg/ha, in 1961.
Somalia ranks 22nd of 37 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Dates — Yield in Somalia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,615 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,692 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 3,769 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 3,846 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 3,643 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1966 | 3,714 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 3,786 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 3,786 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 3,857 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 3,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,929 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 3,929 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4,000 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,889 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1977 | 4,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 3,889 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 3,913 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 3,913 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,913 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,913 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 4,000 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 3,917 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 4,000 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 4,042 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 4,083 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 4,125 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 4,167 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 4,068 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 3,696 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1992 | 3,728 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 3,780 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 3,832 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 3,885 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 3,937 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 3,984 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 4,037 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 4,092 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 4,167 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 4,231 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 4,267 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 4,364 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 4,325 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 4,200 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 4,444 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 4,535 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 4,612 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 4,678 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 4,733 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 4,785 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 4,906 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 4,906 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4,943 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 5,020 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 5,073 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 5,126 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 5,187 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 5,248 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 5,122 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 5,119 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 5,130 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 5,092 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 5,083 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 5,083 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 4,720 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 5,083 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,054 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,745 kg/ha | 3,615 kg/ha | 3,857 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,941 kg/ha | 3,857 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,007 kg/ha | 3,913 kg/ha | 4,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,904 kg/ha | 3,696 kg/ha | 4,092 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,382 kg/ha | 4,167 kg/ha | 4,678 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,993 kg/ha | 4,733 kg/ha | 5,248 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,109 kg/ha | 5,083 kg/ha | 5,130 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4486 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 55.8% (1990)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 55.8% (1990)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — yield in Somalia?
- Dates — yield in Somalia was 5,083 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — yield recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 5,248 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest dates — yield recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,615 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Somalia rank for dates — yield?
- Somalia ranks 22nd out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — yield rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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.