Dates — Yield in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Dates — Yield was 7,817 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Yield in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, dates — yield in Southern Asia stood at 7,817 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.9% on the previous year and up 36.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — yield in Southern Asia peaked at 8,873 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4,028 kg/ha, in 1982.
That places Southern Asia 10th out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Dates — Yield in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,299 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,291 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 4,391 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 4,338 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 4,697 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1966 | 4,463 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1967 | 4,373 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 4,343 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1969 | 4,398 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 4,744 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1971 | 4,457 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1972 | 4,907 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1973 | 4,537 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1974 | 4,697 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1975 | 4,447 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1976 | 4,766 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1977 | 4,791 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 4,707 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 4,788 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 4,185 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1981 | 4,059 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 4,028 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 5,016 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 1984 | 5,036 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 4,697 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1986 | 4,686 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 4,894 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 4,990 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 5,056 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 4,991 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 5,049 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 4,804 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1993 | 6,103 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 1994 | 6,034 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 5,834 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 5,775 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 5,289 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1998 | 6,496 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 1999 | 5,847 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2000 | 5,379 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2001 | 5,400 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 5,745 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 5,232 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2004 | 5,854 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2005 | 5,339 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2006 | 5,257 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 5,381 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 5,312 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 5,234 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 5,026 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 5,031 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 5,463 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2013 | 5,336 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 5,737 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 5,749 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 5,845 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 6,125 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 6,430 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 7,215 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2020 | 7,381 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 8,313 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2022 | 5,757 kg/ha | -30.7% |
| 2023 | 8,873 kg/ha | +54.1% |
| 2024 | 7,817 kg/ha | -11.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Yield in Southern Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +54.1% | 5,757 kg/ha | 8,873 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,399 kg/ha | 4,291 kg/ha | 4,697 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,684 kg/ha | 4,447 kg/ha | 4,907 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,665 kg/ha | 4,028 kg/ha | 5,056 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,622 kg/ha | 4,804 kg/ha | 6,496 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,413 kg/ha | 5,232 kg/ha | 5,854 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,796 kg/ha | 5,026 kg/ha | 7,215 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,628 kg/ha | 5,757 kg/ha | 8,873 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 7 China 13,097 kg/ha compare
- 7 China, mainland 13,097 kg/ha compare
- 9 Sudan 11,955 kg/ha compare
- 10 Sudan (former) 11,908 kg/ha compare
- 11 Mali 8,896 kg/ha compare
- 12 United Arab Emirates 8,572 kg/ha compare
- 13 Palestine 8,251 kg/ha compare
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- Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 7.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 6.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 7.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 5.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 4.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 7.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Chickens — Stocks, annual growth rate 4.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 3.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -1.88 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — yield in Southern Asia?
- Dates — yield in Southern Asia was 7,817 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — yield recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 8,873 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest dates — yield recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,028 kg/ha in 1982.
- How does Southern Asia rank for dates — yield?
- Southern Asia ranks 10th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is dates — yield rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.