Dates — Yield in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Dates — Yield was 8,572 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Dates — Yield in United Arab Emirates, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, dates — yield in United Arab Emirates stood at 8,572 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — yield in United Arab Emirates peaked at 14,989 kg/ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 3,147 kg/ha, in 1999.
That places United Arab Emirates 12th out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Dates — Yield in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,818 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1963 | 12,281 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1964 | 12,295 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 12,295 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 12,258 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 12,295 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 12,414 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 12,667 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 12,500 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 12,727 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1972 | 12,941 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 14,989 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1974 | 12,000 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1975 | 10,000 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1976 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 7,480 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 1978 | 6,794 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1979 | 7,182 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1980 | 9,194 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1981 | 7,772 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1982 | 8,158 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 8,634 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1984 | 8,888 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 9,750 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1986 | 12,812 kg/ha | +31.4% |
| 1987 | 11,952 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1988 | 6,385 kg/ha | -46.6% |
| 1989 | 6,385 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 6,385 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 7,739 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1992 | 8,250 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1993 | 8,182 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 8,181 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 7,843 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 7,890 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 7,889 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 4,908 kg/ha | -37.8% |
| 1999 | 3,147 kg/ha | -35.9% |
| 2000 | 4,088 kg/ha | +29.9% |
| 2001 | 4,088 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4,088 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 4,088 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 4,086 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 4,088 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 4,086 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 4,088 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 4,088 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 4,081 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 4,181 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 5,811 kg/ha | +39.0% |
| 2012 | 5,794 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 7,890 kg/ha | +36.2% |
| 2014 | 9,158 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2015 | 10,785 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 2016 | 10,825 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 9,072 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2018 | 9,054 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 8,745 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 8,956 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 9,430 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 8,637 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2023 | 8,653 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 8,572 kg/ha | -0.9% |
United Arab Emirates compared with similar countries
- United Arab Emirates's 8,572 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 11,137 kg/ha, 77% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- United Arab Emirates's 8,572 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 7,369 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Yield in United Arab Emirates 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | -46.6% | 11,952 kg/ha | 6,385 kg/ha |
| 2011 | +39.0% | 4,181 kg/ha | 5,811 kg/ha |
| 1998 | -37.8% | 7,889 kg/ha | 4,908 kg/ha |
| 1999 | -35.9% | 4,908 kg/ha | 3,147 kg/ha |
| 2013 | +36.2% | 5,794 kg/ha | 7,890 kg/ha |
| 1986 | +31.4% | 9,750 kg/ha | 12,812 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,258 kg/ha | 11,818 kg/ha | 12,667 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,661 kg/ha | 6,794 kg/ha | 14,989 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,993 kg/ha | 6,385 kg/ha | 12,812 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,041 kg/ha | 3,147 kg/ha | 8,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,087 kg/ha | 4,081 kg/ha | 4,088 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,132 kg/ha | 4,181 kg/ha | 10,825 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,850 kg/ha | 8,572 kg/ha | 9,430 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for United Arab Emirates
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0077 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 386.83 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1404 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — yield in United Arab Emirates?
- Dates — yield in United Arab Emirates was 8,572 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — yield recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 14,989 kg/ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest dates — yield recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,147 kg/ha in 1999.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for dates — yield?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 12th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — yield rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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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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.