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Which Country Produces the Most Dates?

Production of Dates (tonnes), 2021
Agriculture | January 12, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 37 countries in 2021, Egypt ranked the highest in production of dates with 1,747,715 tonnes followed by Saudi Arabia and Iran. On the other end of the scale was Colombia with 55.0 tonnes, Djibouti with 130 tonnes and Swaziland with 310 tonnes.

Total production of dates reached 9,656,378 tonnes in 2021 in the World according to Faostat. This is 1.44 % more than in the previous year and 24.8 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total production of dates reached an all time high of 9,656,378 tonnes in 2021 and an all time low of 1,809,091 tonnes in 1962. The average annual growth amounted to 2.79 % since 1961.

The top ranked country, Egypt, accounted for 18.1 % of production of dates in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 47.8 % share while the ten largest countries some 89.3 % in 2021.

Data for more countries are available at Production of Dates indicator page.

Production of Dates Unit 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Algeria tonnes 1,029,596 1,058,559 1,094,700 1,136,025 1,151,909
China tonnes 156,628 159,413 164,356 160,132 161,300
Egypt tonnes 1,549,260 1,542,111 1,563,687 1,644,210 1,711,200
Iran tonnes 1,185,165 1,202,200 1,356,684 1,307,908 1,236,967
Iraq tonnes 615,211 618,818 646,163 639,315 735,353
Kuwait tonnes 93,147 87,391 96,656 105,648 111,750
Libya tonnes 176,636 179,523 173,680 174,850 177,630
Morocco tonnes 125,329 129,562 111,701 101,537 143,160
Oman tonnes 355,332 360,917 368,808 376,850 368,577
Pakistan tonnes 438,989 440,606 446,995 564,904 560,184
Saudi Arabia tonnes 1,153,009 1,224,192 1,302,859 1,539,756 1,541,769
Sudan tonnes 439,120 442,000 413,600 438,700 465,323
Tunisia tonnes 241,000 260,000 305,000 289,000 332,000
Turkey tonnes 34,650 38,043 46,676 51,317 60,661
United Arab Emirates tonnes 410,958 344,714 345,119 341,246 351,462