Who's the Major Date Eater?

Based on a comparison of 139 countries in 2021, Oman ranked the highest in date consumption per capita with 56.3 kg followed by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. On the other end of the scale was South Sudan with 0.010 kg, Ivory Coast with 0.010 kg and South Africa with 0.010 kg.

Average date consumption per capita reached 1.06 kg in 2021 in the World according to Faostat. This is 1.89 % more than in the previous year and 22.6 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, average date consumption per capita reached an all time high of 1.06 kg in 2021 and an all time low of 0.430 kg in 1968. The average annual growth amounted to 1.44 % since 1961.

Data for more countries are available at Date Consumption Per Capita indicator page.