World Dates production: country ranking and trends
World Dates ranking with the latest FAOSTAT data, production, yields, harvested area and country detail pages.
World total (sum of available countries)9.93M t2024
Countries36
#1Saudi Arabia1.93M t
10-year change+34.3 %2014 → 2024
What the data show
In 2024, the sum of available national Dates production reaches 9.93M t. Saudi Arabia ranks first with 1.93M t, about 19.4 % of the calculated world total. Over ten years, available world production changed by +34.3 %.
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Which country produces the most Dates?
Saudi Arabia ranks #1 for 2024 with 1.93M t.
How is the world total for Dates calculated?
Terra Cultiva sums the available national observations for the same reference year.
Are these data real time?
No. Terra Cultiva is a historical observatory based on FAOSTAT releases; the latest available year is shown on each page.
World leaders
| Rank | Country | Production | World share |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Saudi Arabia | 1.93M t | 19.4 % |
| #2 | Egypt | 1.75M t | 17.6 % |
| #3 | Algeria | 1.34M t | 13.5 % |
| #4 | Iran | 1.18M t | 11.9 % |
| #5 | Pakistan | 604.2k t | 6.1 % |
| #6 | Iraq | 587.2k t | 5.9 % |
| #7 | Sudan | 443.1k t | 4.5 % |
| #8 | Oman | 400.7k t | 4.0 % |
| #9 | Tunisia | 400.2k t | 4.0 % |
| #10 | United Arab Emirates | 333.6k t | 3.4 % |
| #11 | Libya | 187.0k t | 1.9 % |
| #12 | China | 162.3k t | 1.6 % |
| #13 | Morocco | 111.9k t | 1.1 % |
| #14 | Kuwait | 102.2k t | 1.0 % |
| #15 | Israel | 80.0k t | 0.8 % |
| #16 | Yemen | 64.8k t | 0.7 % |
| #17 | United States | 56.7k t | 0.6 % |
| #18 | Qatar | 35.3k t | 0.4 % |
| #19 | Jordan | 32.6k t | 0.3 % |
| #20 | Mauritania | 22.3k t | 0.2 % |
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