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 |
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