Top Date Producing Countries

The bar chart shows the top ten date producing countries and their annual production in tones, 2001.

The leading producer of the dates is Egypt with over a million tonnes , while Iran was the second producer, with almost 0.9 million. Next came the U.A.E and Saudi Arabia rivaling each other with about 750,000 tonnes each. Also, Pakistan and Iraq have about the same annual production of the dates, both accounted for almost 600,000 tonnes. In the Gulf countries, the U.A.E is the leading producer of dates with 700,000 tonnes but Saudi Arabia was not far behind. Algeria supplied the world with nearly 400,000 tonnes and Oman around a quarter of a million. The final two countries produced less than 200,00 tonnes, Sudan and Libya.

In summary, date production is the most plentiful in Egypt while Libya is the scarcest. Also, there are 6 countries which produce more than half a million tonnes.

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