Dates Consumption by Country

In 2023, Saudi Arabia had the largest listed food supply of dates among 150 reporters, at 1,696 thousand tonnes, while Oman had the highest per-capita figure at 54.27 kilograms per person per year. The 2023 listed total was 8,185 thousand tonnes, with Egypt second at 1,649 thousand tonnes and Algeria third at 1,059 thousand tonnes. The series spans 2019 through 2023, although some reporters have missing values for individual years.

Saudi Arabia leads the 2023 ranking at 1,696 thousand tonnes, only 1.03 times Egypt's figure at 1,649 thousand tonnes. Oman tops the per-capita ranking at 54.27 kilograms per person per year from 274 thousand tonnes, ahead of Saudi Arabia at 50.98 kilograms.

Dates Food Supply at a Glance

• Saudi Arabia had the largest listed dates food supply in 2023 at 1,696 thousand tonnes.
• Egypt ranked second at 1,649 thousand tonnes, followed by Algeria at 1,059 thousand tonnes.
• Oman had the highest per-capita food supply at 54.27 kilograms per person per year.
• The 2023 listed total was 8,185 thousand tonnes across 150 reporters with reported values.
• Among 148 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed dates food supply increased by 765 thousand tonnes, or 10.3 percent.
• The FAO Food element measures food available for human consumption and is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten.

Key Takeaways

Saudi Arabia narrowly led the 2023 dates food supply ranking, finishing only 47 thousand tonnes ahead of Egypt. Algeria was a more distant third at 1,059 thousand tonnes, while Iran and India completed the top five. Oman recorded the highest per-capita figure at 54.27 kilograms per person per year, slightly ahead of Saudi Arabia at 50.98 kilograms.

Between 2022 and 2023, listed supply across the 150 reporters with data in both years rose from 7,510 thousand tonnes to 8,185 thousand tonnes, a gain of 675 thousand tonnes (9.0 percent). Saudi Arabia and Pakistan together accounted for most of the largest increases, while Yemen and Iraq declined. Since 2019, the common-reporter total has grown 10.3 percent, with Saudi Arabia's 353-thousand-tonne gain nearly offsetting Iran's 360-thousand-tonne decline. These figures represent food available for human consumption in the FAO Food Balances and should not be interpreted as the amount of dates actually eaten.

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#	Country	2023 (thousand tonnes)2023	2023 (kg per person per year)2023
1	Saudi Arabia SA	1.7K	50.98
2	Egypt EG	1.65K	14.39
3	Algeria DZ	1.06K	22.93
4	Iran IR	640	7.07
5	India IN	487	0.34
6	Pakistan PK	423	1.71
7	Oman OM	274	54.27
8	Iraq IQ	216	5.59
9	China CN	170	0.12
10	Türkiye TR	168	1.93
11	Morocco MA	146	3.88
12	Tunisia TN	144	11.77
13	Kuwait KW	125	25.85
14	Libya LY	104	14.29
15	United Arab Emirates AE	101	9.47
16	Niger NE	87	3.33
17	Yemen YE	83	2.1
18	Indonesia ID	56	0.2
19	United States US	52	0.15
20	Israel IL	42	4.49
21	Qatar QA	39	13.04
22	Jordan JO	36	3.19
23	Kazakhstan KZ	28	1.39
24	France FR	25	0.38
25	Mauritania MR	25	5.01
26	Bangladesh BD	21	0.12
27	Germany DE	20	0.24
28	United Kingdom GB	18	0.26
29	Bahrain BH	16	10.23
30	Canada CA	16	0.4
31	Albania AL	14	4.87
32	Italy IT	14	0.24
33	Malaysia MY	14	0.41
34	Spain ES	13	0.27
35	Syria SY	13	0.55
36	Uzbekistan UZ	12	0.34
37	Ethiopia ET	11	0.09
38	Russia RU	11	0.08
39	Lebanon LB	9	1.52
40	Sri Lanka LK	9	0.4
41	Azerbaijan AZ	8	0.77
42	Kenya KE	8	0.15
43	Australia AU	6	0.24
44	Senegal SN	6	0.32
45	Poland PL	5	0.12
46	Tanzania TZ	5	0.08
47	Belgium BE	4	0.36
48	Netherlands NL	4	0.23
49	Sweden SE	4	0.39
50	Ukraine UA	4	0.1
51	Brazil BR	3	0.01
52	Denmark DK	3	0.45
53	Ivory Coast CI	3	0.09
54	Kyrgyzstan KG	3	0.39
55	Switzerland CH	3	0.31
56	Austria AT	2	0.27
57	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	2	0.49
58	Bulgaria BG	2	0.3
59	Czech Republic CZ	2	0.16
60	Djibouti DJ	2	1.7
61	Greece GR	2	0.18
62	Norway NO	2	0.31
63	Armenia AM	1	0.38
64	Cameroon CM	1	0.02
65	Croatia HR	1	0.18
66	Finland FI	1	0.22
67	Georgia GE	1	0.26
68	Hungary HU	1	0.09
69	Ireland IE	1	0.15
70	Lithuania LT	1	0.3
71	Maldives MV	1	1.91
72	Nigeria NG	1	0
73	North Macedonia MK	1	0.54
74	Portugal PT	1	0.08
75	Romania RO	1	0.06
76	Serbia RS	1	0.2
77	Tajikistan TJ	1	0.14
78	Thailand TH	1	0.02
79	Afghanistan AF	0	0.01
80	Angola AO	0	0
81	Antigua and Barbuda AG	0	0.16
82	Argentina AR	0	0.01
83	Bahamas BS	0	0.1
84	Barbados BB	0	0.12
85	Belarus BY	0	0.02
86	Belize BZ	0	0.04
87	Bhutan BT	0	0
88	Botswana BW	0	0.05
89	Burkina Faso BF	0	0.02
90	Cambodia KH	0	0.01
91	Cape Verde CV	0	0.08
92	Chile CL	0	0
93	Comoros KM	0	0.07
94	Congo CG	0	0
95	Costa Rica CR	0	0.01
96	Cyprus CY	0	0.12
97	Dominican Republic DO	0	0.01
98	Estonia EE	0	0.12
99	Eswatini SZ	0	0.22
100	Fiji FJ	0	0.09
101	French Polynesia PF	0	0.03
102	Gabon GA	0	0.06
103	Gambia GM	0	0.03
104	Ghana GH	0	0
105	Grenada GD	0	0.02
106	Guinea GN	0	0.01
107	Guinea-Bissau GW	0	0.01
108	Guyana GY	0	0.03
109	Honduras HN	0	0.01
110	Hong Kong HK	0	0.06
111	Iceland IS	0	0.7
112	Jamaica JM	0	0.01
113	Latvia LV	0	0.18
114	Lesotho LS	0	0.03
115	Liberia LR	0	0.01
116	Luxembourg LU	0	0.22
117	Macau MO	0	0.01
118	Malawi MW	0	0
119	Malta MT	0	0.73
120	Marshall Islands MH	0	0.04
121	Mauritius MU	0	0.15
122	Mexico MX	0	0
123	Moldova MD	0	0.1
124	Mongolia MN	0	0.06
125	Montenegro ME	0	0.45
126	Mozambique MZ	0	0.01
127	Namibia NA	0	0.04
128	Nauru NR	0	0.06
129	Nepal NP	0	0.01
130	New Caledonia NC	0	0.05
131	Nicaragua NI	0	0
132	Panama PA	0	0.01
133	Paraguay PY	0	0.02
134	Saint Lucia LC	0	0
135	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	0	0
136	Samoa WS	0	0
137	Seychelles SC	0	0
138	Sierra Leone SL	0	0
139	Slovakia SK	0	0
140	Slovenia SI	0	0.23
141	Solomon Islands SB	0	0
142	South Africa ZA	0	0
143	South Korea KR	0	0
144	Suriname SR	0	0.01
145	Taiwan TW	0	0.01
146	Trinidad and Tobago TT	0	0.12
147	Turkmenistan TM	0	0.01
148	Uganda UG	0	0
149	Uruguay UY	0	0.03
150	Vietnam VN	0	0

Dates Consumption by Country in 2023

The 2023 table is led by Saudi Arabia, whose listed dates food supply reached 1,696 thousand tonnes. Egypt followed with 1,649 thousand tonnes and Algeria with 1,059 thousand tonnes. Iran and India completed the top five at 640 and 487 thousand tonnes, respectively.

Saudi Arabia holds 20.7 percent of the 8,185-thousand-tonne listed total. The top three reporters accounted for 53.8 percent of the listed total, while the top five represented 67.6 percent and the top ten 82.9 percent. The gap between first and second is 47 thousand tonnes.

Saudi Arabia Adds 293 Thousand Tonnes as Supply Grows 9.0 Percent Between 2022 and 2023

Among the 150 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply increased from 7,510 thousand tonnes to 8,185 thousand tonnes, a gain of 675 thousand tonnes (9.0 percent). The 2022 and 2023 listed totals come from the same 150 reporters, with no reporter entering or leaving the comparison. Saudi Arabia added 293 thousand tonnes (up 20.9 percent), Pakistan added 246 thousand tonnes (up 139.0 percent), Algeria added 101 thousand tonnes (up 10.5 percent), India added 51 thousand tonnes (up 11.7 percent), the United Arab Emirates added 45 thousand tonnes (up 80.4 percent) and Türkiye added 40 thousand tonnes (up 31.2 percent), while Yemen fell 58 thousand tonnes (down 41.1 percent) and Iraq fell 39 thousand tonnes (down 15.3 percent).

Saudi Arabia Adds 353 Thousand Tonnes as Supply Grows 10.3 Percent Since 2019

For the 148 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply rose from 7,420 thousand tonnes to 8,185 thousand tonnes, a gain of 765 thousand tonnes (10.3 percent). The 2019 total includes 148 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 total includes 150; Grenada and Nauru entered with reported zeros. Saudi Arabia added 353 thousand tonnes (up 26.3 percent), India added 208 thousand tonnes (up 74.6 percent), Egypt added 193 thousand tonnes (up 13.3 percent), Algeria added 126 thousand tonnes (up 13.5 percent), Türkiye added 88 thousand tonnes (up 110.0 percent), Tunisia added 46 thousand tonnes (up 46.9 percent) and the United Arab Emirates added 37 thousand tonnes (up 57.8 percent), while Iran fell 360 thousand tonnes (down 36.0 percent).

Saudi Arabia's 353-thousand-tonne gain was only 7 thousand tonnes smaller than Iran's 360-thousand-tonne decline. Pakistan's path runs 459 to 177 to 423 thousand tonnes. Per capita, Oman's 54.27 kilograms from 274 thousand tonnes lead Saudi Arabia at 50.98 kilograms, while Egypt, second by total, records 14.39 kilograms.

What Does the Dates Food Supply Measure?

For FAO Food Balances, the dates figure used here covers the FAO item Dates recorded under the Food element as available for human consumption. It represents food available for human consumption during the reference year, rather than a direct estimate of the amount of dates people actually ate. Other fruit recorded under separate items sits outside this figure.

The per-capita figure expresses the same food supply on a population basis, in kilograms per person per year. A country's total quantity and per-capita value therefore answer different questions: total quantity shows the size of the listed food supply, while the per-capita measure adjusts it for population.

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#	Country	2019 (1000 t)	2019 (kg/cap/yr)	2020 (1000 t)	2020 (kg/cap/yr)	2021 (1000 t)	2021 (kg/cap/yr)	2022 (1000 t)	2022 (kg/cap/yr)	2023 (1000 t)	2023 (kg/cap/yr)
1	Saudi Arabia	1.34K	44.07	1.32K	42.45	1.24K	39.5	1.4K	43.61	1.7K	50.98
2	Egypt	1.46K	13.54	1.51K	13.84	1.52K	13.68	1.62K	14.41	1.65K	14.39
3	Algeria	933	21.55	924	20.98	947	21.15	958	21.06	1.06K	22.93
4	Iran	1K	11.49	937	10.68	753	8.51	648	7.24	640	7.07
5	India	279	0.2	361	0.26	473	0.33	436	0.31	487	0.34
6	Pakistan	459	1.99	454	1.93	756	3.16	177	0.73	423	1.71
7	Oman	257	55.9	248	54.94	255	56.58	253	53.43	274	54.27
8	Iraq	247	7	323	8.95	252	6.81	255	6.74	216	5.59
9	China	152	0.11	154	0.11	157	0.11	163	0.11	170	0.12
10	Türkiye	80	0.93	92	1.07	108	1.25	128	1.48	168	1.93
11	Morocco	123	3.39	133	3.63	161	4.36	152	4.06	146	3.88
12	Tunisia	98	8.25	119	9.93	126	10.45	133	10.98	144	11.77
13	Kuwait	113	25.38	117	26.54	114	26.21	108	23.6	125	25.85
14	Libya	101	14.57	97	13.71	102	14.34	109	15.13	104	14.29
15	United Arab Emirates	64	6.78	82	8.64	91	9.29	56	5.45	101	9.47
16	Niger	65	2.84	70	2.94	79	3.22	121	4.79	87	3.33
17	Yemen	97	2.76	109	3.03	131	3.53	141	3.69	83	2.1
18	Indonesia	32	0.12	52	0.19	50	0.18	61	0.22	56	0.2
19	United States	62	0.18	57	0.17	63	0.18	64	0.19	52	0.15
20	Israel	18	2.05	0	0	0	0	8	0.91	42	4.49
21	Qatar	32	11.46	32	11.3	33	11.63	38	13.24	39	13.04
22	Jordan	31	2.87	28	2.59	27	2.44	33	2.89	36	3.19
23	Kazakhstan	24	1.22	35	1.77	34	1.74	31	1.55	28	1.39
24	France	21	0.31	25	0.38	27	0.4	26	0.39	25	0.38
25	Mauritania	23	5.26	24	5.11	24	5.05	25	5.14	25	5.01
26	Bangladesh	31	0.18	41	0.25	58	0.34	37	0.22	21	0.12
27	Germany	15	0.18	18	0.22	21	0.25	19	0.23	20	0.24
28	United Kingdom	16	0.24	19	0.28	19	0.28	18	0.26	18	0.26
29	Bahrain	15	10.35	16	10.98	16	10.96	15	10.11	16	10.23
30	Canada	13	0.35	15	0.39	16	0.41	15	0.37	16	0.4
31	Albania	13	4.46	13	4.62	13	4.62	13	4.75	14	4.87
32	Italy	11	0.18	10	0.16	15	0.24	13	0.22	14	0.24
33	Malaysia	15	0.46	18	0.54	21	0.63	20	0.57	14	0.41
34	Spain	10	0.2	10	0.21	11	0.24	12	0.26	13	0.27
35	Syria	14	0.7	10	0.48	14	0.63	15	0.68	13	0.55
36	Uzbekistan	2	0.05	2	0.07	8	0.23	9	0.25	12	0.34
37	Ethiopia	3	0.03	8	0.07	12	0.1	11	0.09	11	0.09
38	Russia	18	0.12	10	0.07	9	0.06	14	0.1	11	0.08
39	Lebanon	9	1.54	8	1.33	10	1.79	9	1.63	9	1.52
40	Sri Lanka	8	0.36	8	0.37	10	0.46	7	0.32	9	0.4
41	Azerbaijan	6	0.56	7	0.66	7	0.71	7	0.71	8	0.77
42	Kenya	5	0.11	7	0.13	8	0.15	8	0.15	8	0.15
43	Australia	6	0.25	8	0.33	8	0.29	6	0.24	6	0.24
44	Senegal	7	0.41	3	0.2	7	0.4	10	0.55	6	0.32
45	Poland	4	0.1	4	0.11	4	0.1	4	0.11	5	0.12
46	Tanzania	2	0.04	5	0.07	5	0.09	6	0.09	5	0.08
47	Belgium	5	0.4	6	0.51	5	0.43	5	0.41	4	0.36
48	Netherlands	4	0.21	6	0.32	5	0.28	2	0.09	4	0.23
49	Sweden	3	0.31	4	0.4	4	0.38	3	0.31	4	0.39
50	Ukraine	2	0.05	5	0.12	7	0.16	2	0.06	4	0.1
51	Brazil	1	0.01	1	0	1	0.01	2	0.01	3	0.01
52	Denmark	3	0.45	3	0.54	3	0.5	3	0.51	3	0.45
53	Ivory Coast	2	0.06	2	0.07	2	0.08	4	0.13	3	0.09
54	Kyrgyzstan	4	0.59	3	0.48	4	0.6	3	0.4	3	0.39
55	Switzerland	3	0.3	3	0.34	3	0.33	2	0.28	3	0.31
56	Austria	2	0.24	2	0.27	3	0.31	2	0.24	2	0.27
57	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0.32	2	0.6	2	0.52	2	0.51	2	0.49
58	Bulgaria	2	0.22	2	0.27	2	0.24	2	0.23	2	0.3
59	Czech Republic	2	0.17	1	0.13	1	0.13	1	0.13	2	0.16
60	Djibouti	3	3.15	4	3.71	5	4.46	1	1.07	2	1.7
61	Greece	1	0.12	1	0.11	2	0.17	1	0.14	2	0.18
62	Norway	1	0.26	1	0.26	2	0.3	1	0.25	2	0.31
63	Armenia	1	0.27	1	0.28	1	0.43	1	0.4	1	0.38
64	Cameroon	1	0.03	1	0.02	1	0.02	1	0.02	1	0.02
65	Croatia	0	0.08	1	0.13	1	0.16	1	0.17	1	0.18
66	Finland	1	0.19	1	0.2	1	0.2	1	0.2	1	0.22
67	Georgia	0	0.12	1	0.14	1	0.14	1	0.16	1	0.26
68	Hungary	1	0.1	1	0.08	1	0.12	1	0.11	1	0.09
69	Ireland	0	0.1	1	0.18	1	0.14	1	0.16	1	0.15
70	Lithuania	1	0.19	1	0.26	1	0.22	1	0.22	1	0.3
71	Maldives	1	1.36	0	0.98	1	1.79	1	1.55	1	1.91
72	Nigeria	4	0.02	8	0.04	1	0	1	0	1	0
73	North Macedonia	1	0.42	1	0.56	1	0.55	1	0.51	1	0.54
74	Portugal	1	0.07	1	0.07	1	0.09	1	0.08	1	0.08
75	Romania	1	0.06	1	0.05	1	0.06	1	0.06	1	0.06
76	Serbia	1	0.12	1	0.18	1	0.19	1	0.21	1	0.2
77	Tajikistan	1	0.06	1	0.09	2	0.19	2	0.17	1	0.14
78	Thailand	0	0	2	0.03	1	0.02	1	0.01	1	0.02
79	Afghanistan	17	0.45	34	0.86	32	0.8	32	0.79	0	0.01
80	Angola	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0
81	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0.09	0	0	0	0.12	0	0.21	0	0.16
82	Argentina	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
83	Bahamas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0.1
84	Barbados	0	0.08	0	0.1	0	0.1	0	0.15	0	0.12
85	Belarus	1	0.09	1	0.07	1	0.15	0	0.04	0	0.02
86	Belize	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0.04
87	Bhutan	0	0	0	0.02	0	0.06	0	0.01	0	0
88	Botswana	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0.04	0	0.05	0	0.05
89	Burkina Faso	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.02
90	Cambodia	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
91	Cape Verde	0	0.1	0	0	0	0.08	0	0.06	0	0.08
92	Chile	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0
93	Comoros	0	0.2	0	0.06	0	0.25	0	0.06	0	0.07
94	Congo	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0
95	Costa Rica	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
96	Cyprus	0	0.12	0	0.1	0	0.12	0	0.1	0	0.12
97	Dominican Republic	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01
98	Estonia	0	0.08	0	0.12	0	0.11	0	0.09	0	0.12
99	Eswatini	0	0.24	0	0.24	0	0.24	0	0.23	0	0.22
100	Fiji	0	0.1	0	0.11	0	0.12	0	0.12	0	0.09
101	French Polynesia	0	0.02	0	0.05	0	0.06	0	0.04	0	0.03
102	Gabon	0	0.02	0	0.05	0	0.07	0	0.08	0	0.06
103	Gambia	1	0.28	0	0.15	1	0.34	0	0.03	0	0.03
104	Ghana	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	1	0.02	0	0
105	Grenada	-	-	0	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02
106	Guinea	0	0.03	0	0.02	1	0.05	1	0.05	0	0.01
107	Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01
108	Guyana	0	0	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.03
109	Honduras	0	0.03	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	0	0.01
110	Hong Kong	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.06	0	0.06
111	Iceland	0	0.63	0	0.84	0	1.07	0	0.65	0	0.7
112	Jamaica	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0.01
113	Latvia	0	0.15	0	0.16	0	0.21	0	0.17	0	0.18
114	Lesotho	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.03
115	Liberia	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
116	Luxembourg	0	0.14	0	0.2	0	0.2	0	0.19	0	0.22
117	Macau	0	0.05	0	0.04	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
118	Malawi	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
119	Malta	0	0.54	0	0.42	0	0.63	0	0.48	0	0.73
120	Marshall Islands	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.03	0	0.04
121	Mauritius	0	0.31	1	0.4	1	0.45	0	0.38	0	0.15
122	Mexico	12	0.1	24	0.19	0	0	0	0	0	0
123	Moldova	0	0.07	0	0.05	0	0.08	0	0.09	0	0.1
124	Mongolia	0	0.02	0	0.07	0	0.14	0	0.13	0	0.06
125	Montenegro	0	0.48	0	0.23	0	0.46	0	0.38	0	0.45
126	Mozambique	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01
127	Namibia	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0.02	0	0.04
128	Nauru	-	-	0	0	0	0.17	0	0.01	0	0.06
129	Nepal	0	0	9	0.3	1	0.03	0	0	0	0.01
130	New Caledonia	0	0.04	0	0.05	0	0.04	0	0.06	0	0.05
131	Nicaragua	0	0.05	0	0.06	0	0.05	0	0	0	0
132	Panama	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
133	Paraguay	0	0.03	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0.02
134	Saint Lucia	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0
135	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
136	Samoa	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	0
137	Seychelles	0	0	0	0.47	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
138	Sierra Leone	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0
139	Slovakia	1	0.11	1	0.1	1	0.12	0	0.08	0	0
140	Slovenia	0	0.16	1	0.24	0	0.23	1	0.28	0	0.23
141	Solomon Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	0
142	South Africa	1	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
143	South Korea	0	0.01	0	0.01	1	0.01	0	0.01	0	0
144	Suriname	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.01
145	Taiwan	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.01
146	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0.04	0	0.14	0	0.12	0	0.08	0	0.12
147	Turkmenistan	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0.01	0	0.01
148	Uganda	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0
149	Uruguay	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.03
150	Vietnam	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0.01	0	0

Dates Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, Saudi Arabia had the largest listed dates food supply among the 150 reporters with reported values, at 1,696 thousand tonnes. Egypt followed at 1,649 thousand tonnes and Algeria at 1,059 thousand tonnes. Oman had the highest per-capita dates food supply at 54.27 kilograms per person per year, compared with 50.98 kilograms in Saudi Arabia. These FAO Food Balances figures represent food available for human consumption, not the amount of dates actually eaten.

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals use FAO Food Balances food quantity (Element 5142, thousand tonnes), while the per-capita figures use food supply quantity (Element 645, kg/capita/year) for Dates from 2019 through 2023. The Food element represents the quantity available for human consumption during the reference period. It is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten, as food can be lost or wasted before it is consumed. No percentage change is shown where the base-year value is zero.

The reporter universe for this item contains 150 reporters. The tables list reporters only; aggregate rows such as World, regions and China (aggregate) are excluded, while China figures refer to the China reporter. For year-to-year comparisons, only reporters with values in both endpoint years are included in the arithmetic. A zero indicates a displayed value of zero, while an empty cell indicates that no value is available for that reporter and year.

Quantities of 1,000 thousand tonnes and above are shown as whole numbers; smaller quantities retain up to two decimals. FAO Food Balances primarily use official national statistics, with some data also estimated or imputed where applicable. The FAO dataset reports the Food element in thousand tonnes and food supply quantity in kilograms per capita per year. The 2023 listed total of 8,185 thousand tonnes is the sum of the 150 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value.