production in tones for the world’s top producers in 2001

The bar graph shows date production in tones for the world’s top producers in 2001. Ten countries in the gulf region and northern Africa are featured.

First, Egypt took the lions share of production with over million tones but Iran is a close second with almost 0.9 million. Pakistan and Iraq, with outputs of approximately 630,000 were not for behind. The rest of the nations, however were far less productive. Algeria supplied the world with nearly 400,000 tones and Oman around a quarter. In contrast, harvests in Oman and countries in northern Africa are less plentiful.
Finally, Sudan’s and Libya’s crops yielded under 0.2 million each.


In Summary, date production is the most abundant in Egypt and Iran. Overall, Egypt and Iran account for the majority of goods whilst Sudan and Libya are in the minority.