Top Ten Date-Producing Countries, 2001

The bar graph shows date producing in tones for the world’s top produces in 2001.Ten countries in the Gulf region and northern Africa are featured in this chart.

First, Egypt had the highest annual production in tonnes , but Iran is a close second with almost 0.9 million. The UAE supplied the world with nearly 800,000 tonnes and Saudi Arabia around 750000 tonnes. Following them came Iraq and Pakistan, rivaling each other with around 600,000 tonnes each. In contrast, harvest in Libya and Sudan are approximately the same. In the Asian continent Iran had the highest production. Finally,  Libya’s and Sudan’s crops yielded under 0.2 million each.

In summary, Egypt and Iran are close to each other in production of dates. However, Libya and Sudan are the smallest two produces in northern Africa.

( 139 WORLDS )