World ranking: Dates, by Production (tonnes)
The table data comes from the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization's FAOSTAT database and has been displayed with the permission of FAO. The data was downloaded from FAOSTAT on 02/16/2012.
| Rank | Country | Number (tonnes) | Flag |
| 1 | Egypt | 1,352,950 | |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 1,078,300 | Im |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1,023,130 | |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 825,300 | Im |
| 5 | Pakistan | 759,200 | Im |
| 6 | Algeria | 710,000 | * |
| 7 | Iraq | 566,829 | |
| 8 | Sudan | 431,000 | |
| 9 | Oman | 276,400 | |
| 10 | Libya | 161,000 | F |
| 11 | China | 147,600 | Im |
| 12 | Tunisia | 145,000 | |
| 13 | Morocco | 119,360 | |
| 14 | Yemen | 57,849 | |
| 15 | Niger | 38,500 | F |
| 16 | Turkey | 26,277 | |
| 17 | Qatar | 23,500 | Im |
| 18 | Israel | 21,601 | |
| 19 | United States of America | 21,500 | |
| 20 | Mauritania | 19,900 | Im |
| 21 | Chad | 19,400 | Im |
| 22 | Kuwait | 16,700 | Im |
| 23 | Bahrain | 14,000 | Im |
| 24 | Jordan | 11,241 | |
| 25 | Albania | 10,921 | |
| 26 | Somalia | 10,600 | Im |
| 27 | Spain | 5,200 | Im |
| 28 | Occupied Palestinian Territory | 4,500 | Im |
| 29 | Mexico | 4,150 | |
| 30 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2,000 | Im |
| 31 | Benin | 1,200 | Im |
| 32 | Kenya | 1,100 | Im |
| 33 | Cameroon | 450 | F |
| 34 | Namibia | 375 | F |
| 35 | Peru | 337 | |
| 36 | Swaziland | 300 | F |
| 37 | Djibouti | 70 | Im |
| 38 | Colombia | 16 |
Comment
The world's top producers: Dates, by Production (tonnes)
Flags:
| [ ] | = Official data |
| Im | = FAO data based on imputation methodology |
| * | = Unofficial figure |
| F | = FAO estimate |