.

.
Which Country Exported the Most Dates in 2021?
Israel is the first country that exported the most amount of fresh date in 2021 worldwide followed by UAE, and Tunisia.
.
The list below shows the 10 top date exporting countries in 2022 respectively. For further details, continue reading.
- Israel
- United Arab Emirates
- Tunisia
- Saudi Arabia
- Iran
- Iraq
- United States
- Algeria
- Netherlands
- Pakistan
16.6% of the date exporting market is related to Israel, which is the first exporter of fresh dates worldwide in 2021. UAE is in second place, 13.5%.
Third and fourth places are respectively Tunisia and Saudi Arabia with 10.6% and 10.3% market share value.
Iran is the fifth biggest exporter of dates in 2021, 6.5%.
Iraq is after Iran with 6.1% share value.
USA, Algeria, Netherlands, and Pakistan are in 7th to 10th place, each one with a market share of respectively 5.8%, 4.7%, 3.4%, and 2.6%.
If you would like to know the tonnage of exported dates by each of these countries in 2021, look at the next part.
.
Top 10 Date Exporting Countries in 2021 (in Million MT)

.
Top 5 Countries with the Highest Growth in Date Export from 2020 to 2021
- Iraq: +36.12
- Israel: +30.53
- USA: +29.85
- UAE: +18.50
- Netherlands: +9.14
.

.
As you see above, Iraq’s date export growth rate was +36.12% from 2020 to 2021. After that, Israel and USA are respectively in second and third place, each with a growth rate of +30.53 and +29.75%.
UAE date export increased 18.5% in the same period and Netherlands’ date export improved 9.14% from 2020 to 2021.
.
Top 7 Countries with the Highest Growth in Date Export In the Five Years Ending In 2021
- Algeria: 133.95%
- Netherlands: 116.05%
- Israel: 111.98%
- USA: 98.23%
- UAE: 70.48%
- Saudi Arabia: 35.72%
- Iraq: 4.45%