Portugal vs Saudi Arabia: Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time
- Portugal
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 230,134 ha against 191,630 ha in Portugal, a difference of 38,504 ha.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.2 times Portugal's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Portugal ahead.
Portugal ranks 119th and Saudi Arabia ranks 117th of 178 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 4 and Saudi Arabia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.81 million ha | 306,655 ha | 1.50 million ha | Portugal |
| 1970s | 1.36 million ha | 354,054 ha | 1.01 million ha | Portugal |
| 1980s | 990,869 ha | 559,330 ha | 431,538 ha | Portugal |
| 1990s | 687,279 ha | 861,724 ha | 174,445 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2000s | 427,991 ha | 596,423 ha | 168,432 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 271,041 ha | 254,073 ha | 16,968 ha | Portugal |
| 2020s | 200,738 ha | 242,179 ha | 41,441 ha | Saudi Arabia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Portugal or Saudi Arabia?
- Saudi Arabia, at 230,134 ha against 191,630 ha in Portugal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Portugal and Saudi Arabia?
- 38,504 ha, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Saudi Arabia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Portugal and Saudi Arabia rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 119th and Saudi Arabia ranks 117th of 178 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.