Animal fats — Food in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Animal fats — Food was 163 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Animal fats — Food in Saudi Arabia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 163 1000 t for animal fats — food in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 22.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, animal fats — food in Saudi Arabia peaked at 164 1000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 76 1000 t, in 2010.
Saudi Arabia ranks 24th of 164 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Animal fats — Food in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 76 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 76 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 143 1000 t | +88.2% |
| 2013 | 133 1000 t | -7.0% |
| 2014 | 122 1000 t | -8.3% |
| 2015 | 123 1000 t | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 148 1000 t | +20.3% |
| 2017 | 136 1000 t | -8.1% |
| 2018 | 131 1000 t | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 136 1000 t | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 151 1000 t | +11.0% |
| 2021 | 152 1000 t | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 164 1000 t | +7.9% |
| 2023 | 163 1000 t | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 122.4 1000 t | 76 1000 t | 148 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 157.5 1000 t | 151 1000 t | 164 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 21 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 217 1000 t compare
- 22 Australia and New Zealand 185 1000 t compare
- 23 Uzbekistan 168 1000 t compare
- 25 Romania 154 1000 t compare
- 26 Slovakia 149 1000 t compare
- 27 Australia 142 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Saudi Arabia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1539 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is animal fats — food in Saudi Arabia?
- Animal fats — food in Saudi Arabia was 163 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest animal fats — food recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 164 1000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest animal fats — food recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 76 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for animal fats — food?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 24th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is animal fats — food rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Animal fats — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.