Barley — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Barley — Area harvested was 2,053 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Barley — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 2,053 ha for barley — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 584.3% on the previous year and down 98.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Saudi Arabia peaked at 315,940 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 300 ha, in 2023.
That places Saudi Arabia 90th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Barley — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,800 ha | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 9,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 9,300 ha | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 10,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 1966 | 10,500 ha | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 19,098 ha | +81.9% |
| 1968 | 22,057 ha | +15.5% |
| 1969 | 18,000 ha | -18.4% |
| 1970 | 15,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1971 | 9,700 ha | -35.3% |
| 1972 | 15,284 ha | +57.6% |
| 1973 | 5,805 ha | -62.0% |
| 1974 | 10,434 ha | +79.7% |
| 1975 | 7,058 ha | -32.4% |
| 1976 | 9,630 ha | +36.4% |
| 1977 | 8,133 ha | -15.5% |
| 1978 | 8,022 ha | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 8,595 ha | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 4,403 ha | -48.8% |
| 1981 | 7,875 ha | +78.9% |
| 1982 | 3,121 ha | -60.4% |
| 1983 | 933 ha | -70.1% |
| 1984 | 1,035 ha | +10.9% |
| 1985 | 2,043 ha | +97.4% |
| 1986 | 32,276 ha | +1479.8% |
| 1987 | 37,704 ha | +16.8% |
| 1988 | 44,711 ha | +18.6% |
| 1989 | 52,077 ha | +16.5% |
| 1990 | 55,771 ha | +7.1% |
| 1991 | 60,576 ha | +8.6% |
| 1992 | 62,239 ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 211,641 ha | +240.0% |
| 1994 | 315,940 ha | +49.3% |
| 1995 | 144,957 ha | -54.1% |
| 1996 | 94,503 ha | -34.8% |
| 1997 | 59,433 ha | -37.1% |
| 1998 | 45,685 ha | -23.1% |
| 1999 | 41,268 ha | -9.7% |
| 2000 | 25,550 ha | -38.1% |
| 2001 | 45,066 ha | +76.4% |
| 2002 | 25,425 ha | -43.6% |
| 2003 | 22,535 ha | -11.4% |
| 2004 | 9,952 ha | -55.8% |
| 2005 | 7,479 ha | -24.8% |
| 2006 | 5,000 ha | -33.1% |
| 2007 | 4,500 ha | -10.0% |
| 2008 | 3,964 ha | -11.9% |
| 2009 | 3,472 ha | -12.4% |
| 2010 | 2,366 ha | -31.9% |
| 2011 | 2,270 ha | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 2,044 ha | -10.0% |
| 2013 | 1,502 ha | -26.5% |
| 2014 | 101,266 ha | +6642.1% |
| 2015 | 99,190 ha | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 97,157 ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 95,166 ha | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 93,861 ha | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 92,574 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 81,520 ha | -11.9% |
| 2021 | 740 ha | -99.1% |
| 2022 | 782 ha | +5.7% |
| 2023 | 300 ha | -61.6% |
| 2024 | 2,053 ha | +584.3% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 2,053 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 120,900 ha, 2% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 2,053 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 25,000 ha, 8% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +6642.1% | 1,502 ha | 101,266 ha |
| 1986 | +1479.8% | 2,043 ha | 32,276 ha |
| 2024 | +584.3% | 300 ha | 2,053 ha |
| 1993 | +240.0% | 62,239 ha | 211,641 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,806 ha | 8,500 ha | 22,057 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,766 ha | 5,805 ha | 15,284 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,618 ha | 933 ha | 52,077 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 109,201 ha | 41,268 ha | 315,940 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,294 ha | 3,472 ha | 45,066 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 58,740 ha | 1,502 ha | 101,266 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,079 ha | 300 ha | 81,520 ha | 5 |
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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 barley — area harvested in Saudi Arabia?
- Barley — area harvested in Saudi Arabia was 2,053 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 315,940 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 ha in 2023.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for barley — area harvested?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 90th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 98.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Barley — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.