Cabbages — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Cabbages — Area harvested was 941 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cabbages — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cabbages — area harvested in Saudi Arabia is 941 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 4.4% on the previous year and down 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cabbages — area harvested in Saudi Arabia peaked at 1,826 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Saudi Arabia 90th out of 148 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cabbages — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 149 ha | — |
| 1973 | 51 ha | -65.8% |
| 1974 | 703 ha | +1278.4% |
| 1975 | 165 ha | -76.5% |
| 1976 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1977 | 21 ha | — |
| 1978 | 140 ha | +566.7% |
| 1979 | 100 ha | -28.6% |
| 1980 | 5 ha | -95.0% |
| 1981 | 105 ha | +2000.0% |
| 1982 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1983 | 0 ha | — |
| 1984 | 0 ha | — |
| 1985 | 0 ha | — |
| 1986 | 0 ha | — |
| 1987 | 0 ha | — |
| 1988 | 0 ha | — |
| 1989 | 0 ha | — |
| 1990 | 0 ha | — |
| 1991 | 0 ha | — |
| 1992 | 0 ha | — |
| 1993 | 0 ha | — |
| 1994 | 0 ha | — |
| 1995 | 0 ha | — |
| 1996 | 0 ha | — |
| 1997 | 22 ha | — |
| 1998 | 47 ha | +113.6% |
| 1999 | 61 ha | +29.8% |
| 2000 | 25 ha | -59.0% |
| 2001 | 62 ha | +148.0% |
| 2002 | 84 ha | +35.5% |
| 2003 | 105 ha | +25.0% |
| 2004 | 120 ha | +14.3% |
| 2005 | 196 ha | +63.3% |
| 2006 | 371 ha | +89.3% |
| 2007 | 642 ha | +73.0% |
| 2008 | 673 ha | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 728 ha | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 841 ha | +15.5% |
| 2011 | 1,089 ha | +29.5% |
| 2012 | 600 ha | -44.9% |
| 2013 | 895 ha | +49.2% |
| 2014 | 1,155 ha | +29.1% |
| 2015 | 1,826 ha | +58.1% |
| 2016 | 1,292 ha | -29.2% |
| 2017 | 1,557 ha | +20.5% |
| 2018 | 1,557 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,521 ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 709 ha | -53.4% |
| 2021 | 720 ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 809 ha | +12.4% |
| 2023 | 901 ha | +11.4% |
| 2024 | 941 ha | +4.4% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 941 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 875.5 ha, 1.1× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 941 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 856 ha, 1.1× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cabbages — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +2000.0% | 5 ha | 105 ha |
| 1974 | +1278.4% | 51 ha | 703 ha |
| 1978 | +566.7% | 21 ha | 140 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 132.9 ha | 0 ha | 703 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11 ha | 0 ha | 105 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13 ha | 0 ha | 61 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 300.6 ha | 25 ha | 728 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,233 ha | 600 ha | 1,826 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 816 ha | 709 ha | 941 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 cabbages — area harvested in Saudi Arabia?
- Cabbages — area harvested in Saudi Arabia was 941 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,826 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for cabbages — area harvested?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 90th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cabbages — area harvested rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.5%. 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 Cabbages — 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.