Cabbages — Yield in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Cabbages — Yield was 19,670 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cabbages — Yield in Saudi Arabia, 1972–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 19,670 kg/ha for cabbages — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 74.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cabbages — yield in Saudi Arabia peaked at 19,845 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,758 kg/ha, in 1972.
That places Saudi Arabia 102nd out of 148 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Cabbages — Yield in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 2,758 kg/ha | — |
| 1973 | 10,235 kg/ha | +271.1% |
| 1974 | 11,865 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1975 | 6,352 kg/ha | -46.5% |
| 1977 | 19,667 kg/ha | +209.6% |
| 1978 | 8,543 kg/ha | -56.6% |
| 1979 | 10,420 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1980 | 11,800 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1981 | 15,552 kg/ha | +31.8% |
| 1997 | 10,000 kg/ha | -35.7% |
| 1998 | 7,272 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 1999 | 7,545 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 10,000 kg/ha | +32.5% |
| 2001 | 8,108 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 2002 | 8,321 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 8,554 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 10,000 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2005 | 9,185 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2006 | 9,433 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 9,662 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 9,891 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 10,118 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 10,343 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 10,564 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 10,000 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 11,012 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2014 | 11,251 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 11,500 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 11,609 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 10,078 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2018 | 14,296 kg/ha | +41.8% |
| 2019 | 14,634 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 19,845 kg/ha | +35.6% |
| 2021 | 19,736 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 19,552 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 19,338 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 19,670 kg/ha | +1.7% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 19,670 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 26,899 kg/ha, 73% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 19,670 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 29,375 kg/ha, 67% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cabbages — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +271.1% | 2,758 kg/ha | 10,235 kg/ha |
| 1977 | +209.6% | 6,352 kg/ha | 19,667 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 9,977 kg/ha | 2,758 kg/ha | 19,667 kg/ha | 7 |
| 1980s | 13,676 kg/ha | 11,800 kg/ha | 15,552 kg/ha | 2 |
| 1990s | 8,272 kg/ha | 7,272 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 3 |
| 2000s | 9,327 kg/ha | 8,108 kg/ha | 10,118 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,529 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 14,634 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,628 kg/ha | 19,338 kg/ha | 19,845 kg/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 — yield in Saudi Arabia?
- Cabbages — yield in Saudi Arabia was 19,670 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cabbages — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 19,845 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cabbages — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,758 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for cabbages — yield?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 102nd out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cabbages — yield rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.8%. 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 Cabbages — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.