Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 3,004 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Carrots and turnips — 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 carrots and turnips — area harvested in Saudi Arabia is 3,004 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and up 367.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Saudi Arabia peaked at 3,992 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 93 ha, in 1973.
That places Saudi Arabia 55th out of 133 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.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 191 ha | +91.0% |
| 1973 | 93 ha | -51.3% |
| 1974 | 138 ha | +48.4% |
| 1975 | 468 ha | +239.1% |
| 1976 | 327 ha | -30.1% |
| 1977 | 344 ha | +5.2% |
| 1978 | 391 ha | +13.7% |
| 1979 | 447 ha | +14.3% |
| 1980 | 428 ha | -4.3% |
| 1981 | 283 ha | -33.9% |
| 1982 | 399 ha | +41.0% |
| 1983 | 352 ha | -11.8% |
| 1984 | 1,306 ha | +271.0% |
| 1985 | 1,268 ha | -2.9% |
| 1986 | 1,192 ha | -6.0% |
| 1987 | 1,151 ha | -3.4% |
| 1988 | 1,278 ha | +11.0% |
| 1989 | 1,457 ha | +14.0% |
| 1990 | 1,081 ha | -25.8% |
| 1991 | 3,755 ha | +247.4% |
| 1992 | 2,668 ha | -28.9% |
| 1993 | 2,502 ha | -6.2% |
| 1994 | 2,643 ha | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 2,957 ha | +11.9% |
| 1996 | 3,007 ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 2,989 ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 3,690 ha | +23.5% |
| 1999 | 3,009 ha | -18.5% |
| 2000 | 3,120 ha | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 3,842 ha | +23.1% |
| 2002 | 3,937 ha | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 3,992 ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 3,713 ha | -7.0% |
| 2005 | 3,383 ha | -8.9% |
| 2006 | 3,111 ha | -8.0% |
| 2007 | 2,804 ha | -9.9% |
| 2008 | 3,071 ha | +9.5% |
| 2009 | 2,938 ha | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 3,787 ha | +28.9% |
| 2011 | 3,422 ha | -9.6% |
| 2012 | 3,517 ha | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 3,420 ha | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 642 ha | -81.2% |
| 2015 | 727 ha | +13.2% |
| 2016 | 825 ha | +13.5% |
| 2017 | 937 ha | +13.6% |
| 2018 | 1,020 ha | +8.9% |
| 2019 | 663 ha | -35.0% |
| 2020 | 1,251 ha | +88.7% |
| 2021 | 1,380 ha | +10.3% |
| 2022 | 2,160 ha | +56.5% |
| 2023 | 3,034 ha | +40.5% |
| 2024 | 3,004 ha | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 100 ha | 100 ha | 100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 259.9 ha | 93 ha | 468 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 911.4 ha | 283 ha | 1,457 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,830 ha | 1,081 ha | 3,755 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,391 ha | 2,804 ha | 3,992 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,896 ha | 642 ha | 3,787 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,166 ha | 1,251 ha | 3,034 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.59 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.59 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carrots and turnips — area harvested in Saudi Arabia?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Saudi Arabia was 3,004 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,992 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 93 ha in 1973.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 55th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 367.9%. 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 Carrots and turnips — 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.