Carrots and turnips — Yield in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Carrots and turnips — Yield was 17,739 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Carrots and turnips — Yield in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for carrots and turnips — yield in Saudi Arabia is 17,739 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.2% on the previous year and up 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — yield in Saudi Arabia peaked at 26,376 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 4,294 kg/ha, in 1976.
That places Saudi Arabia 88th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Yield in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,000 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 11,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 11,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 12,000 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1966 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 19,827 kg/ha | +65.2% |
| 1973 | 13,290 kg/ha | -33.0% |
| 1974 | 6,964 kg/ha | -47.6% |
| 1975 | 11,545 kg/ha | +65.8% |
| 1976 | 4,294 kg/ha | -62.8% |
| 1977 | 8,294 kg/ha | +93.2% |
| 1978 | 10,033 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 1979 | 9,139 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1980 | 12,720 kg/ha | +39.2% |
| 1981 | 17,788 kg/ha | +39.8% |
| 1982 | 17,830 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 14,364 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1984 | 15,510 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1985 | 15,415 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 14,580 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1987 | 16,901 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1988 | 14,150 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1989 | 12,611 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1990 | 18,538 kg/ha | +47.0% |
| 1991 | 6,173 kg/ha | -66.7% |
| 1992 | 8,144 kg/ha | +31.9% |
| 1993 | 10,012 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1994 | 10,142 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 10,142 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 9,997 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 10,146 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 13,821 kg/ha | +36.2% |
| 1999 | 21,602 kg/ha | +56.3% |
| 2000 | 21,088 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 16,272 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 2002 | 14,916 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2003 | 15,704 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 17,600 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2005 | 16,431 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2006 | 16,794 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 17,209 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 26,376 kg/ha | +53.3% |
| 2009 | 16,577 kg/ha | -37.1% |
| 2010 | 17,601 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 16,667 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 16,250 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 16,410 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 16,525 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 17,601 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 16,667 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 16,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 16,690 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 20,208 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 2020 | 17,576 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2021 | 17,754 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 18,034 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 18,130 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 17,739 kg/ha | -2.2% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 17,739 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 35,062 kg/ha, 51% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 17,739 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 27,774 kg/ha, 64% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +93.2% | 4,294 kg/ha | 8,294 kg/ha |
| 1991 | -66.7% | 18,538 kg/ha | 6,173 kg/ha |
| 1972 | +65.2% | 12,000 kg/ha | 19,827 kg/ha |
| 1975 | +65.8% | 6,964 kg/ha | 11,545 kg/ha |
| 1976 | -62.8% | 11,545 kg/ha | 4,294 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,444 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,739 kg/ha | 4,294 kg/ha | 19,827 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,187 kg/ha | 12,611 kg/ha | 17,830 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,872 kg/ha | 6,173 kg/ha | 21,602 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,897 kg/ha | 14,916 kg/ha | 26,376 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,128 kg/ha | 16,250 kg/ha | 20,208 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,847 kg/ha | 17,576 kg/ha | 18,130 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 carrots and turnips — yield in Saudi Arabia?
- Carrots and turnips — yield in Saudi Arabia was 17,739 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 26,376 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,294 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for carrots and turnips — yield?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 88th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — yield rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. 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 Carrots and turnips — 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.