Cereals and their products — Energy supply — Value in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Cereals and their products — Energy supply — Value was 1,565 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cereals and their products — Energy supply — Value in Saudi Arabia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, cereals and their products — energy supply — value in Saudi Arabia stood at 1,565 kcal/cap/d.
The figure is down 3.0% on the previous year and up 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals and their products — energy supply — value in Saudi Arabia peaked at 1,685 kcal/cap/d in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,408 kcal/cap/d, in 2013.
Saudi Arabia ranks 15th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Cereals and their products — Energy supply — Value in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,532 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,448 kcal/cap/d | -5.5% |
| 2012 | 1,444 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 1,408 kcal/cap/d | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 1,621 kcal/cap/d | +15.1% |
| 2015 | 1,604 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 1,577 kcal/cap/d | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 1,623 kcal/cap/d | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 1,664 kcal/cap/d | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 1,685 kcal/cap/d | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 1,655 kcal/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 1,619 kcal/cap/d | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 1,613 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 1,565 kcal/cap/d | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,561 kcal/cap/d | 1,408 kcal/cap/d | 1,685 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,613 kcal/cap/d | 1,565 kcal/cap/d | 1,655 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 12 China, mainland 1,611 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 China 1,593 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Burkina Faso 1,589 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Iraq 1,561 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Azerbaijan 1,558 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Tunisia 1,546 kcal/cap/d compare
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 cereals and their products — energy supply — value in Saudi Arabia?
- Cereals and their products — energy supply — value in Saudi Arabia was 1,565 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals and their products — energy supply — value recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,685 kcal/cap/d in 2019.
- What is the lowest cereals and their products — energy supply — value recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,408 kcal/cap/d in 2013.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for cereals and their products — energy supply — value?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 15th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals and their products — energy supply — value rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.2%. 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 Cereals and their products — Energy supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per capita supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it.