Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply was 1,582 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Saudi Arabia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Saudi Arabia is 1,582 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and up 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Saudi Arabia peaked at 1,726 kcal/cap/d in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,410 kcal/cap/d, in 2013.
Saudi Arabia ranks 17th of 164 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,535 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,450 kcal/cap/d | -5.5% |
| 2012 | 1,445 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 1,410 kcal/cap/d | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 1,631 kcal/cap/d | +15.7% |
| 2015 | 1,621 kcal/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 1,603 kcal/cap/d | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 1,651 kcal/cap/d | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 1,708 kcal/cap/d | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 1,726 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 1,694 kcal/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 1,662 kcal/cap/d | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 1,631 kcal/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 1,582 kcal/cap/d | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,578 kcal/cap/d | 1,410 kcal/cap/d | 1,726 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,642 kcal/cap/d | 1,582 kcal/cap/d | 1,694 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 14 Azerbaijan 1,596 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Polynesia 916.9 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 China 1,595 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Burkina Faso 1,592 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Micronesia 819.85 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Melanesia 622.72 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Côte d'Ivoire 1,040 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Tunisia 1,561 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Micronesia (Federated States of) 531.27 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Cambodia 1,541 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Democratic Republic of the Congo 319.07 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Mauritania 1,539 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 - excluding beer — food supply in Saudi Arabia?
- Cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Saudi Arabia was 1,582 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals - excluding beer — food supply recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,726 kcal/cap/d in 2019.
- What is the lowest cereals - excluding beer — food supply recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,410 kcal/cap/d in 2013.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for cereals - excluding beer — food supply?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 17th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals - excluding beer — food supply rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.2%. 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 - Excluding Beer — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet 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 caput 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. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.