Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested was 21,746 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
21,746 ha
Change on year
down 41.9%
World rank
15th
of 70 countries
All-time high
37,403 ha
in 2023
All-time low
16,247 ha
in 2020
Years of data
5
2020–2024

Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, 2020–2024

010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k2020202220242020: 16.2k ha2021: 17.5k ha2022: 18.6k ha2023: 37.4k ha2024: 21.7k ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

In 2024, cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Saudi Arabia stood at 21,746 ha.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 41.9% on the previous year and up 33.8% over five years.

That places Saudi Arabia 15th out of 70 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia

  1. 12 Burundi 27,022 ha compare
  2. 13 Argentina 26,770 ha compare
  3. 14 Italy 22,950 ha compare
  4. 16 Latvia 20,300 ha compare
  5. 17 Myanmar 19,337 ha compare
  6. 18 China 18,448 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Saudi Arabia?
Cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Saudi Arabia was 21,746 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The highest recorded value was 37,403 ha in 2023.
What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The lowest recorded value was 16,247 ha in 2020.
How does Saudi Arabia rank for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
Saudi Arabia ranks 15th out of 70 countries with data for 2024.
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 n.e.c. — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
99 places, 4,299 data points, 1961–2024
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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.