Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 9,676 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Citrus Fruit, Total — 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 citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Saudi Arabia is 9,676 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.8% on the previous year and up 104.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Saudi Arabia peaked at 15,216 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Saudi Arabia 60th out of 156 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.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,050 ha | +5.0% |
| 1963 | 1,100 ha | +4.8% |
| 1964 | 1,150 ha | +4.5% |
| 1965 | 1,200 ha | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 1,250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 1,290 ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 1,310 ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 1,320 ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 1,330 ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 1,350 ha | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 1,368 ha | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 1,355 ha | -1.0% |
| 1974 | 2,341 ha | +72.8% |
| 1975 | 3,558 ha | +52.0% |
| 1976 | 3,450 ha | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 4,188 ha | +21.4% |
| 1978 | 3,861 ha | -7.8% |
| 1979 | 4,193 ha | +8.6% |
| 1980 | 5,031 ha | +20.0% |
| 1981 | 3,071 ha | -39.0% |
| 1982 | 1,447 ha | -52.9% |
| 1983 | 1,462 ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 1,752 ha | +19.8% |
| 1985 | 2,002 ha | +14.3% |
| 1986 | 2,081 ha | +3.9% |
| 1987 | 3,602 ha | +73.1% |
| 1988 | 3,938 ha | +9.3% |
| 1989 | 4,116 ha | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 4,628 ha | +12.4% |
| 1991 | 4,596 ha | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 6,149 ha | +33.8% |
| 1993 | 9,118 ha | +48.3% |
| 1994 | 10,161 ha | +11.4% |
| 1995 | 12,004 ha | +18.1% |
| 1996 | 12,811 ha | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 13,551 ha | +5.8% |
| 1998 | 14,780 ha | +9.1% |
| 1999 | 14,798 ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 14,527 ha | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 9,504 ha | -34.6% |
| 2002 | 10,366 ha | +9.1% |
| 2003 | 11,025 ha | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 11,206 ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 12,139 ha | +8.3% |
| 2006 | 13,498 ha | +11.2% |
| 2007 | 14,315 ha | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 14,884 ha | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 15,216 ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 13,015 ha | -14.5% |
| 2011 | 12,172 ha | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 12,029 ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 11,029 ha | -8.3% |
| 2014 | 4,731 ha | -57.1% |
| 2015 | 4,663 ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 4,596 ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 7,030 ha | +53.0% |
| 2018 | 7,087 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 8,454 ha | +19.3% |
| 2020 | 7,703 ha | -8.9% |
| 2021 | 8,278 ha | +7.5% |
| 2022 | 9,212 ha | +11.3% |
| 2023 | 10,163 ha | +10.3% |
| 2024 | 9,676 ha | -4.8% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 9,676 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 285.5 ha, 33.9× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 9,676 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 8,576 ha, 1.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +72.8% | 1,355 ha | 2,341 ha |
| 1987 | +73.1% | 2,081 ha | 3,602 ha |
| 2014 | -57.1% | 11,029 ha | 4,731 ha |
| 1982 | -52.9% | 3,071 ha | 1,447 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,186 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,320 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,699 ha | 1,330 ha | 4,193 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,850 ha | 1,447 ha | 5,031 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,260 ha | 4,596 ha | 14,798 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,668 ha | 9,504 ha | 15,216 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,481 ha | 4,596 ha | 13,015 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,006 ha | 7,703 ha | 10,163 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 citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Saudi Arabia?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Saudi Arabia was 9,676 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 15,216 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 60th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 104.5%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested. 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.