Dates — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Dates — Area harvested was 257,613 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Dates — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, dates — area harvested in Saudi Arabia stood at 257,613 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.0% on the previous year and up 140.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Saudi Arabia peaked at 257,613 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 22,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Saudi Arabia 1st out of 40 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,278 ha | 22,000 ha | 30,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 47,840 ha | 31,000 ha | 62,483 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 62,248 ha | 55,481 ha | 68,583 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 94,623 ha | 72,379 ha | 141,750 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 148,968 ha | 139,099 ha | 161,975 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 130,290 ha | 107,281 ha | 156,901 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 190,727 ha | 152,705 ha | 257,613 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Saudi Arabia
- Agriculture share gdp 2.59 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.59 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
- Rural population 15.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 3.6% (2025)
- Rural population 5.69 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 33.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 34,585 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — area harvested in Saudi Arabia?
- Dates — area harvested in Saudi Arabia was 257,613 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 257,613 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for dates — area harvested?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 1st out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 140.1%. 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 Dates — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.