Dates — Yield in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Dates — Yield was 7,482 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Yield in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dates — yield in Saudi Arabia is 7,482 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.9% on the previous year and up 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — yield in Saudi Arabia peaked at 12,862 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 4,252 kg/ha, in 1976.
That places Saudi Arabia 15th out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Dates — Yield in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,273 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,174 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 7,234 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 7,292 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 7,200 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 7,244 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 7,244 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 7,143 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 7,333 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 7,742 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1971 | 7,221 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1972 | 5,700 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1973 | 8,477 kg/ha | +48.7% |
| 1974 | 5,919 kg/ha | -30.2% |
| 1975 | 6,349 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1976 | 4,252 kg/ha | -33.0% |
| 1977 | 7,132 kg/ha | +67.7% |
| 1978 | 7,048 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 6,694 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1980 | 5,671 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1981 | 5,953 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 5,826 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 7,331 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 1984 | 8,085 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1985 | 7,623 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1986 | 7,257 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1987 | 7,816 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1988 | 8,016 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 7,640 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1990 | 7,293 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1991 | 6,971 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1992 | 6,943 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 6,726 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 6,618 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 6,280 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1996 | 6,117 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 6,117 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 6,087 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 5,023 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 2000 | 5,159 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 5,880 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2002 | 5,926 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 6,252 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 6,326 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 6,438 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 6,411 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 6,309 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 6,280 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 6,122 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 6,392 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 6,461 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 6,574 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 6,980 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 6,122 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2015 | 9,491 kg/ha | +55.0% |
| 2016 | 10,330 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2017 | 10,753 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 11,220 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 12,862 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2020 | 10,096 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 2021 | 10,252 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 10,295 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 8,129 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 2024 | 7,482 kg/ha | -7.9% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 7,482 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 11,137 kg/ha, 67% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 7,482 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 7,369 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +67.7% | 4,252 kg/ha | 7,132 kg/ha |
| 2015 | +55.0% | 6,122 kg/ha | 9,491 kg/ha |
| 1973 | +48.7% | 5,700 kg/ha | 8,477 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,237 kg/ha | 7,143 kg/ha | 7,333 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,653 kg/ha | 4,252 kg/ha | 8,477 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,122 kg/ha | 5,671 kg/ha | 8,085 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,417 kg/ha | 5,023 kg/ha | 7,293 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,110 kg/ha | 5,159 kg/ha | 6,438 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,718 kg/ha | 6,122 kg/ha | 12,862 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,251 kg/ha | 7,482 kg/ha | 10,295 kg/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 dates — yield in Saudi Arabia?
- Dates — yield in Saudi Arabia was 7,482 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 12,862 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest dates — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,252 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for dates — yield?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 15th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — yield rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.2%. 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 Dates — Yield. 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.