Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested was 3,988 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Saudi Arabia stood at 3,988 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 93.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Saudi Arabia peaked at 6,517 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 765 ha, in 1972.
That places Saudi Arabia 27th out of 97 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.
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 4,098 ha | +309.8% |
| 1972 | 765 ha | -81.3% |
| 1973 | 1,799 ha | +135.2% |
| 1974 | 3,237 ha | +79.9% |
| 1975 | 3,915 ha | +20.9% |
| 1976 | 3,183 ha | -18.7% |
| 1977 | 3,440 ha | +8.1% |
| 1978 | 2,203 ha | -36.0% |
| 1979 | 3,115 ha | +41.4% |
| 1980 | 2,580 ha | -17.2% |
| 1981 | 2,069 ha | -19.8% |
| 1982 | 3,247 ha | +56.9% |
| 1983 | 3,083 ha | -5.1% |
| 1984 | 3,926 ha | +27.3% |
| 1985 | 3,914 ha | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 4,147 ha | +6.0% |
| 1987 | 5,504 ha | +32.7% |
| 1988 | 5,226 ha | -5.1% |
| 1989 | 5,825 ha | +11.5% |
| 1990 | 5,573 ha | -4.3% |
| 1991 | 3,840 ha | -31.1% |
| 1992 | 5,461 ha | +42.2% |
| 1993 | 5,657 ha | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 5,740 ha | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 6,423 ha | +11.9% |
| 1996 | 6,517 ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 6,484 ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 6,200 ha | -4.4% |
| 1999 | 4,768 ha | -23.1% |
| 2000 | 4,852 ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 6,407 ha | +32.0% |
| 2002 | 5,571 ha | -13.0% |
| 2003 | 5,162 ha | -7.3% |
| 2004 | 4,813 ha | -6.8% |
| 2005 | 4,844 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 4,454 ha | -8.1% |
| 2007 | 4,209 ha | -5.5% |
| 2008 | 3,388 ha | -19.5% |
| 2009 | 3,661 ha | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 4,179 ha | +14.1% |
| 2011 | 3,837 ha | -8.2% |
| 2012 | 3,910 ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 3,811 ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 2,064 ha | -45.8% |
| 2015 | 1,875 ha | -9.2% |
| 2016 | 1,704 ha | -9.1% |
| 2017 | 1,549 ha | -9.1% |
| 2018 | 1,453 ha | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 1,734 ha | +19.3% |
| 2020 | 4,661 ha | +168.8% |
| 2021 | 4,732 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 3,980 ha | -15.9% |
| 2023 | 4,069 ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 3,988 ha | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,676 ha | 765 ha | 4,098 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,952 ha | 2,069 ha | 5,825 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,666 ha | 3,840 ha | 6,517 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,736 ha | 3,388 ha | 6,407 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,612 ha | 1,453 ha | 4,179 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,286 ha | 3,980 ha | 4,732 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Saudi Arabia?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Saudi Arabia was 3,988 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 6,517 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 765 ha in 1972.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 27th out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 93.2%. 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 Eggplants (aubergines) — 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.