Eggplants (aubergines) — Yield in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Eggplants (aubergines) — Yield was 28,484 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Eggplants (aubergines) — 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 eggplants (aubergines) — yield in Saudi Arabia is 28,484 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and up 82.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — yield in Saudi Arabia peaked at 29,862 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6,450 kg/ha, in 1976.
Saudi Arabia ranks 32nd of 93 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Eggplants (aubergines) — Yield in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 9,000 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1964 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 12,387 kg/ha | +37.6% |
| 1972 | 10,792 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1973 | 11,969 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1974 | 7,010 kg/ha | -41.4% |
| 1975 | 10,012 kg/ha | +42.8% |
| 1976 | 6,450 kg/ha | -35.6% |
| 1977 | 7,359 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1978 | 9,656 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 1979 | 9,715 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 9,568 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 9,647 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 13,385 kg/ha | +38.7% |
| 1983 | 11,111 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1984 | 7,894 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 1985 | 9,471 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1986 | 9,507 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 13,230 kg/ha | +39.2% |
| 1988 | 12,390 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1989 | 10,327 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1990 | 10,780 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1991 | 13,393 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 1992 | 11,820 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1993 | 12,104 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 12,171 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 12,170 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 12,165 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 12,165 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 12,204 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 12,584 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 13,473 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 11,184 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 2002 | 13,557 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 2003 | 14,404 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 14,938 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 15,199 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 15,943 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 15,740 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 15,410 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 15,615 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 14,598 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 15,167 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 15,246 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 15,488 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 15,608 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 14,598 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2016 | 15,167 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 15,397 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 17,470 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2019 | 29,033 kg/ha | +66.2% |
| 2020 | 23,415 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 2021 | 23,669 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 29,862 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 2023 | 28,812 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 28,484 kg/ha | -1.1% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 28,484 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 28,983 kg/ha, 98% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 28,484 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 28,625 kg/ha, 100% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Eggplants (aubergines) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +66.2% | 17,470 kg/ha | 29,033 kg/ha |
| 1974 | -41.4% | 11,969 kg/ha | 7,010 kg/ha |
| 1975 | +42.8% | 7,010 kg/ha | 10,012 kg/ha |
| 1987 | +39.2% | 9,507 kg/ha | 13,230 kg/ha |
| 1982 | +38.7% | 9,647 kg/ha | 13,385 kg/ha |
| 1971 | +37.6% | 9,000 kg/ha | 12,387 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,778 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 9,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,435 kg/ha | 6,450 kg/ha | 12,387 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,653 kg/ha | 7,894 kg/ha | 13,385 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,156 kg/ha | 10,780 kg/ha | 13,393 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,546 kg/ha | 11,184 kg/ha | 15,943 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,777 kg/ha | 14,598 kg/ha | 29,033 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,848 kg/ha | 23,415 kg/ha | 29,862 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 eggplants (aubergines) — yield in Saudi Arabia?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — yield in Saudi Arabia was 28,484 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 29,862 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,450 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for eggplants (aubergines) — yield?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 32nd out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — yield rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 82.5%. 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) — 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.