Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Wholesale and retail in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Wholesale and retail was 829.9 million LCU in 2014. ◆ Volatile
Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Wholesale and retail in Saudi Arabia, 2005–2014
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million LCU.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 829.9 million LCU for food and accommodation away from home (faafh) — wholesale and retail in 2014.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 45.7% on the previous year and up 341.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food and accommodation away from home (faafh) — wholesale and retail in Saudi Arabia peaked at 1,985 million LCU in 2012 and was at its lowest, 187.96 million LCU, in 2005.
Saudi Arabia ranks 46th of 64 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Wholesale and retail in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | million LCU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 187.96 million LCU | — |
| 2006 | 202.95 million LCU | +8.0% |
| 2007 | 630.36 million LCU | +210.6% |
| 2008 | 1,443 million LCU | +129.0% |
| 2009 | 1,478 million LCU | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 1,380 million LCU | -6.7% |
| 2011 | 1,617 million LCU | +17.2% |
| 2012 | 1,985 million LCU | +22.8% |
| 2013 | 1,529 million LCU | -23.0% |
| 2014 | 829.9 million LCU | -45.7% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 829.9 million LCU is below the median for high income countries, which is 1,573 million LCU, 53% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 829.9 million LCU is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 829.9 million LCU, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 788.57 million LCU | 187.96 million LCU | 1,478 million LCU | 5 |
| 2010s | 1,468 million LCU | 829.9 million LCU | 1,985 million LCU | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
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 food and accommodation away from home (faafh) — wholesale and retail in Saudi Arabia?
- Food and accommodation away from home (faafh) — wholesale and retail in Saudi Arabia was 829.9 million LCU in 2014, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food and accommodation away from home (faafh) — wholesale and retail recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,985 million LCU in 2012.
- What is the lowest food and accommodation away from home (faafh) — wholesale and retail recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 187.96 million LCU in 2005.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for food and accommodation away from home (faafh) — wholesale and retail?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 46th out of 64 countries with data for 2014.
- Is food and accommodation away from home (faafh) — wholesale and retail rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 341.5%. 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 Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Wholesale and retail trade — Primary Factors Total — Value Local Currency. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This domain contains data on three food value measures, namely: (1) Food At Home (FAH); (2) Food and Tobacco at Home (FTAH); (3) Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH), disaggregated by four primary factors (Operating Surplus, Labor, Taxes, Imports) and by five food value chain industries (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing; Manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco products; Transportation and storage; Wholesale and retail trade; Accommodation and food service activities). The three food value measures differ for the bundle of goods and services they account for. In particular, the FAH refers to domestic expenditures of personal consumption for food consumed at home, at purchaser prices. The FTAH measure is similar in its target, but it refers to a broader set of economic goods, inclusive of tobacco, as food and tobacco expenditures are not always separable in the original data. On the other side, the FAAFH refers to domestic expenditures of personal consumption for food consumed away from home (e.g. in restaurants), at purchaser prices, and it also includes expenditures for accommodation in all the cases where the two types of expenditures were not separable in the original data. The values of industry decomposition measure the food production value-added distribution across different industries and factors involved in the agri-food value chain. All these estimates are based on Leontief Input Ouput modeling and Industry reduction method. The Food Value Chain domain aims to supply informaiton relevant for the SDG 12 - sustainable consumption and production patterns, SDG 2 - zero hunger and SDG 1 - no poverty, that constitue guiding SDGs in the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-2031 and its better production pillar. More in general they may inform national, regional and global food policy, including measures in the World Food Summit framework. Data are collected from national Supply and Use Tables (SUTs) and Industry by Industry Input Output tables (IOTs), via OECD database or NSOs. All input data are in line with the System of National Accounts (SNA) and main international classifications and standards related to environmental-economic accounting (respectively the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, SEEA AFF, and the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, ISIC).