Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 325,452 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — area harvested in Saudi Arabia stood at 325,452 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 8.0% on the previous year and up 87.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Saudi Arabia peaked at 325,452 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 32,200 ha, in 1961.
That places Saudi Arabia 45th out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
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 | 35,908 ha | 32,200 ha | 41,070 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 68,577 ha | 40,242 ha | 87,429 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 101,110 ha | 88,906 ha | 118,043 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 157,391 ha | 119,145 ha | 210,559 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 241,943 ha | 215,030 ha | 266,542 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 212,038 ha | 173,573 ha | 262,457 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 258,837 ha | 209,720 ha | 325,452 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 fruit primary — area harvested in Saudi Arabia?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Saudi Arabia was 325,452 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 325,452 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 32,200 ha in 1961.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 45th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 87.5%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.