Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 466 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Saudi Arabia is 466 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Saudi Arabia peaked at 1,210 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Saudi Arabia ranks 86th of 112 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 17 ha | — |
| 1983 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1984 | 0 ha | — |
| 1985 | 0 ha | — |
| 1986 | 0 ha | — |
| 1987 | 0 ha | — |
| 1988 | 0 ha | — |
| 1989 | 0 ha | — |
| 1990 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1991 | 1,200 ha | +20.0% |
| 1992 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,210 ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 1,000 ha | -17.4% |
| 1995 | 1,023 ha | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 999 ha | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 971 ha | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 1,008 ha | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 1,010 ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 1,014 ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 1,017 ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 1,000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 1,010 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 1,005 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 1,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 787 ha | -21.3% |
| 2010 | 500 ha | -36.5% |
| 2011 | 546 ha | +9.2% |
| 2012 | 500 ha | -8.4% |
| 2013 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 505 ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 468 ha | -7.3% |
| 2016 | 491 ha | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 505 ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 488 ha | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 471 ha | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 476 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 470 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 467 ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 461 ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 466 ha | +1.1% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 466 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 218.5 ha, 2.1× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 466 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,290 ha, 20% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | -100.0% | 17 ha | 0 ha |
| 2010 | -36.5% | 787 ha | 500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.7 ha | 0 ha | 17 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,062 ha | 971 ha | 1,210 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 983.3 ha | 787 ha | 1,017 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 497.4 ha | 468 ha | 546 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 468 ha | 461 ha | 476 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Saudi Arabia?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Saudi Arabia was 466 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,210 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 86th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. 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.