Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 4,144 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Saudi Arabia, 1982–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Saudi Arabia is 4,144 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Saudi Arabia peaked at 4,282 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2,059 kg/ha, in 1982.
Saudi Arabia ranks 8th of 112 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 2,059 kg/ha | — |
| 1990 | 4,000 kg/ha | +94.3% |
| 1991 | 3,750 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1992 | 3,333 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1993 | 3,306 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 4,000 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 1995 | 3,935 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 4,022 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 4,128 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 3,971 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 3,960 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 3,938 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 3,918 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 4,000 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 3,932 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 3,944 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 4,000 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 4,003 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 4,000 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 4,012 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 4,000 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 4,100 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 4,079 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 4,054 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 4,078 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 4,087 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 4,073 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 4,282 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 4,277 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 4,148 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 4,141 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 4,144 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 4,144 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 4,144 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,780 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 4,144 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3,249 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +94.3% | 2,059 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,059 kg/ha | 2,059 kg/ha | 2,059 kg/ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 3,840 kg/ha | 3,306 kg/ha | 4,128 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,974 kg/ha | 3,918 kg/ha | 4,003 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,077 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 4,282 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,171 kg/ha | 4,141 kg/ha | 4,277 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 5 Lebanon 4,708 kg/ha compare
- 6 Cyprus 4,375 kg/ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 2,682 kg/ha compare
- 7 Guatemala 4,306 kg/ha compare
- 7 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,346 kg/ha compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,385 kg/ha compare
- 9 Nicaragua 4,124 kg/ha compare
- 9 Melanesia 1,068 kg/ha compare
- 10 China, mainland 4,040 kg/ha compare
- 11 China 4,032 kg/ha compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 986.9 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Saudi Arabia?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Saudi Arabia was 4,144 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,282 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,059 kg/ha in 1982.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 8th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.