Meat — Import quantity in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Meat — Import quantity was 705 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Meat — Import quantity in Saudi Arabia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, meat — import quantity in Saudi Arabia stood at 705 1000 t. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 13.6% on the previous year and down 35.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat — import quantity in Saudi Arabia peaked at 1,201 1000 t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 705 1000 t, in 2023.
That places Saudi Arabia 16th out of 182 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,012 1000 t | 843 1000 t | 1,201 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 804.5 1000 t | 705 1000 t | 857 1000 t | 4 |
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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 meat — import quantity in Saudi Arabia?
- Meat — import quantity in Saudi Arabia was 705 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat — import quantity recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,201 1000 t in 2015.
- What is the lowest meat — import quantity recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 705 1000 t in 2023.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for meat — import quantity?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 16th out of 182 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat — import quantity rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat — Import quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.