Millet — Yield in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Millet — Yield was 1,955 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Yield in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 1,955 kg/ha for millet — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.3% on the previous year and down 24.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — yield in Saudi Arabia peaked at 2,589 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 289.8 kg/ha, in 1980.
That places Saudi Arabia 17th out of 86 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Yield in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,029 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 986.7 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1963 | 986.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 987.7 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 1,000 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 811.8 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1969 | 1,171 kg/ha | +44.3% |
| 1970 | 1,182 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 1,070 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1972 | 516.9 kg/ha | -51.7% |
| 1973 | 566.8 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1974 | 322.8 kg/ha | -43.0% |
| 1975 | 291.6 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1976 | 504.3 kg/ha | +72.9% |
| 1977 | 395.2 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1978 | 386.8 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1979 | 446.1 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1980 | 289.8 kg/ha | -35.0% |
| 1981 | 638.1 kg/ha | +120.2% |
| 1982 | 487.4 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1983 | 722.2 kg/ha | +48.2% |
| 1984 | 1,371 kg/ha | +89.9% |
| 1985 | 1,678 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1986 | 1,923 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1987 | 1,342 kg/ha | -30.2% |
| 1988 | 1,412 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1989 | 1,735 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1990 | 1,177 kg/ha | -32.2% |
| 1991 | 1,558 kg/ha | +32.3% |
| 1992 | 1,726 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1993 | 1,815 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1994 | 1,712 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1995 | 1,712 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,717 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 1,711 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 1,600 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1999 | 1,095 kg/ha | -31.6% |
| 2000 | 1,298 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2001 | 1,514 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2002 | 1,294 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2003 | 1,282 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 1,646 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 2005 | 1,756 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 1,659 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 1,765 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 2,140 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 2009 | 2,011 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 1,731 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2011 | 1,688 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 1,731 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 1,704 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 2,589 kg/ha | +51.9% |
| 2015 | 1,731 kg/ha | -33.1% |
| 2016 | 1,688 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 1,704 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 1,696 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 2,491 kg/ha | +46.9% |
| 2020 | 2,108 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2021 | 2,155 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 1,837 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2023 | 1,874 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 1,955 kg/ha | +4.3% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 1,955 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,763 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 1,955 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,305 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +120.2% | 289.8 kg/ha | 638.1 kg/ha |
| 1984 | +89.9% | 722.2 kg/ha | 1,371 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 996.98 kg/ha | 811.8 kg/ha | 1,171 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 568.18 kg/ha | 291.6 kg/ha | 1,182 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,160 kg/ha | 289.8 kg/ha | 1,923 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,582 kg/ha | 1,095 kg/ha | 1,815 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,637 kg/ha | 1,282 kg/ha | 2,140 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,875 kg/ha | 1,688 kg/ha | 2,589 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,986 kg/ha | 1,837 kg/ha | 2,155 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 14 Yugoslav SFR 2,095 kg/ha compare
- 15 Morocco 2,074 kg/ha compare
- 16 Czechoslovakia 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 18 Côte d'Ivoire 803.1 kg/ha compare
- 18 Poland 1,817 kg/ha compare
- 19 Bulgaria 1,802 kg/ha compare
- 20 Kyrgyzstan 1,778 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 millet — yield in Saudi Arabia?
- Millet — yield in Saudi Arabia was 1,955 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,589 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest millet — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 289.8 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for millet — yield?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 17th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — yield rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.5%. 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 Millet — 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.