Palm Oil — Food in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Palm Oil — Food was 370 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Palm Oil — Food in Saudi Arabia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for palm oil — food in Saudi Arabia is 370 1000 t, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm oil — food in Saudi Arabia peaked at 389 1000 t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 219 1000 t, in 2011.
Saudi Arabia ranks 14th of 112 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Palm Oil — Food in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 221 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 219 1000 t | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 341 1000 t | +55.7% |
| 2013 | 354 1000 t | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 372 1000 t | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 364 1000 t | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 378 1000 t | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 389 1000 t | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 379 1000 t | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 385 1000 t | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 351 1000 t | -8.8% |
| 2021 | 370 1000 t | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 380 1000 t | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 370 1000 t | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 340.2 1000 t | 219 1000 t | 389 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 367.75 1000 t | 351 1000 t | 380 1000 t | 4 |
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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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is palm oil — food in Saudi Arabia?
- Palm oil — food in Saudi Arabia was 370 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm oil — food recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 389 1000 t in 2017.
- What is the lowest palm oil — food recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 219 1000 t in 2011.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for palm oil — food?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 14th out of 112 countries with data for 2023.
- Is palm oil — food rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. 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 Palm Oil — Food. 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.