Potatoes and products — Food in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Potatoes and products — Food was 1,165 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Potatoes and products — 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 potatoes and products — food in Saudi Arabia is 1,165 1000 t, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and up 55.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes and products — food in Saudi Arabia peaked at 1,191 1000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 306 1000 t, in 2010.
That places Saudi Arabia 32nd out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Potatoes and products — Food in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 306 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 335 1000 t | +9.5% |
| 2012 | 409 1000 t | +22.1% |
| 2013 | 751 1000 t | +83.6% |
| 2014 | 540 1000 t | -28.1% |
| 2015 | 579 1000 t | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 564 1000 t | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 807 1000 t | +43.1% |
| 2018 | 789 1000 t | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 890 1000 t | +12.8% |
| 2020 | 1,015 1000 t | +14.0% |
| 2021 | 1,160 1000 t | +14.3% |
| 2022 | 1,191 1000 t | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 1,165 1000 t | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 597 1000 t | 306 1000 t | 890 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,133 1000 t | 1,015 1000 t | 1,191 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 potatoes and products — food in Saudi Arabia?
- Potatoes and products — food in Saudi Arabia was 1,165 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes and products — food recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,191 1000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest potatoes and products — food recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 306 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for potatoes and products — food?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 32nd out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes and products — food rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.1%. 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 Potatoes and products — 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.