Potatoes — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Potatoes — Area harvested was 18,843 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 18,843 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 10.3% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Saudi Arabia peaked at 19,990 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1977.
That places Saudi Arabia 74th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 70 ha | — |
| 1962 | 75 ha | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 75 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 80 ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 85 ha | +6.2% |
| 1967 | 90 ha | +5.9% |
| 1968 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 95 ha | +5.6% |
| 1971 | 95 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 100 ha | +5.3% |
| 1973 | 52 ha | -48.0% |
| 1974 | 213 ha | +309.6% |
| 1975 | 182 ha | -14.6% |
| 1976 | 201 ha | +10.4% |
| 1977 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1978 | 410 ha | — |
| 1979 | 299 ha | -27.1% |
| 1980 | 520 ha | +73.9% |
| 1981 | 515 ha | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 1,315 ha | +155.3% |
| 1983 | 678 ha | -48.4% |
| 1984 | 1,086 ha | +60.2% |
| 1985 | 1,221 ha | +12.4% |
| 1986 | 1,787 ha | +46.4% |
| 1987 | 1,831 ha | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 1,834 ha | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 1,862 ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 3,209 ha | +72.3% |
| 1991 | 4,364 ha | +36.0% |
| 1992 | 6,029 ha | +38.2% |
| 1993 | 9,145 ha | +51.7% |
| 1994 | 12,565 ha | +37.4% |
| 1995 | 19,074 ha | +51.8% |
| 1996 | 17,746 ha | -7.0% |
| 1997 | 19,067 ha | +7.4% |
| 1998 | 19,232 ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 15,705 ha | -18.3% |
| 2000 | 14,524 ha | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 13,112 ha | -9.7% |
| 2002 | 13,777 ha | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 13,687 ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 14,864 ha | +8.6% |
| 2005 | 18,105 ha | +21.8% |
| 2006 | 19,361 ha | +6.9% |
| 2007 | 19,700 ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 17,926 ha | -9.0% |
| 2009 | 17,665 ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 15,312 ha | -13.3% |
| 2011 | 16,296 ha | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 16,020 ha | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 15,212 ha | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 17,073 ha | +12.2% |
| 2015 | 17,622 ha | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 18,180 ha | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 18,755 ha | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 19,149 ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 19,427 ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 19,486 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 19,921 ha | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 19,990 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 17,085 ha | -14.5% |
| 2024 | 18,843 ha | +10.3% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 18,843 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 9,829 ha, 1.9× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 18,843 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 15,647 ha, 1.2× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +309.6% | 52 ha | 213 ha |
| 1982 | +155.3% | 515 ha | 1,315 ha |
| 1977 | -100.0% | 201 ha | 0 ha |
| 1980 | +73.9% | 299 ha | 520 ha |
| 1990 | +72.3% | 1,862 ha | 3,209 ha |
| 1984 | +60.2% | 678 ha | 1,086 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81.67 ha | 70 ha | 90 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 164.7 ha | 0 ha | 410 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,265 ha | 515 ha | 1,862 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,614 ha | 3,209 ha | 19,232 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,272 ha | 13,112 ha | 19,700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,305 ha | 15,212 ha | 19,427 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,065 ha | 17,085 ha | 19,990 ha | 5 |
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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)
- 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 potatoes — area harvested in Saudi Arabia?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Saudi Arabia was 18,843 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 19,990 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1977.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 74th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 — Area harvested. 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.