Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 4,550 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pulses, total — area harvested in Saudi Arabia stood at 4,550 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Saudi Arabia peaked at 4,874 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,500 ha, in 1961.
That places Saudi Arabia 131st out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,900 ha | 1,500 ha | 2,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,850 ha | 2,400 ha | 3,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,690 ha | 3,400 ha | 3,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,171 ha | 4,000 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,585 ha | 4,300 ha | 4,834 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,669 ha | 4,565 ha | 4,874 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,541 ha | 4,505 ha | 4,565 ha | 5 |
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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 pulses, total — area harvested in Saudi Arabia?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Saudi Arabia was 4,550 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,874 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 131st out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. 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 Pulses, Total — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.