Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 33,172 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — yield in Saudi Arabia is 33,172 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.8% on the previous year and up 146.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Saudi Arabia peaked at 36,392 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,626 kg/ha, in 1975.
That places Saudi Arabia 22nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,571 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,667 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 8,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 8,750 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 8,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 8,824 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 8,667 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1968 | 8,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 8,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 8,421 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1971 | 8,421 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 8,100 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1973 | 8,115 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 7,164 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1975 | 2,626 kg/ha | -63.3% |
| 1976 | 5,010 kg/ha | +90.8% |
| 1978 | 11,280 kg/ha | +125.2% |
| 1979 | 12,395 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1980 | 7,885 kg/ha | -36.4% |
| 1981 | 9,515 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1982 | 7,376 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 1983 | 15,044 kg/ha | +104.0% |
| 1984 | 16,114 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1985 | 20,174 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 1986 | 15,485 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 1987 | 19,498 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 1988 | 20,004 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 19,996 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 19,831 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 17,536 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1992 | 16,011 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1993 | 18,288 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1994 | 18,947 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 19,677 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 19,670 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 17,360 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1998 | 18,043 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 25,088 kg/ha | +39.0% |
| 2000 | 26,204 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 24,092 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2002 | 22,865 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 23,229 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 26,059 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2005 | 24,356 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 24,203 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 23,502 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 24,933 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2009 | 25,142 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 26,058 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 24,833 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 25,323 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 25,655 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 13,441 kg/ha | -47.6% |
| 2015 | 26,058 kg/ha | +93.9% |
| 2016 | 25,655 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 25,402 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 25,189 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 24,402 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 28,858 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2021 | 29,020 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 30,265 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 36,392 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 2024 | 33,172 kg/ha | -8.8% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 33,172 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 27,824 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 33,172 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 28,796 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots and Tubers, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +125.2% | 5,010 kg/ha | 11,280 kg/ha |
| 1983 | +104.0% | 7,376 kg/ha | 15,044 kg/ha |
| 2015 | +93.9% | 13,441 kg/ha | 26,058 kg/ha |
| 1976 | +90.8% | 2,626 kg/ha | 5,010 kg/ha |
| 1975 | -63.3% | 7,164 kg/ha | 2,626 kg/ha |
| 2014 | -47.6% | 25,655 kg/ha | 13,441 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,692 kg/ha | 8,571 kg/ha | 8,824 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,948 kg/ha | 2,626 kg/ha | 12,395 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1980s | 15,109 kg/ha | 7,376 kg/ha | 20,174 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,045 kg/ha | 16,011 kg/ha | 25,088 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,459 kg/ha | 22,865 kg/ha | 26,204 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,202 kg/ha | 13,441 kg/ha | 26,058 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,541 kg/ha | 28,858 kg/ha | 36,392 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 19 Algeria 33,944 kg/ha compare
- 19 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 5,785 kg/ha compare
- 20 Chile 33,633 kg/ha compare
- 20 Timor-Leste 3,095 kg/ha compare
- 21 Israel 33,454 kg/ha compare
- 22 Cabo Verde 10,604 kg/ha compare
- 23 Morocco 32,702 kg/ha compare
- 24 Spain 32,109 kg/ha compare
- 25 Mexico 31,691 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Saudi Arabia
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.2322 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0992 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.0065 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 3.72 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Saudi Arabia?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Saudi Arabia was 33,172 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 36,392 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,626 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 22nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 146.8%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield. 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.