Tomatoes — Yield in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Tomatoes — Yield was 43,985 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes — 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 tomatoes — yield in Saudi Arabia is 43,985 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 87.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — yield in Saudi Arabia peaked at 44,145 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 9,376 kg/ha, in 1971.
Saudi Arabia ranks 67th of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Yield in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,571 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,143 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 13,143 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 14,286 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1965 | 13,000 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1966 | 13,500 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 13,793 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 13,810 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 13,333 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1970 | 12,500 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1971 | 9,376 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1972 | 10,124 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1973 | 12,974 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 1974 | 11,664 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1975 | 14,442 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1976 | 10,367 kg/ha | -28.2% |
| 1977 | 11,010 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1978 | 10,676 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1979 | 11,604 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1980 | 11,360 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 18,046 kg/ha | +58.9% |
| 1982 | 14,712 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1983 | 13,550 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1984 | 12,082 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1985 | 13,202 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1986 | 13,414 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 18,465 kg/ha | +37.7% |
| 1988 | 17,790 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1989 | 17,680 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 21,291 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1991 | 15,773 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1992 | 16,828 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 16,824 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 17,557 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 17,083 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 16,534 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 16,153 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 20,813 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 1999 | 23,690 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2000 | 24,916 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 21,346 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2002 | 22,952 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2003 | 23,227 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 28,132 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 2005 | 28,644 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 34,304 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 2007 | 32,308 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2008 | 35,523 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 35,869 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 32,028 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2011 | 31,667 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 31,907 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 32,295 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 23,409 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 2015 | 22,215 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 23,204 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 23,007 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 23,261 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 24,374 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 40,694 kg/ha | +67.0% |
| 2021 | 41,308 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 43,302 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 44,145 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 43,985 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 43,985 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 71,720 kg/ha, 61% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 43,985 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 64,976 kg/ha, 68% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +67.0% | 24,374 kg/ha | 40,694 kg/ha |
| 1981 | +58.9% | 11,360 kg/ha | 18,046 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,398 kg/ha | 12,571 kg/ha | 14,286 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,474 kg/ha | 9,376 kg/ha | 14,442 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,030 kg/ha | 11,360 kg/ha | 18,465 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,255 kg/ha | 15,773 kg/ha | 23,690 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,722 kg/ha | 21,346 kg/ha | 35,869 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,737 kg/ha | 22,215 kg/ha | 32,295 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 42,687 kg/ha | 40,694 kg/ha | 44,145 kg/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 tomatoes — yield in Saudi Arabia?
- Tomatoes — yield in Saudi Arabia was 43,985 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 44,145 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,376 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for tomatoes — yield?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 67th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — yield rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 87.9%. 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 Tomatoes — Yield. 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.