Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 53,332 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — area harvested in Saudi Arabia is 53,332 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and up 64.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Saudi Arabia peaked at 106,448 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 13,044 ha, in 1964.
Saudi Arabia ranks 85th of 191 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.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,650 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,950 ha | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 14,150 ha | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 13,044 ha | -7.8% |
| 1965 | 18,100 ha | +38.8% |
| 1966 | 20,730 ha | +14.5% |
| 1967 | 15,610 ha | -24.7% |
| 1968 | 15,900 ha | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 18,100 ha | +13.8% |
| 1970 | 20,700 ha | +14.4% |
| 1971 | 24,853 ha | +20.1% |
| 1972 | 21,591 ha | -13.1% |
| 1973 | 23,309 ha | +8.0% |
| 1974 | 42,831 ha | +83.8% |
| 1975 | 42,804 ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 34,602 ha | -19.2% |
| 1977 | 37,151 ha | +7.4% |
| 1978 | 32,565 ha | -12.3% |
| 1979 | 38,656 ha | +18.7% |
| 1980 | 35,499 ha | -8.2% |
| 1981 | 28,593 ha | -19.5% |
| 1982 | 65,636 ha | +129.6% |
| 1983 | 43,227 ha | -34.1% |
| 1984 | 67,868 ha | +57.0% |
| 1985 | 66,832 ha | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 60,516 ha | -9.5% |
| 1987 | 75,016 ha | +24.0% |
| 1988 | 70,470 ha | -6.1% |
| 1989 | 72,186 ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 74,101 ha | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 75,530 ha | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 89,205 ha | +18.1% |
| 1993 | 86,698 ha | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 91,139 ha | +5.1% |
| 1995 | 106,448 ha | +16.8% |
| 1996 | 104,136 ha | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 105,652 ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 94,181 ha | -10.9% |
| 1999 | 56,215 ha | -40.3% |
| 2000 | 57,855 ha | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 70,227 ha | +21.4% |
| 2002 | 69,294 ha | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 69,099 ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 61,804 ha | -10.6% |
| 2005 | 61,177 ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 53,586 ha | -12.4% |
| 2007 | 53,133 ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 51,082 ha | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 50,895 ha | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 50,301 ha | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 49,673 ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 48,610 ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 47,329 ha | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 32,466 ha | -31.4% |
| 2015 | 30,351 ha | -6.5% |
| 2016 | 29,988 ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 33,486 ha | +11.7% |
| 2018 | 33,246 ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 31,083 ha | -6.5% |
| 2020 | 54,009 ha | +73.8% |
| 2021 | 49,374 ha | -8.6% |
| 2022 | 48,479 ha | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 53,836 ha | +11.1% |
| 2024 | 53,332 ha | -0.9% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 53,332 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 8,406 ha, 6.3× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 53,332 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 42,858 ha, 1.2× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +129.6% | 28,593 ha | 65,636 ha |
| 1974 | +83.8% | 23,309 ha | 42,831 ha |
| 2020 | +73.8% | 31,083 ha | 54,009 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,915 ha | 13,044 ha | 20,730 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,906 ha | 20,700 ha | 42,831 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 58,584 ha | 28,593 ha | 75,016 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 88,330 ha | 56,215 ha | 106,448 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 59,815 ha | 50,895 ha | 70,227 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 38,653 ha | 29,988 ha | 50,301 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 51,806 ha | 48,479 ha | 54,009 ha | 5 |
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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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Saudi Arabia?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Saudi Arabia was 53,332 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 106,448 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,044 ha in 1964.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 85th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.3%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.