Wheat — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Wheat — Area harvested was 129,202 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — 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 wheat — area harvested in Saudi Arabia is 129,202 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 38.5% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Saudi Arabia peaked at 924,407 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 30,100 ha, in 1971.
Saudi Arabia ranks 65th of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Area harvested in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 85,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 75,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 1963 | 82,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 82,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 84,500 ha | +3.0% |
| 1966 | 85,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 71,732 ha | -15.6% |
| 1968 | 71,961 ha | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 70,000 ha | -2.7% |
| 1970 | 70,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 30,100 ha | -57.0% |
| 1972 | 38,721 ha | +28.6% |
| 1973 | 31,165 ha | -19.5% |
| 1974 | 83,257 ha | +167.1% |
| 1975 | 62,101 ha | -25.4% |
| 1976 | 73,746 ha | +18.8% |
| 1977 | 71,599 ha | -2.9% |
| 1978 | 59,912 ha | -16.3% |
| 1979 | 71,949 ha | +20.1% |
| 1980 | 67,226 ha | -6.6% |
| 1981 | 73,502 ha | +9.3% |
| 1982 | 151,058 ha | +105.5% |
| 1983 | 245,071 ha | +62.2% |
| 1984 | 404,079 ha | +64.9% |
| 1985 | 587,421 ha | +45.4% |
| 1986 | 566,418 ha | -3.6% |
| 1987 | 601,703 ha | +6.2% |
| 1988 | 726,370 ha | +20.7% |
| 1989 | 780,403 ha | +7.4% |
| 1990 | 770,606 ha | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 896,185 ha | +16.3% |
| 1992 | 924,407 ha | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 764,150 ha | -17.3% |
| 1994 | 581,509 ha | -23.9% |
| 1995 | 368,509 ha | -36.6% |
| 1996 | 273,842 ha | -25.7% |
| 1997 | 403,371 ha | +47.3% |
| 1998 | 385,340 ha | -4.5% |
| 1999 | 481,114 ha | +24.9% |
| 2000 | 419,220 ha | -12.9% |
| 2001 | 424,168 ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 498,507 ha | +17.5% |
| 2003 | 516,747 ha | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 523,061 ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 488,876 ha | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 468,271 ha | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 450,000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 326,161 ha | -27.5% |
| 2009 | 195,884 ha | -39.9% |
| 2010 | 219,505 ha | +12.1% |
| 2011 | 192,818 ha | -12.2% |
| 2012 | 144,169 ha | -25.2% |
| 2013 | 102,613 ha | -28.8% |
| 2014 | 122,199 ha | +19.1% |
| 2015 | 112,956 ha | -7.6% |
| 2016 | 104,414 ha | -7.6% |
| 2017 | 96,517 ha | -7.6% |
| 2018 | 89,756 ha | -7.0% |
| 2019 | 84,743 ha | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 86,983 ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 91,430 ha | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 117,647 ha | +28.7% |
| 2023 | 210,102 ha | +78.6% |
| 2024 | 129,202 ha | -38.5% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 129,202 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 214,750 ha, 60% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 129,202 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 63,748 ha, 2.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — 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 | +167.1% | 31,165 ha | 83,257 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 78,633 ha | 70,000 ha | 85,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 59,255 ha | 30,100 ha | 83,257 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 420,325 ha | 67,226 ha | 780,403 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 584,903 ha | 273,842 ha | 924,407 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 431,090 ha | 195,884 ha | 523,061 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 126,969 ha | 84,743 ha | 219,505 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 127,073 ha | 86,983 ha | 210,102 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 wheat — area harvested in Saudi Arabia?
- Wheat — area harvested in Saudi Arabia was 129,202 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 924,407 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,100 ha in 1971.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 65th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. 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 Wheat — 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.