Wheat — Yield in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Wheat — Yield was 6,350 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — yield in Saudi Arabia stood at 6,350 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Saudi Arabia peaked at 6,800 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,006 kg/ha, in 1972.
Saudi Arabia ranks 12th of 124 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,471 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,440 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1963 | 1,636 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1964 | 1,585 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1965 | 1,750 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1966 | 1,750 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,647 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1968 | 1,737 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1969 | 1,857 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1970 | 1,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,392 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1972 | 1,006 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 1973 | 2,045 kg/ha | +103.2% |
| 1974 | 1,842 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1975 | 2,126 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1976 | 1,255 kg/ha | -41.0% |
| 1977 | 1,740 kg/ha | +38.7% |
| 1978 | 2,002 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1979 | 2,091 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1980 | 2,108 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 2,547 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1982 | 2,759 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1983 | 3,336 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1984 | 3,469 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 3,634 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1986 | 4,043 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1987 | 4,402 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1988 | 4,498 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 4,424 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 4,646 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 4,503 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 4,461 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 4,489 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 4,550 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 4,472 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 4,382 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 4,450 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 4,500 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 4,253 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2000 | 4,264 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 4,908 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2002 | 4,888 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 4,885 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 5,307 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2005 | 5,418 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 5,617 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 5,684 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 6,088 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 5,883 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 6,147 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 6,143 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 5,925 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 6,433 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2014 | 5,880 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2015 | 6,142 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 5,925 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 6,433 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2018 | 6,533 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 5,902 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2020 | 6,376 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2021 | 6,700 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 6,800 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 6,256 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2024 | 6,350 kg/ha | +1.5% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 6,350 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,807 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 6,350 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,571 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +103.2% | 1,006 kg/ha | 2,045 kg/ha |
| 1976 | -41.0% | 2,126 kg/ha | 1,255 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,653 kg/ha | 1,440 kg/ha | 1,857 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,736 kg/ha | 1,006 kg/ha | 2,126 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,522 kg/ha | 2,108 kg/ha | 4,498 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,471 kg/ha | 4,253 kg/ha | 4,646 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,294 kg/ha | 4,264 kg/ha | 6,088 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,146 kg/ha | 5,880 kg/ha | 6,533 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,496 kg/ha | 6,256 kg/ha | 6,800 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,441 kg/ha compare
- 9 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6,971 kg/ha compare
- 10 Egypt 6,778 kg/ha compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 1,376 kg/ha compare
- 11 Belgium 6,625 kg/ha compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,201 kg/ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,125 kg/ha compare
- 13 Sweden 6,169 kg/ha compare
- 13 Melanesia 673.2 kg/ha compare
- 14 Chile 6,002 kg/ha compare
- 15 France 5,974 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Saudi Arabia?
- Wheat — yield in Saudi Arabia was 6,350 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 6,800 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,006 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for wheat — yield?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 12th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. 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 Wheat — 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.