Cereal yield in Saudi Arabia

Cereal farms in Saudi Arabia harvested 5,105 kg per hectare in 2024.

Measure: Cereal yield Unit: Kilograms per hectare Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Saudi Arabia, 2024 5,105 Kilograms per hectare
Change from 2023 −3.9% 2023: 5,313 kg per hectare
World, 2023 4,229 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Saudi Arabia (2024).
Median of G20 countries, 2024 5,003 kg per hectare Middle value of 19 countries
Position in 2024 41st of 176 See the full ranking

Cereal yield in Saudi Arabia over time

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Kilograms per hectare. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Cereal yield (kilograms per hectare), 2000 to 2024
Period Saudi ArabiaWorld
2024 5,105 kg per hectare –
2023 5,313 kg per hectare 4,229 kg per hectare
2022 5,002 kg per hectare 4,186 kg per hectare
2021 4,728 kg per hectare 4,176 kg per hectare
2020 4,819 kg per hectare 4,118 kg per hectare
2019 5,296 kg per hectare 4,122 kg per hectare
2018 5,606 kg per hectare 4,022 kg per hectare
2017 5,634 kg per hectare 4,067 kg per hectare
2016 5,441 kg per hectare 4,018 kg per hectare
2015 5,583 kg per hectare 3,932 kg per hectare
2014 5,193 kg per hectare 3,893 kg per hectare
2013 5,360 kg per hectare 3,830 kg per hectare
2012 5,164 kg per hectare 3,612 kg per hectare
2011 5,483 kg per hectare 3,656 kg per hectare
2010 5,508 kg per hectare 3,563 kg per hectare
2009 4,874 kg per hectare 3,558 kg per hectare
2008 5,221 kg per hectare 3,545 kg per hectare
2007 5,122 kg per hectare 3,371 kg per hectare
2006 5,047 kg per hectare 3,281 kg per hectare
2005 4,753 kg per hectare 3,276 kg per hectare
2004 4,675 kg per hectare 3,359 kg per hectare
2003 4,229 kg per hectare 3,119 kg per hectare
2002 4,048 kg per hectare 3,076 kg per hectare
2001 3,932 kg per hectare 3,133 kg per hectare
2000 3,516 kg per hectare 3,061 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −3.9% from 5,313 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 5,193 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −1.7%.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2024, Saudi Arabia has the 41st highest value.

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Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.YLD.CREL.KG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Saudi Arabia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)