What is the highest arable land recorded in Saudi Arabia?

The highest recorded value was 0.4512 hectares per person in 1961.

What is the lowest arable land recorded in Saudi Arabia?

The lowest recorded value was 0.1018 hectares per person in 2023.

How does Saudi Arabia rank for arable land?

Saudi Arabia ranks 107th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.

Is arable land rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?

Over the last ten years it is down 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Arable land in Saudi Arabia

Name: Arable land in Saudi Arabia
Creator: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Saudi Arabia: Arable land was 0.1018 hectares per person in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

0.1018 hectares per person

Change on year

down 4.5%

World rank

107th

of 206 countries

All-time high

0.4512 hectares per person

in 1961

All-time low

0.1018 hectares per person

in 2023

Years of data

1961–2023

Arable land in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2023

Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in hectares per person.

Analysis

In 2023, arable land in Saudi Arabia stood at 0.1018 hectares per person. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.5% on the previous year and down 19.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land in Saudi Arabia peaked at 0.4512 hectares per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.1018 hectares per person, in 2023.

That places Saudi Arabia 107th out of 206 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.4173 hectares per person	0.3863 hectares per person	0.4512 hectares per person	9
1970s	0.3558 hectares per person	0.3226 hectares per person	0.3818 hectares per person	10
1980s	0.3091 hectares per person	0.2916 hectares per person	0.3176 hectares per person	10
1990s	0.2807 hectares per person	0.2337 hectares per person	0.3207 hectares per person	10
2000s	0.1801 hectares per person	0.1455 hectares per person	0.223 hectares per person	10
2010s	0.1236 hectares per person	0.1113 hectares per person	0.1466 hectares per person	10
2020s	0.1071 hectares per person	0.1018 hectares per person	0.1114 hectares per person	4

Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia

104 India 0.107 hectares per person compare
105 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.1069 hectares per person compare
106 Botswana 0.1048 hectares per person compare
108 New Zealand 0.1 hectares per person compare
109 Burundi 0.0965 hectares per person compare
110 Madagascar 0.0962 hectares per person compare

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More agriculture & rural data for Saudi Arabia

Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Rural population 15.4% (2025)
Rural population growth 3.6% (2025)
Rural population 5.69 million (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.6% (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 33.07 billion current US$ (2025)
Land under cereal production 232,932 hectares (2023)
Cereal yield 5,122 kg per hectare (2023)
Cereal production 1.19 million metric tons (2023)

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Frequently asked questions

What is arable land in Saudi Arabia?: Arable land in Saudi Arabia was 0.1018 hectares per person in 2023, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
What is the highest arable land recorded in Saudi Arabia?: The highest recorded value was 0.4512 hectares per person in 1961.
What is the lowest arable land recorded in Saudi Arabia?: The lowest recorded value was 0.1018 hectares per person in 2023.
How does Saudi Arabia rank for arable land?: Saudi Arabia ranks 107th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?: Over the last ten years it is down 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?: The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Arable land (hectares per person). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Arable land (hectares per person)
Unit: hectares per person
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 253 places, 14,649 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.