What is the highest surface area recorded in Saudi Arabia?

The highest recorded value was 2.15 million sq. km in 1961.

What is the lowest surface area recorded in Saudi Arabia?

The lowest recorded value was 2.15 million sq. km in 1961.

How does Saudi Arabia rank for surface area?

Saudi Arabia ranks 12th out of 216 countries with data for 2023.

Is surface area rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?

Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Surface area in Saudi Arabia

Name: Surface area 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: Surface area was 2.15 million sq. km in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)

2.15 million sq. km

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

12th

of 216 countries

All-time high

2.15 million sq. km

in 1961

All-time low

2.15 million sq. km

in 1961

Years of data

1961–2023

Surface area 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 sq. km.

Analysis

Saudi Arabia recorded 2.15 million sq. km for surface area in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, surface area in Saudi Arabia peaked at 2.15 million sq. km in 1961 and was at its lowest, 2.15 million sq. km, in 1961.

That places Saudi Arabia 12th out of 216 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	2.15 million sq. km	2.15 million sq. km	2.15 million sq. km	9
1970s	2.15 million sq. km	2.15 million sq. km	2.15 million sq. km	10
1980s	2.15 million sq. km	2.15 million sq. km	2.15 million sq. km	10
1990s	2.15 million sq. km	2.15 million sq. km	2.15 million sq. km	10
2000s	2.15 million sq. km	2.15 million sq. km	2.15 million sq. km	10
2010s	2.15 million sq. km	2.15 million sq. km	2.15 million sq. km	10
2020s	2.15 million sq. km	2.15 million sq. km	2.15 million sq. km	4

Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia

9 Kazakhstan 2.72 million sq. km compare
10 Algeria 2.38 million sq. km compare
11 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.34 million sq. km compare
13 Mexico 1.96 million sq. km compare
14 Indonesia 1.92 million sq. km compare
15 Sudan 1.88 million sq. km 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 surface area in Saudi Arabia?: Surface area in Saudi Arabia was 2.15 million sq. km 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 surface area recorded in Saudi Arabia?: The highest recorded value was 2.15 million sq. km in 1961.
What is the lowest surface area recorded in Saudi Arabia?: The lowest recorded value was 2.15 million sq. km in 1961.
How does Saudi Arabia rank for surface area?: Saudi Arabia ranks 12th out of 216 countries with data for 2023.
Is surface area rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?: Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
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 Surface area (sq. km). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Surface area (sq. km)
Unit: sq. km
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: 263 places, 16,395 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.