Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.2389 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 0.2389 for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 12.5% on the previous year and down 43.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Saudi Arabia peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.2389, in 2023.
That places Saudi Arabia 124th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9306 | 0.8547 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.7332 | 0.5611 | 0.9744 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5339 | 0.4042 | 0.763 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4417 | 0.4041 | 0.4933 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4041 | 0.368 | 0.4945 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4264 | 0.3272 | 0.5966 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2686 | 0.2389 | 0.2885 | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Saudi Arabia?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Saudi Arabia was 0.2389 in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2389 in 2023.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 124th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).