Rice production in Saudi Arabia

Rice production in Saudi Arabia was 1,006 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 10.9% from 2023. That is the 107th highest of 135 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes1,006 Estimated

Change on 2023+10.9%

Rank107th of 135Countries ranked

Series high4,2001965

Series low01981

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Rice production in Saudi Arabia, 1961 to 2024

tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.

All 43 values

Period	tonnes
2024	1,006 Estimated
2023	908
2022	815
2021	814
2020	787
2019	400
2018	18
1996	0
1995	0
1994	0
1993	0
1992	0
1991	0
1990	0
1989	0
1988	0
1987	0
1986	0
1985	0
1984	0
1983	0
1982	0
1981	0
1980	88
1979	538
1978	385
1977	460
1976	200
1975	200
1974	180
1973	180
1972	68
1971	1,520
1970	3,000
1969	3,000
1968	3,000
1967	3,000
1966	3,000
1965	4,200
1964	2,500
1963	2,248
1962	2,120
1961	2,800 Estimated

Rankings

Countries by rice production 142 places
EU countries by rice production 26 places

Definition

Quantity of rice as paddy, the unhusked grain as harvested produced in the calendar year, in tonnes, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. Countries report to FAO through its annual production questionnaire; FAO fills gaps with official publications and its own estimates.

Paddy weight. Milled rice, the measure some other sources use, weighs about two thirds as much. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

How to cite

FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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APA 7

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510) (Rice production, Saudi Arabia, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

MLA 9

Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510), Rice production, Saudi Arabia, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/rice-production/saudi-arabia. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510). Rice production, Saudi Arabia, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/rice-production/saudi-arabia.

Harvard

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510), Rice production, Saudi Arabia, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/rice-production/saudi-arabia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_rice_production_saudi_arabia_2024,
  author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510): Rice production, Saudi Arabia, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/rice-production/saudi-arabia. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production\_Crops\_Livestock\_E\_All\_Data\_\%28Normalized\%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.},
}

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4,200 tonnes in 1965, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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