Rice yield in Saudi Arabia
Rice yield in Saudi Arabia was 2.4 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 2.2% from 2023. That is the 85th highest of 115 countries in 2024.
Rice yield in Saudi Arabia, 1961 to 2024
All 27 values
| Period | tonnes per hectare |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.4 Estimated |
| 2023 | 2.35 |
| 2022 | 2.4 |
| 2021 | 2.4 |
| 2020 | 2.34 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0.14 |
| 1980 | 1.47 |
| 1979 | 1.99 |
| 1978 | 2.42 |
| 1977 | 1.59 |
| 1976 | 1 Estimated |
| 1975 | 1 |
| 1974 | 1 |
| 1973 | 1 |
| 1972 | 1.45 |
| 1971 | 2 |
| 1970 | 3 |
| 1969 | 3 |
| 1968 | 3.8 Estimated |
| 1967 | 3.8 Estimated |
| 1966 | 3 |
| 1965 | 2.33 |
| 1964 | 2.5 |
| 1963 | 2.85 |
| 1962 | 2.65 Estimated |
| 1961 | 2.8 Estimated |
Rankings
Definition
Harvested production of rice as paddy per hectare of area harvested, in tonnes per hectare. FAOSTAT publishes it in kilograms per hectare; Invokely divides by 1,000.
Area harvested, not area sown, so crop failures lower the area as well as the output. 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, yield, kg/ha (item 27, element 5412). 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.Citation styles
APA 7
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, yield, kg/ha (item 27, element 5412) (Rice yield, 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, yield, kg/ha (item 27, element 5412), Rice yield, 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-yield/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, yield, kg/ha (item 27, element 5412). Rice yield, 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-yield/saudi-arabia.
Harvard
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, yield, kg/ha (item 27, element 5412), Rice yield, 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-yield/saudi-arabia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{food_rice_yield_saudi_arabia_2024,
author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, yield, kg/ha (item 27, element 5412): Rice yield, 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-yield/saudi-arabia. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, yield, kg/ha (item 27, element 5412). 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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Rice yield in Saudi Arabia was 2.4 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 2.2% from 2023. That is the 85th highest of 115 countries in 2024.
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, yield, kg/ha (item 27, element 5412). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.
What was the highest rice yield in Saudi Arabia?
3.8 tonnes per hectare in 1967, the highest value since 1961 in this series.