Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS was 285.86 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Saudi Arabia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 285.86 1000 ha for herbaceous crops — area from modis in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.7% on the previous year and down 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, herbaceous crops — area from modis in Saudi Arabia peaked at 362.57 1000 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 192.99 1000 ha, in 2022.
Saudi Arabia ranks 109th of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 293.9 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 308.62 1000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 302.86 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 302.83 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 305.45 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 319.68 1000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 324.75 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 330.95 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 335.61 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 344.39 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 347.13 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 347.08 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 357.19 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 362.57 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 349.21 1000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 344.85 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 321.22 1000 ha | -6.9% |
| 2018 | 324.8 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 267.14 1000 ha | -17.8% |
| 2020 | 210.6 1000 ha | -21.2% |
| 2021 | 195.04 1000 ha | -7.4% |
| 2022 | 192.99 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 249.15 1000 ha | +29.1% |
| 2024 | 285.86 1000 ha | +14.7% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 285.86 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 42.68 1000 ha, 6.7× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 285.86 1000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 285.86 1000 ha, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Saudi Arabia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +29.1% | 192.99 1000 ha | 249.15 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 313.85 1000 ha | 293.9 1000 ha | 335.61 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 336.56 1000 ha | 267.14 1000 ha | 362.57 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 226.73 1000 ha | 192.99 1000 ha | 285.86 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
More environment data for Saudi Arabia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -52.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -27.86 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.424 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 9.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is herbaceous crops — area from modis in Saudi Arabia?
- Herbaceous crops — area from modis in Saudi Arabia was 285.86 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest herbaceous crops — area from modis recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 362.57 1000 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest herbaceous crops — area from modis recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 192.99 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for herbaceous crops — area from modis?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 109th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is herbaceous crops — area from modis rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.2%. 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, published as part of Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.