Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture was 240.62 Square kilometres in 2024. ▼ Falling
Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture in Saudi Arabia, 2005–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Square kilometres.
Analysis
The most recent figure for land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in Saudi Arabia is 240.62 Square kilometres, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and down 35.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in Saudi Arabia peaked at 466 Square kilometres in 2009 and was at its lowest, 125 Square kilometres, in 2005.
Saudi Arabia ranks 68th of 152 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 125 Square kilometres | — |
| 2006 | 160 Square kilometres | +28.0% |
| 2007 | 222 Square kilometres | +38.8% |
| 2008 | 300 Square kilometres | +35.1% |
| 2009 | 466 Square kilometres | +55.3% |
| 2010 | 424 Square kilometres | -9.0% |
| 2011 | 185 Square kilometres | -56.4% |
| 2012 | 136 Square kilometres | -26.5% |
| 2013 | 366 Square kilometres | +169.1% |
| 2014 | 375.6 Square kilometres | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 365 Square kilometres | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 172 Square kilometres | -52.9% |
| 2017 | 171 Square kilometres | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 186.35 Square kilometres | +9.0% |
| 2019 | 245.18 Square kilometres | +31.6% |
| 2020 | 266.32 Square kilometres | +8.6% |
| 2021 | 271.09 Square kilometres | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 233.15 Square kilometres | -14.0% |
| 2023 | 234.1 Square kilometres | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 240.62 Square kilometres | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 254.6 Square kilometres | 125 Square kilometres | 466 Square kilometres | 5 |
| 2010s | 262.61 Square kilometres | 136 Square kilometres | 424 Square kilometres | 10 |
| 2020s | 249.06 Square kilometres | 233.15 Square kilometres | 271.09 Square kilometres | 5 |
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- 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)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 12.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0392 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 4.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in Saudi Arabia?
- Land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in Saudi Arabia was 240.62 Square kilometres in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 466 Square kilometres in 2009.
- What is the lowest land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 125 Square kilometres in 2005.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 68th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Land resources are one of the four components of the natural environment: water, air, land and living resources. In this context land is both: a physical "milieu" necessary for the development of natural vegetation as well as cultivated vegetation; a resource for human activities. The data presented here give information concerning land use state and changes (e.g. agricultural land, forest land). Data source(s): Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N., (FAOSTAT) Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: August 5, 2026 Database documentation Countries metadata