Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Saudi Arabia in 2024 — 1.95%. Ranked 122 in the world out of 131. Since 1968, the indicator has risen by 1.86 pp.
1968–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saudi Arabia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.95 | +0.37 pp |
| 2023 | 1.58 | +0.43 pp |
| 2022 | 1.14 | −0.33 pp |
| 2021 | 1.47 | −0.59 pp |
| 2020 | 2.06 | +0.67 pp |
| 2019 | 1.39 | +0.18 pp |
| 2018 | 1.21 | −0.45 pp |
| 2017 | 1.66 | −0.37 pp |
| 2016 | 2.03 | +0.19 pp |
| 2015 | 1.84 | +0.78 pp |
| 2014 | 1.05 | +0.15 pp |
| 2013 | 0.9 | +0.02 pp |
| 2012 | 0.88 | −0.04 pp |
| 2011 | 0.92 | −0.25 pp |
| 2010 | 1.17 | −0.25 pp |
| 2009 | 1.42 | +0.67 pp |
| 2008 | 0.75 | −0.09 pp |
| 2007 | 0.84 | +0.2 pp |
| 2006 | 0.64 | +0.02 pp |
| 2005 | 0.62 | −0.12 pp |
| 2004 | 0.74 | −0.1 pp |
| 2003 | 0.84 | +0.21 pp |
| 2002 | 0.63 | +0.07 pp |
| 2001 | 0.56 | +0.02 pp |
| 2000 | 0.54 | −0.39 pp |
| 1999 | 0.93 | −0.18 pp |
| 1998 | 1.12 | — |
| 1996 | 0.63 | −0.23 pp |
| 1995 | 0.86 | +0.13 pp |
| 1994 | 0.73 | −0.32 pp |
| 1993 | 1.04 | −0.09 pp |
| 1992 | 1.13 | +0.6 pp |
| 1991 | 0.53 | — |
| 1985 | 0.26 | — |
| 1982 | 0.13 | +0.03 pp |
| 1981 | 0.09 | −0 pp |
| 1980 | 0.1 | +0.02 pp |
| 1979 | 0.07 | +0.01 pp |
| 1978 | 0.06 | +0.02 pp |
| 1977 | 0.04 | −0.02 pp |
| 1976 | 0.06 | −0.02 pp |
| 1975 | 0.09 | −0.02 pp |
| 1974 | 0.11 | — |
| 1969 | 0.12 | +0.04 pp |
| 1968 | 0.09 | — |
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The share of food in merchandise exports: grain, meat, dairy products, fish, fruit, beverages, oils. Unlike dependence on fuel and metals, a food specialization is not considered a vulnerability of the same kind — demand for food grows with population and is not subject to technological substitution. The largest shares come not from the biggest producers but from small countries with a single export crop: coffee, cocoa, bananas.
Important: It includes beverages and vegetable oils but not agricultural raw materials such as cotton, rubber and hides — those have a separate indicator.
Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
What part of merchandise exports is cotton, rubber, timber, hides and other non-food raw materials.
Trade Food imports (% of merchandise imports)What part of merchandise imports a country spends on food — a measure of food dependence.
Economy Agriculture value addedHow much agriculture, forestry and fishing create in money terms.
Agriculture Cereal productionThe gross harvest of cereal crops, in tonnes.
