Agriculture share of Government Expenditure (%) in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Agriculture share of Government Expenditure (%) was 0.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Agriculture share of Government Expenditure in Saudi Arabia, 2010–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for agriculture share of government expenditure in Saudi Arabia is 0.5%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 96.3% on the previous year and down 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture share of government expenditure in Saudi Arabia peaked at 0.9% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2019.
Saudi Arabia ranks 186th of 205 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Agriculture share of Government Expenditure (%) in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.8% | — |
| 2011 | 0.8% | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | -7.8% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | +8.5% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | +7.8% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | -34.9% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | +74.1% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | -92.6% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | +228.6% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | +69.6% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 0.3% | -28.9% |
| 2024 | 0.5% | +96.3% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 0.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9%, 57% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 0.5% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.8%, 65% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agriculture share of Government Expenditure (%) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +228.6% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
More public sector data for Saudi Arabia
- Arms imports 3.04 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2025)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 31.47 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0009 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -14.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 1.11 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 2,276 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0641 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 3.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 80.33 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 602.88 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture share of government expenditure in Saudi Arabia?
- Agriculture share of government expenditure in Saudi Arabia was 0.5% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest agriculture share of government expenditure recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2018.
- What is the lowest agriculture share of government expenditure recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2019.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for agriculture share of government expenditure?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 186th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agriculture share of government expenditure rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Agriculture share of Government Expenditure (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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