Saudi agriculture grew 5% in 2025, ministry says
MEWA said the agricultural sector grew 5% in 2025 and aquaculture output approached 200,000 tonnes.
Event / data period: 2025
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Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture said the agricultural sector grew 5% in 2025 compared with 2024. A ministry spokesperson shared production and agricultural-financing figures at the Saudi Agriculture Exhibition opening in Riyadh on October 19.
MEWA said aquaculture production grew 20% to nearly 200,000 tonnes, while Agricultural Development Fund financing exceeded SAR6.5 billion in 2025. These are annual figures attributed to the ministry spokesperson; the report did not provide calculation methods or comparative time series.
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2025 agricultural indicators
Annual 2025 figures cited by a MEWA spokesperson at the Saudi Agriculture Exhibition opening.
- Annual agricultural-sector growth
- 5 percent
- 2025 · Observed
- Aquaculture production
- ≈200,000 tonnes
- 2025 · Observed
- Aquaculture production growth
- 20 percent
- 2025 · Observed
- Agricultural Development Fund financing
- ≥6.5 billion SAR
- 2025 · Observed
Methodology
Records annual figures as reported. Approximate and lower-bound wording is retained. The source provides no calculation method or time series.
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