Total spice consumption rose 13.0% to 122 kt in Saudi Arabia in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, total spice consumption in Saudi Arabia reached an all time high of 122 kt in 2020 and an all time low of 0.990 kt in 1963. When compared to Saudi Arabia's main peers, total spice consumption in Iraq amounted to 13.0 kt, 7.00 kt in Jordan, 20.0 kt in United Arab Emirates and 19.0 kt in Yemen in 2020.
Saudi Arabia has been ranked 17th within the group of 144 countries we follow in terms of total spice consumption, 3 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Spice Consumption (Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Bahrain | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.00 | ||
| Djibouti | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||||
| Eritrea | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Iran | kt | 54.0 | 64.0 | 69.0 | 76.0 | 66.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.00 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | ||||||||||||
| Israel | kt | 5.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | kt | 6.00 | 5.00 | 6.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | kt | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oman | kt | 14.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.0 | ||
| Saudi Arabia | kt | 98.0 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 108 | ||||||||||||||||
| Syria | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19.0 | 6.00 | 54.0 | 91.0 | 10.0 | |||||||
| United Arab Emirates | kt | 42.0 | 38.0 | 36.0 | 26.0 | 21.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | kt | 210 | 204 | 208 | 204 | 247 |
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