Climate | We have harsh, dry desert with great temperature extremes |
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Revenue from forest resources | |
Revenue from coal | |
Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 16.126 million tons (2024 est.) |
Total renewable water resources | 2.4 billion cubic meters (2022 est.) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | |
Total water withdrawal | |
Municipal | 3.392 billion cubic meters (2022 est.) |
Industrial | 1.4 billion cubic meters (2022 est.) |
Agricultural | 21.2 billion cubic meters (2022 est.) |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 80.8% (2022 est.) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 1.6% (2022 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.1% (2022 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 79.1% (2022 est.) |
Forest | 0.5% (2022 est.) |
Other | 18.8% (2022 est.) |
Urbanization | |
Urban population | 85% of total population (2023) |
Rate of urbanization | 1.69% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
Major urban areas (Pop) | 7.682 million RIYADH (capital), 4.863 million Jeddah, 2.150 million Mecca, 1.573 million Medina, 1.329 million Ad Dammam, 872,000 million Hufuf-Mubarraz (2023). |
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