Foreign-Held U.S. Farmland · country dossier

Saudi Arabia

Investors attributed to Saudi Arabia reported holding 36K acres of US agricultural land as of 2024-12-31 — 0.08% of all foreign-held US farmland, across 114 holdings.

Acres (2024): 35,979
Share of foreign-held: 0.1%
Holdings: 114
Held as ownership: 100%

Fifteen-year trend

Reported Saudi Arabia holdings declined from 38K acres in 2010 to 36K in 2024. Figures are reported holdings under AFIDA — self-reported minimums that include leases of ten years or longer.

Year	Reported acres
2024	35,979
2023	35,979
2022	35,979
2021	35,979
2020	35,979
2019	35,979
2018	35,979
2017	35,832
2016	35,740
2015	35,740
2014	35,740
2013	35,740
2012	35,326
2011	35,326
2010	38,235

Where, and what kind of land

Largest states

Florida13,754 ac

Kansas4,339 ac

Texas3,140 ac

Kentucky2,489 ac

California2,429 ac

Colorado2,344 ac

South Carolina2,144 ac

West Virginia1,600 ac

Land use (acres)

Forest5K

Cropland5K

Pasture16K

Other agricultural6K

Non-agricultural3K

Aggregated from the USDA FSA AFIDA detailed holdings files (public domain) — see the full dataset, methodology, and the register's documented defects at Foreign-Held U.S. Farmland. Country is the reported first-tier investor, not a verified ultimate parent. Aggregate-level only; no record-level owner names. Keyless JSON for all countries: /foreign-farmland/index.json. CC0.