Khalas dates comprise 25 percent of all palm trees in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , making it the leading type in production and exports. It also ranks first in terms of the number of palm trees in Saudi Arabia. Riyadh Province holds the largest share of Khalas dates, with 3,200,668 producing palm trees, accounting for 40 percent of the total number of palm trees producing Khalas dates in the Kingdom. According to the General Authority for Statistics ' survey in 2019, the Eastern Province ...

According to the agricultural production survey of the General Authority for Statistics for the year 2019, the number of palm trees in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia reached approximately 31,234,155, while the quantity of palm production for the year 2018 reached about 1,539,755 t. The Riyadh Province ranked first in the Kingdom in terms of palm trees number, with a total of 7,924,947 palm trees, accounting for 25 percent of the total number in the Kingdom, followed by al-Qassim Province in the se...