How Much Phosphate Does Saudi Arabia Produce?


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10/10/2025

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's annual production of phosphate and its products is approximately six million t per year according to 2020 statistics. The Kingdom aims to reach nine million t annually by 2025, and its reserve stock amounts to about 2.7 billion t.

Phosphate is a natural resource, and Northern Borders Province is the richest area in the Kingdom in terms of phosphate quantities, containing about 7 percent of the world's phosphate reserves.

Phosphate plays a fundamental productive role in the National Industrial Development and Logistics Program, which aims to increase the Kingdom's production of phosphate and boost its exports.

Sources


Saudi Press Agency (SPA).

Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden).

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