Eritrea vs Yemen: Cereal yields

Eritrea
0.638 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Yemen
0.7687 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Eritrea rank
178th
Yemen rank
175th

Cereal yields over time

  • Eritrea
  • Yemen
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How they compare

Yemen currently reports 0.7687 tonnes per hectare against 0.638 tonnes per hectare in Eritrea, a difference of 0.1307 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.2 times Eritrea's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Yemen ahead.

Eritrea ranks 178th and Yemen ranks 175th of 185 countries.

Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eritrea Yemen Difference Ahead
1990s 0.5252 tonnes per hectare 1.05 tonnes per hectare 0.5221 tonnes per hectare Yemen
2000s 0.4956 tonnes per hectare 0.9191 tonnes per hectare 0.4234 tonnes per hectare Yemen
2010s 0.6388 tonnes per hectare 0.8868 tonnes per hectare 0.248 tonnes per hectare Yemen
2020s 0.6381 tonnes per hectare 0.8875 tonnes per hectare 0.2493 tonnes per hectare Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereal yields, Eritrea or Yemen?
Yemen, at 0.7687 tonnes per hectare against 0.638 tonnes per hectare in Eritrea as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereal yields between Eritrea and Yemen?
0.1307 tonnes per hectare, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Yemen?
32 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2024.
How do Eritrea and Yemen rank globally for cereal yields?
Eritrea ranks 178th and Yemen ranks 175th of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cereal yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Cereal yields
Unit
tonnes per hectare
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
186 places, 10,534 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in tonnes per hectare.