What is the difference in yields of important staple crops between USSR and Yemen?

0.03 tonnes per hectare, with USSR ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for USSR and Yemen?

31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Yields of important staple crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

USSR vs Yemen: Yields of important staple crops

USSR

1.57 tonnes per hectare

in 1991

Yemen

1.54 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

USSR rank

103rd

Yemen rank

104th

Yields of important staple crops over time

USSR
Yemen

How they compare

USSR currently reports 1.57 tonnes per hectare against 1.54 tonnes per hectare in Yemen, a difference of 0.03 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Yemen ahead.

USSR ranks 103rd and Yemen ranks 104th of 126 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, USSR averaged higher in 3 and Yemen in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	USSR	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.05 tonnes per hectare	1.28 tonnes per hectare	0.2306 tonnes per hectare	Yemen
1970s	1.44 tonnes per hectare	1.07 tonnes per hectare	0.3743 tonnes per hectare	USSR
1980s	1.53 tonnes per hectare	1.21 tonnes per hectare	0.3214 tonnes per hectare	USSR
1990s	1.84 tonnes per hectare	1.37 tonnes per hectare	0.4736 tonnes per hectare	USSR

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher yields of important staple crops, USSR or Yemen?: USSR, at 1.57 tonnes per hectare against 1.54 tonnes per hectare in Yemen as of 1991.
What is the difference in yields of important staple crops between USSR and Yemen?: 0.03 tonnes per hectare, with USSR ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for USSR and Yemen?: 31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do USSR and Yemen rank globally for yields of important staple crops?: USSR ranks 103rd and Yemen ranks 104th of 126 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Yields of important staple crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Yields of important staple crops
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 126 places, 6,961 data points, 1275–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

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