Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Yemen
Yemen: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added was 28.7% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Yemen, 1990–2018
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2018, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Yemen stood at 28.7%. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
The figure is up 6.6% on the previous year and up 181.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Yemen peaked at 28.7% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 9.8%, in 2011.
Yemen ranks 17th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Yemen, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 27.4% | — |
| 1991 | 26.2% | -4.5% |
| 1992 | 27.5% | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 25.7% | -6.5% |
| 1994 | 27.6% | +7.5% |
| 1995 | 22.6% | -18.1% |
| 1996 | 18.2% | -19.6% |
| 1997 | 17.4% | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 21.2% | +21.4% |
| 1999 | 17.4% | -17.6% |
| 2000 | 14.5% | -17.1% |
| 2001 | 14.9% | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 14.3% | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 13.7% | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 12.4% | -9.7% |
| 2005 | 11.1% | -10.6% |
| 2006 | 10.7% | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 10.4% | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 10.2% | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 10.0% | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 9.9% | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 9.8% | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 17.0% | +74.2% |
| 2013 | 17.7% | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 17.7% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 20.2% | +14.3% |
| 2016 | 25.1% | +24.2% |
| 2017 | 27.0% | +7.5% |
| 2018 | 28.7% | +6.6% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 28.7% is below the median for low income countries, which is 29.4%, 98% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 28.7% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3.4%, 8.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Yemen changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +74.2% | 9.8% | 17.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.1% | 17.4% | 27.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.2% | 10.0% | 14.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.2% | 9.8% | 28.7% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 14 Solomon Islands 29.7% compare
- 15 Sierra Leone 29.5% compare
- 16 Sudan 29.4% compare
- 18 Central African Republic 27.6% compare
- 19 Vanuatu 26.6% compare
- 20 Uganda 26.1% compare
More agriculture & rural data for Yemen
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -14.18 % change on previous year (2018)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 182.21 current US$ per person (2018)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6297 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 28.7% (2018)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 28.7% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Yemen?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Yemen was 28.7% in 2018, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 28.7% in 2018.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.8% in 2011.
- How does Yemen rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- Yemen ranks 17th out of 206 countries with data for 2018.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 181.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing corresponds to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 01-03 and includes the exploitation of vegetal and animal natural resources, comprising the activities of growing of crops, raising and breeding of animals, harvesting of timber and other plants, animals or animal products from a farm or their natural habitats.Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Note: For VAB countries, gross value added at factor cost is used as the denominator.