Bananas — Yield in Yemen
Yemen: Bananas — Yield was 12,997 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Yield in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 12,997 kg/ha for bananas — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Yemen peaked at 12,997 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,679 kg/ha, in 1972.
That places Yemen 75th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Yield in Yemen, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,200 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 2,400 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1964 | 2,364 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1965 | 2,546 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 2,511 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 2,511 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,511 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,511 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,540 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 2,903 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1972 | 1,679 kg/ha | -42.2% |
| 1973 | 2,825 kg/ha | +68.2% |
| 1974 | 2,856 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 2,887 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 2,934 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 3,077 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1978 | 3,060 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 3,473 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1980 | 3,471 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 3,485 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 3,968 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1983 | 4,516 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1984 | 5,000 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1985 | 5,556 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1986 | 5,888 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1987 | 6,504 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1988 | 6,347 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 6,319 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 6,396 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 6,961 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1992 | 7,491 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1993 | 9,496 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 1994 | 8,357 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1995 | 8,531 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 8,405 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 8,388 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 8,647 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 8,753 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 8,698 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 8,878 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 8,780 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 8,778 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 9,682 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2005 | 9,907 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 12,159 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2007 | 12,632 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 12,873 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 12,901 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 12,930 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 12,629 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 12,667 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 12,558 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 12,560 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 12,411 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 12,321 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 12,308 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 11,818 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 12,332 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 12,314 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 12,876 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 12,852 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 12,962 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 12,997 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 12,997 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 12,046 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 12,997 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 27,204 kg/ha, 48% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +68.2% | 1,679 kg/ha | 2,825 kg/ha |
| 1972 | -42.2% | 2,903 kg/ha | 1,679 kg/ha |
| 1993 | +26.8% | 7,491 kg/ha | 9,496 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,395 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,546 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,823 kg/ha | 1,679 kg/ha | 3,473 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,105 kg/ha | 3,471 kg/ha | 6,504 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,143 kg/ha | 6,396 kg/ha | 9,496 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,529 kg/ha | 8,698 kg/ha | 12,901 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,453 kg/ha | 11,818 kg/ha | 12,930 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,800 kg/ha | 12,314 kg/ha | 12,997 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 bananas — yield in Yemen?
- Bananas — yield in Yemen was 12,997 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 12,997 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,679 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Yemen rank for bananas — yield?
- Yemen ranks 75th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.