Barley — Yield in Yemen
Yemen: Barley — Yield was 1,071 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Barley — Yield in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 1,071 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 22.8% on the previous year and up 41.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Yemen peaked at 1,474 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 592.4 kg/ha, in 2018.
That places Yemen 95th out of 104 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Yemen, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,110 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,111 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 1,113 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 1,116 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 1,118 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 1,120 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 1,129 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 1,130 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 1,124 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 1,135 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 1,122 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 1,146 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 1,101 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1974 | 1,111 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 1,100 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 1,108 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 912.9 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1978 | 834.3 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1979 | 932.6 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1980 | 979.2 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 1,065 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1982 | 1,044 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 636.6 kg/ha | -39.0% |
| 1984 | 627.5 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 666.7 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 861.2 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 1987 | 865.1 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 1,099 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 1989 | 1,109 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 1,051 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1991 | 687.1 kg/ha | -34.6% |
| 1992 | 1,298 kg/ha | +88.9% |
| 1993 | 1,297 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,292 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 1,290 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 1,098 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1997 | 966.1 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1998 | 1,136 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1999 | 1,164 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 1,144 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 1,114 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 991.1 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2003 | 739.9 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 2004 | 708.4 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 613.9 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2006 | 750.2 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2007 | 808.4 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 715.4 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2009 | 718.9 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 834.9 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2011 | 674.4 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 2012 | 810.8 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 2013 | 777 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 757.9 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 710.6 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 663.1 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2017 | 662.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 592.4 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2019 | 985 kg/ha | +66.3% |
| 2020 | 1,314 kg/ha | +33.5% |
| 2021 | 1,474 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2022 | 1,417 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 1,388 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 1,071 kg/ha | -22.8% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 1,071 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 1,429 kg/ha, 75% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 1,071 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,381 kg/ha, 78% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +88.9% | 687.1 kg/ha | 1,298 kg/ha |
| 2019 | +66.3% | 592.4 kg/ha | 985 kg/ha |
| 1983 | -39.0% | 1,044 kg/ha | 636.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,119 kg/ha | 1,110 kg/ha | 1,130 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,050 kg/ha | 834.3 kg/ha | 1,146 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 895.28 kg/ha | 627.5 kg/ha | 1,109 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,128 kg/ha | 687.1 kg/ha | 1,298 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 830.44 kg/ha | 613.9 kg/ha | 1,144 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 746.84 kg/ha | 592.4 kg/ha | 985 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,333 kg/ha | 1,071 kg/ha | 1,474 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 barley — yield in Yemen?
- Barley — yield in Yemen was 1,071 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 1,474 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 592.4 kg/ha in 2018.
- How does Yemen rank for barley — yield?
- Yemen ranks 95th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Barley — 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.