Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Yemen
Yemen: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 547,681 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — area harvested in Yemen is 547,681 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and down 24.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Yemen peaked at 1.29 million ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 425,415 ha, in 2020.
Yemen ranks 92nd of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Yemen, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.20 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.23 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 1.27 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 1.29 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 1.29 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 1.18 million ha | -8.2% |
| 1967 | 1.15 million ha | -3.0% |
| 1968 | 1.13 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 1.10 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 1.08 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 1.10 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 1.04 million ha | -5.0% |
| 1973 | 1.10 million ha | +5.6% |
| 1974 | 1.10 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 1.26 million ha | +14.9% |
| 1976 | 1.26 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 995,783 ha | -21.2% |
| 1978 | 855,500 ha | -14.1% |
| 1979 | 903,700 ha | +5.6% |
| 1980 | 851,000 ha | -5.8% |
| 1981 | 841,386 ha | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 897,051 ha | +6.6% |
| 1983 | 894,871 ha | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 901,122 ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 861,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1986 | 871,124 ha | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 851,850 ha | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 868,320 ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 859,791 ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 844,845 ha | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 639,806 ha | -24.3% |
| 1992 | 730,007 ha | +14.1% |
| 1993 | 751,685 ha | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 734,679 ha | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 733,195 ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 704,206 ha | -4.0% |
| 1997 | 721,619 ha | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 770,242 ha | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 624,315 ha | -18.9% |
| 2000 | 619,583 ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 657,871 ha | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 593,068 ha | -9.9% |
| 2003 | 532,293 ha | -10.2% |
| 2004 | 685,491 ha | +28.8% |
| 2005 | 788,486 ha | +15.0% |
| 2006 | 869,920 ha | +10.3% |
| 2007 | 1.01 million ha | +16.0% |
| 2008 | 760,009 ha | -24.7% |
| 2009 | 677,725 ha | -10.8% |
| 2010 | 927,303 ha | +36.8% |
| 2011 | 798,619 ha | -13.9% |
| 2012 | 854,689 ha | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 856,324 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 727,069 ha | -15.1% |
| 2015 | 585,658 ha | -19.4% |
| 2016 | 519,765 ha | -11.3% |
| 2017 | 512,659 ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 504,737 ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 528,078 ha | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 425,415 ha | -19.4% |
| 2021 | 543,937 ha | +27.9% |
| 2022 | 564,350 ha | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 544,250 ha | -3.6% |
| 2024 | 547,681 ha | +0.6% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 547,681 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 1.51 million ha, 36% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 547,681 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 148,486 ha, 3.7× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +36.8% | 677,725 ha | 927,303 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.20 million ha | 1.10 million ha | 1.29 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.07 million ha | 855,500 ha | 1.26 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 869,752 ha | 841,386 ha | 901,122 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 725,460 ha | 624,315 ha | 844,845 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 719,368 ha | 532,293 ha | 1.01 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 681,490 ha | 504,737 ha | 927,303 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 525,127 ha | 425,415 ha | 564,350 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
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 cereals, primary — area harvested in Yemen?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Yemen was 547,681 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 1.29 million ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 425,415 ha in 2020.
- How does Yemen rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Yemen ranks 92nd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.7%. 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 Cereals, primary — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.