Cereals, primary — Yield in Yemen
Yemen: Cereals, primary — Yield was 768.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — yield in Yemen is 768.7 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.0% on the previous year and down 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Yemen peaked at 1,111 kg/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 518.3 kg/ha, in 1985.
Yemen ranks 182nd of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 784.41 kg/ha | 771.8 kg/ha | 810.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 867.64 kg/ha | 780.8 kg/ha | 997.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 827.44 kg/ha | 518.3 kg/ha | 1,099 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,005 kg/ha | 699.7 kg/ha | 1,111 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 919.06 kg/ha | 713.1 kg/ha | 1,085 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 886.81 kg/ha | 682.8 kg/ha | 1,092 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 887.48 kg/ha | 768.7 kg/ha | 1,065 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 179 Democratic Republic of the Congo 871.8 kg/ha compare
- 180 Chad 826.9 kg/ha compare
- 181 Mozambique 776.4 kg/ha compare
- 183 Saint Lucia 700 kg/ha compare
- 184 Libya 659.7 kg/ha compare
- 185 Eritrea 638 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Yemen
- Agriculture share gdp 28.75 (2018)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 28.75 (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2019)
- Rural population 63.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.5% (2025)
- Rural population 26.30 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 28.7% (2018)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.21 billion current US$ (2018)
- Bananas — Production 135,448 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Yemen?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Yemen was 768.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 1,111 kg/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 518.3 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Yemen rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Yemen ranks 182nd out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Yield. 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.