Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Yemen
Yemen: Chick peas, dry — Area harvested was 18,491 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chick peas, dry — area harvested in Yemen is 18,491 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chick peas, dry — area harvested in Yemen peaked at 34,349 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Yemen ranks 18th of 54 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Yemen, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 0 ha | — |
| 1984 | 0 ha | — |
| 1985 | 0 ha | — |
| 1986 | 0 ha | — |
| 1987 | 0 ha | — |
| 1988 | 20,680 ha | — |
| 1989 | 25,873 ha | +25.1% |
| 1990 | 28,237 ha | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 21,274 ha | -24.7% |
| 1992 | 28,363 ha | +33.3% |
| 1993 | 27,796 ha | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 26,801 ha | -3.6% |
| 1995 | 27,551 ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 27,191 ha | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 30,553 ha | +12.4% |
| 1998 | 34,349 ha | +12.4% |
| 1999 | 30,003 ha | -12.7% |
| 2000 | 30,425 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 30,592 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 29,415 ha | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 29,500 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 15,499 ha | -47.5% |
| 2005 | 18,010 ha | +16.2% |
| 2006 | 21,434 ha | +19.0% |
| 2007 | 24,006 ha | +12.0% |
| 2008 | 21,605 ha | -10.0% |
| 2009 | 18,758 ha | -13.2% |
| 2010 | 24,738 ha | +31.9% |
| 2011 | 21,713 ha | -12.2% |
| 2012 | 23,067 ha | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 23,190 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 22,476 ha | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 20,228 ha | -10.0% |
| 2016 | 19,615 ha | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 19,657 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 18,281 ha | -7.0% |
| 2019 | 18,281 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 18,740 ha | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 18,434 ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 18,485 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 18,553 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 18,491 ha | -0.3% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 18,491 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 9,024 ha, 2.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 18,491 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,834 ha, 10.1× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chick peas, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | -47.5% | 29,500 ha | 15,499 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,655 ha | 0 ha | 25,873 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,212 ha | 21,274 ha | 34,349 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,924 ha | 15,499 ha | 30,592 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,125 ha | 18,281 ha | 24,738 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,541 ha | 18,434 ha | 18,740 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 chick peas, dry — area harvested in Yemen?
- Chick peas, dry — area harvested in Yemen was 18,491 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chick peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 34,349 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest chick peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Yemen rank for chick peas, dry — area harvested?
- Yemen ranks 18th out of 54 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chick peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. 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 Chick peas, dry — Area harvested. 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.