Cropland per person over the long term in Yemen
Yemen: Cropland per person over the long term was 0.0402 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2025)
0.0402
Change on year
down 2.3%
World rank
167th
of 199 countries
All-time high
0.8723
in 1000
All-time low
0.0402
in 2025
Years of data
108
1000–2025
Cropland per person over the long term in Yemen, 1000–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cropland per person over the long term in Yemen is 0.0402, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 108 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and down 21.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cropland per person over the long term in Yemen peaked at 0.8723 in 1000 and was at its lowest, 0.0402, in 2025.
Yemen ranks 167th of 199 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cropland per person over the long term in Yemen, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1000 | 0.8723 | — |
| 1100 | 0.842 | -3.5% |
| 1200 | 0.8094 | -3.9% |
| 1300 | 0.774 | -4.4% |
| 1400 | 0.7349 | -5.0% |
| 1500 | 0.6912 | -5.9% |
| 1600 | 0.6411 | -7.3% |
| 1700 | 0.5817 | -9.3% |
| 1710 | 0.5751 | -1.1% |
| 1720 | 0.5683 | -1.2% |
| 1730 | 0.5613 | -1.2% |
| 1740 | 0.5542 | -1.3% |
| 1750 | 0.5468 | -1.3% |
| 1760 | 0.5393 | -1.4% |
| 1770 | 0.5315 | -1.4% |
| 1780 | 0.5236 | -1.5% |
| 1790 | 0.5153 | -1.6% |
| 1800 | 0.5068 | -1.7% |
| 1810 | 0.498 | -1.7% |
| 1820 | 0.4889 | -1.8% |
| 1830 | 0.4794 | -1.9% |
| 1840 | 0.4695 | -2.1% |
| 1850 | 0.4592 | -2.2% |
| 1860 | 0.4484 | -2.4% |
| 1870 | 0.4371 | -2.5% |
| 1880 | 0.4251 | -2.7% |
| 1890 | 0.4124 | -3.0% |
| 1900 | 0.3989 | -3.3% |
| 1910 | 0.3844 | -3.6% |
| 1920 | 0.3688 | -4.1% |
| 1930 | 0.3516 | -4.6% |
| 1940 | 0.3326 | -5.4% |
| 1950 | 0.3112 | -6.4% |
| 1951 | 0.3089 | -0.7% |
| 1952 | 0.3065 | -0.8% |
| 1953 | 0.3042 | -0.8% |
| 1954 | 0.3017 | -0.8% |
| 1955 | 0.2993 | -0.8% |
| 1956 | 0.2968 | -0.8% |
| 1957 | 0.2942 | -0.9% |
| 1958 | 0.2916 | -0.9% |
| 1959 | 0.289 | -0.9% |
| 1960 | 0.2585 | -10.6% |
| 1961 | 0.2542 | -1.7% |
| 1962 | 0.2519 | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 0.2497 | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 0.2471 | -1.0% |
| 1965 | 0.2445 | -1.1% |
| 1966 | 0.242 | -1.0% |
| 1967 | 0.2386 | -1.4% |
| 1968 | 0.235 | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 0.2323 | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 0.2289 | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 0.2266 | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 0.2248 | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 0.2221 | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 0.2195 | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 0.2182 | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 0.2103 | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 0.203 | -3.5% |
| 1978 | 0.1964 | -3.2% |
| 1979 | 0.1901 | -3.2% |
| 1980 | 0.1841 | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 0.1763 | -4.2% |
| 1982 | 0.169 | -4.2% |
| 1983 | 0.1622 | -4.0% |
| 1984 | 0.1559 | -3.9% |
| 1985 | 0.1506 | -3.4% |
| 1986 | 0.1442 | -4.3% |
| 1987 | 0.1391 | -3.5% |
| 1988 | 0.1336 | -4.0% |
| 1989 | 0.1287 | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 0.1361 | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 0.1296 | -4.8% |
| 1992 | 0.112 | -13.6% |
| 1993 | 0.1244 | +11.1% |
| 1994 | 0.1192 | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 0.1146 | -3.9% |
| 1996 | 0.112 | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 0.1063 | -5.1% |
| 1998 | 0.1006 | -5.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0969 | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 0.0942 | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0871 | -7.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0876 | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0768 | -12.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0776 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0738 | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0763 | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0739 | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0669 | -9.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0621 | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0656 | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0584 | -11.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0585 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0567 | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0533 | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0511 | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0481 | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 0.0491 | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0478 | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0466 | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0454 | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0443 | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0432 | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0422 | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 0.0412 | -2.3% |
| 2025 | 0.0402 | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.8723 | 0.8723 | 0.8723 | 1 |
| 1100s | 0.842 | 0.842 | 0.842 | 1 |
| 1200s | 0.8094 | 0.8094 | 0.8094 | 1 |
| 1300s | 0.774 | 0.774 | 0.774 | 1 |
| 1400s | 0.7349 | 0.7349 | 0.7349 | 1 |
| 1500s | 0.6912 | 0.6912 | 0.6912 | 1 |
| 1600s | 0.6411 | 0.6411 | 0.6411 | 1 |
| 1700s | 0.5817 | 0.5817 | 0.5817 | 1 |
| 1710s | 0.5751 | 0.5751 | 0.5751 | 1 |
| 1720s | 0.5683 | 0.5683 | 0.5683 | 1 |
| 1730s | 0.5613 | 0.5613 | 0.5613 | 1 |
| 1740s | 0.5542 | 0.5542 | 0.5542 | 1 |
| 1750s | 0.5468 | 0.5468 | 0.5468 | 1 |
| 1760s | 0.5393 | 0.5393 | 0.5393 | 1 |
| 1770s | 0.5315 | 0.5315 | 0.5315 | 1 |
| 1780s | 0.5236 | 0.5236 | 0.5236 | 1 |
| 1790s | 0.5153 | 0.5153 | 0.5153 | 1 |
| 1800s | 0.5068 | 0.5068 | 0.5068 | 1 |
| 1810s | 0.498 | 0.498 | 0.498 | 1 |
| 1820s | 0.4889 | 0.4889 | 0.4889 | 1 |
| 1830s | 0.4794 | 0.4794 | 0.4794 | 1 |
| 1840s | 0.4695 | 0.4695 | 0.4695 | 1 |
| 1850s | 0.4592 | 0.4592 | 0.4592 | 1 |
| 1860s | 0.4484 | 0.4484 | 0.4484 | 1 |
| 1870s | 0.4371 | 0.4371 | 0.4371 | 1 |
| 1880s | 0.4251 | 0.4251 | 0.4251 | 1 |
| 1890s | 0.4124 | 0.4124 | 0.4124 | 1 |
| 1900s | 0.3989 | 0.3989 | 0.3989 | 1 |
| 1910s | 0.3844 | 0.3844 | 0.3844 | 1 |
| 1920s | 0.3688 | 0.3688 | 0.3688 | 1 |
| 1930s | 0.3516 | 0.3516 | 0.3516 | 1 |
| 1940s | 0.3326 | 0.3326 | 0.3326 | 1 |
| 1950s | 0.3003 | 0.289 | 0.3112 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.2454 | 0.2323 | 0.2585 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.214 | 0.1901 | 0.2289 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1544 | 0.1287 | 0.1841 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1152 | 0.0969 | 0.1361 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0776 | 0.0621 | 0.0942 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0535 | 0.0466 | 0.0656 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0427 | 0.0402 | 0.0454 | 6 |
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- 164 Liechtenstein 0.0432 compare
- 165 Martinique 0.0407 compare
- 166 French Guiana 0.0404 compare
- 168 Egypt 0.0388 compare
- 169 Japan 0.0347 compare
- 170 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0344 compare
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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cropland per person over the long term in Yemen?
- Cropland per person over the long term in Yemen was 0.0402 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cropland per person over the long term recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8723 in 1000.
- What is the lowest cropland per person over the long term recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0402 in 2025.
- How does Yemen rank for cropland per person over the long term?
- Yemen ranks 167th out of 199 countries with data for 2025.
- Is cropland per person over the long term rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Cropland per person over the long term. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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