Dates — Area harvested in Yemen
Yemen: Dates — Area harvested was 14,880 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Area harvested in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, dates — area harvested in Yemen stood at 14,880 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Yemen peaked at 23,601 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 10,100 ha, in 1968.
That places Yemen 13th out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Dates — Area harvested in Yemen, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,456 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,456 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,254 ha | -1.9% |
| 1964 | 10,254 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,254 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,835 ha | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 10,147 ha | -6.3% |
| 1968 | 10,100 ha | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 10,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10,900 ha | +7.9% |
| 1972 | 11,100 ha | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 11,700 ha | +5.4% |
| 1974 | 13,300 ha | +13.7% |
| 1975 | 13,593 ha | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 14,097 ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 13,364 ha | -5.2% |
| 1978 | 11,711 ha | -12.4% |
| 1979 | 11,711 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 11,618 ha | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 12,565 ha | +8.2% |
| 1982 | 12,569 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 12,575 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 15,516 ha | +23.4% |
| 1985 | 15,500 ha | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 15,487 ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 15,921 ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 16,127 ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 16,479 ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 15,313 ha | -7.1% |
| 1991 | 15,696 ha | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 15,881 ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 16,229 ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 16,609 ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 18,634 ha | +12.2% |
| 1996 | 19,354 ha | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 20,144 ha | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 20,627 ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 22,162 ha | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 22,755 ha | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 23,126 ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 23,362 ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 23,601 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 13,739 ha | -41.8% |
| 2005 | 13,773 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 13,774 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 14,180 ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 14,465 ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 14,764 ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 14,955 ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 14,809 ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 14,762 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 14,678 ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 14,381 ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 14,093 ha | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 13,901 ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 13,848 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 13,824 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 14,765 ha | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 14,756 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 14,767 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 14,816 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 14,712 ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 14,880 ha | +1.1% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 14,880 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 8,074 ha, 1.8× the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 14,880 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 31,182 ha, 48% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — 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 | -41.8% | 23,601 ha | 13,739 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,317 ha | 10,100 ha | 10,835 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,158 ha | 10,100 ha | 14,097 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,436 ha | 11,618 ha | 16,479 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,065 ha | 15,313 ha | 22,162 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,754 ha | 13,739 ha | 23,601 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,402 ha | 13,824 ha | 14,955 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,786 ha | 14,712 ha | 14,880 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 dates — area harvested in Yemen?
- Dates — area harvested in Yemen was 14,880 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 23,601 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,100 ha in 1968.
- How does Yemen rank for dates — area harvested?
- Yemen ranks 13th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. 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 Dates — 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.