Figs — Area harvested in Yemen
Yemen: Figs — Area harvested was 485 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Figs — Area harvested in Yemen, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 485 ha for figs — area harvested in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, figs — area harvested in Yemen peaked at 532 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Yemen 27th out of 68 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Figs — 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 | 109 ha | — |
| 1980 | 114 ha | +4.6% |
| 1981 | 104 ha | -8.8% |
| 1982 | 107 ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 107 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 108 ha | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 111 ha | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 114 ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 118 ha | +3.5% |
| 1988 | 120 ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 184 ha | +53.3% |
| 1990 | 192 ha | +4.3% |
| 1991 | 305 ha | +58.9% |
| 1992 | 324 ha | +6.2% |
| 1993 | 334 ha | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 334 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 374 ha | +12.0% |
| 1996 | 378 ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 391 ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 397 ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 405 ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 413 ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 450 ha | +9.0% |
| 2002 | 465 ha | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 480 ha | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 193 ha | -59.8% |
| 2005 | 405 ha | +109.8% |
| 2006 | 445 ha | +9.9% |
| 2007 | 458 ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 473 ha | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 482 ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 499 ha | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 513 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 519 ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 528 ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 532 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 505 ha | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 491 ha | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 485 ha | -1.2% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 485 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 651 ha, 75% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Figs — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +109.8% | 193 ha | 405 ha |
| 2004 | -59.8% | 480 ha | 193 ha |
| 1991 | +58.9% | 192 ha | 305 ha |
| 1989 | +53.3% | 120 ha | 184 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10.9 ha | 0 ha | 109 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 118.7 ha | 104 ha | 184 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 343.4 ha | 192 ha | 405 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 426.4 ha | 193 ha | 482 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 509 ha | 485 ha | 532 ha | 8 |
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 figs — area harvested in Yemen?
- Figs — area harvested in Yemen was 485 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest figs — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 532 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest figs — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Yemen rank for figs — area harvested?
- Yemen ranks 27th out of 68 countries with data for 2017.
- Is figs — area harvested rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. 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 Figs — 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.