Lemons and limes — Yield in Yemen
Yemen: Lemons and limes — Yield was 11,560 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Yield in Yemen, 1979–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 11,560 kg/ha for lemons and limes — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and up 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Yemen peaked at 12,000 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 7,246 kg/ha, in 1994.
That places Yemen 58th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Yield in Yemen, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 7,805 kg/ha | — |
| 1980 | 7,692 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 7,710 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 7,824 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 7,824 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 8,121 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 8,240 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 9,012 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1987 | 10,178 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1988 | 8,784 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1989 | 7,331 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1990 | 7,524 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 7,455 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 7,446 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 7,437 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 7,246 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 7,361 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 7,727 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 7,851 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 8,043 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 8,001 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 7,860 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 7,430 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 7,611 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 7,654 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 7,681 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 7,828 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 10,229 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 2007 | 10,626 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 10,678 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 10,696 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 10,877 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 10,866 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 10,564 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 10,411 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 10,373 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 10,050 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 10,062 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 10,054 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 9,998 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 10,284 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 10,277 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 12,000 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2022 | 11,764 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 11,650 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 11,560 kg/ha | -0.8% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 11,560 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 5,735 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 11,560 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 17,535 kg/ha, 66% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +30.7% | 7,828 kg/ha | 10,229 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7,805 kg/ha | 7,805 kg/ha | 7,805 kg/ha | 1 |
| 1980s | 8,272 kg/ha | 7,331 kg/ha | 10,178 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,609 kg/ha | 7,246 kg/ha | 8,043 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,829 kg/ha | 7,430 kg/ha | 10,696 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,354 kg/ha | 9,998 kg/ha | 10,877 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,450 kg/ha | 10,277 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/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 lemons and limes — yield in Yemen?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Yemen was 11,560 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 12,000 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,246 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Yemen rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Yemen ranks 58th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.4%. 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 Lemons and limes — Yield. 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.