Maize (corn) — Production in Yemen
Yemen: Maize (corn) — Production was 58,000 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Production in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 58,000 t for maize (corn) — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — production in Yemen peaked at 96,623 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 12,200 t, in 1961.
That places Yemen 107th out of 168 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.
Maize (corn) — Production in Yemen, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,200 t | — |
| 1962 | 12,700 t | +4.1% |
| 1963 | 13,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 13,200 t | +1.5% |
| 1965 | 13,500 t | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 13,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 13,000 t | -3.7% |
| 1968 | 13,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 13,434 t | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 13,000 t | -3.2% |
| 1971 | 23,000 t | +76.9% |
| 1972 | 18,161 t | -21.0% |
| 1973 | 45,000 t | +147.8% |
| 1974 | 51,193 t | +13.8% |
| 1975 | 52,209 t | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 49,000 t | -6.1% |
| 1977 | 58,000 t | +18.4% |
| 1978 | 57,000 t | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 61,000 t | +7.0% |
| 1980 | 52,000 t | -14.8% |
| 1981 | 68,705 t | +32.1% |
| 1982 | 74,205 t | +8.0% |
| 1983 | 40,463 t | -45.5% |
| 1984 | 49,502 t | +22.3% |
| 1985 | 46,000 t | -7.1% |
| 1986 | 52,439 t | +14.0% |
| 1987 | 53,876 t | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 57,500 t | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 68,470 t | +19.1% |
| 1990 | 65,639 t | -4.1% |
| 1991 | 45,936 t | -30.0% |
| 1992 | 70,373 t | +53.2% |
| 1993 | 74,687 t | +6.1% |
| 1994 | 69,102 t | -7.5% |
| 1995 | 57,925 t | -16.2% |
| 1996 | 50,384 t | -13.0% |
| 1997 | 52,378 t | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 61,842 t | +18.1% |
| 1999 | 47,077 t | -23.9% |
| 2000 | 47,625 t | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 50,373 t | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 41,169 t | -18.3% |
| 2003 | 32,841 t | -20.2% |
| 2004 | 32,410 t | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 31,108 t | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 65,890 t | +111.8% |
| 2007 | 86,600 t | +31.4% |
| 2008 | 65,813 t | -24.0% |
| 2009 | 56,087 t | -14.8% |
| 2010 | 89,454 t | +59.5% |
| 2011 | 67,367 t | -24.7% |
| 2012 | 78,534 t | +16.6% |
| 2013 | 75,177 t | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 65,331 t | -13.1% |
| 2015 | 42,465 t | -35.0% |
| 2016 | 36,892 t | -13.1% |
| 2017 | 36,887 t | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 36,438 t | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 48,290 t | +32.5% |
| 2020 | 86,159 t | +78.4% |
| 2021 | 94,375 t | +9.5% |
| 2022 | 96,623 t | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 60,000 t | -37.9% |
| 2024 | 58,000 t | -3.3% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 58,000 t is below the median for low income countries, which is 260,000 t, 22% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 58,000 t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 25,123 t, 2.3× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +147.8% | 18,161 t | 45,000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,059 t | 12,200 t | 13,500 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 42,756 t | 13,000 t | 61,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 56,316 t | 40,463 t | 74,205 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 59,534 t | 45,936 t | 74,687 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 50,992 t | 31,108 t | 86,600 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 57,684 t | 36,438 t | 89,454 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 79,031 t | 58,000 t | 96,623 t | 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 maize (corn) — production in Yemen?
- Maize (corn) — production in Yemen was 58,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — production recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 96,623 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — production recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,200 t in 1961.
- How does Yemen rank for maize (corn) — production?
- Yemen ranks 107th out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — production rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.2%. 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 Maize (corn) — Production. 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.