Maize (corn) — Yield in Yemen
Yemen: Maize (corn) — Yield was 1,567 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Maize (corn) — Yield in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 1,567 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 35.8% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Yemen peaked at 2,468 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 807.9 kg/ha, in 2005.
That places Yemen 140th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,429 kg/ha | 2,364 kg/ha | 2,454 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,714 kg/ha | 1,293 kg/ha | 2,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,334 kg/ha | 972.6 kg/ha | 1,734 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,404 kg/ha | 1,198 kg/ha | 1,605 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,314 kg/ha | 807.9 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,347 kg/ha | 1,096 kg/ha | 1,681 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,242 kg/ha | 1,567 kg/ha | 2,468 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 137 Kenya 1,666 kg/ha compare
- 138 Republic of Moldova 1,622 kg/ha compare
- 139 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,570 kg/ha compare
- 141 Gabon 1,561 kg/ha compare
- 142 Ethiopia PDR 1,528 kg/ha compare
- 143 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1,449 kg/ha compare
- 143 Micronesia 1,449 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Yemen
- 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)
- Rural population 63.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.5% (2025)
- Rural population 26.30 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 28.7% (2018)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.21 billion current US$ (2018)
- Bananas — Production 135,448 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Yemen?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Yemen was 1,567 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 2,468 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 807.9 kg/ha in 2005.
- How does Yemen rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Yemen ranks 140th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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) — Yield. 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.