Corn yields in Yemen
Yemen: Corn yields was 1.57 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▼ Falling
Corn yields in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 1.57 tonnes per hectare for corn yields in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 35.8% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, corn yields in Yemen peaked at 2.47 tonnes per hectare in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.8079 tonnes per hectare, in 2005.
Yemen ranks 135th of 170 countries on this measure, 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 | 2.43 tonnes per hectare | 2.36 tonnes per hectare | 2.45 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.71 tonnes per hectare | 1.29 tonnes per hectare | 2.17 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.33 tonnes per hectare | 0.9726 tonnes per hectare | 1.73 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.4 tonnes per hectare | 1.2 tonnes per hectare | 1.61 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.31 tonnes per hectare | 0.8079 tonnes per hectare | 1.67 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.35 tonnes per hectare | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | 1.68 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.24 tonnes per hectare | 1.57 tonnes per hectare | 2.47 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
More agriculture & rural data for Yemen
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.21 billion current US$ (2018)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 28.7% (2018)
- Rural population 26.30 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.5% (2025)
- Rural population 63.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2019)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 28.7% (2018)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 28.7% (2018)
- Land under cereal production 543,000 hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is corn yields in Yemen?
- Corn yields in Yemen was 1.57 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest corn yields recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 2.47 tonnes per hectare in 2022.
- What is the lowest corn yields recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8079 tonnes per hectare in 2005.
- How does Yemen rank for corn yields?
- Yemen ranks 135th out of 170 countries with data for 2024.
- Is corn yields 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 USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Corn yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average corn yields measured in tonnes per hectare.