Millet — Area harvested in Yemen
Yemen: Millet — Area harvested was 85,910 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Area harvested in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for millet — area harvested in Yemen is 85,910 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and down 25.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Yemen peaked at 139,769 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 36,421 ha, in 1970.
That places Yemen 27th out of 93 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 44,209 ha | 40,000 ha | 60,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 46,128 ha | 36,421 ha | 55,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 113,830 ha | 53,000 ha | 139,769 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 101,012 ha | 85,470 ha | 136,320 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 103,570 ha | 82,627 ha | 118,602 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 106,035 ha | 83,797 ha | 138,180 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 82,553 ha | 72,677 ha | 85,910 ha | 5 |
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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 millet — area harvested in Yemen?
- Millet — area harvested in Yemen was 85,910 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 139,769 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 36,421 ha in 1970.
- How does Yemen rank for millet — area harvested?
- Yemen ranks 27th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.5%. 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 Millet — 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.