Millet — Production in Yemen
Yemen: Millet — Production was 45,000 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Millet — Production in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for millet — production in Yemen is 45,000 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 38.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — production in Yemen peaked at 124,551 t in 1981 and was at its lowest, 25,409 t, in 1991.
That places Yemen 28th out of 86 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Production in Yemen, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 51,200 t | — |
| 1962 | 50,400 t | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 40,600 t | -19.4% |
| 1964 | 53,000 t | +30.5% |
| 1965 | 44,800 t | -15.5% |
| 1966 | 54,900 t | +22.5% |
| 1967 | 55,000 t | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 60,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1969 | 80,600 t | +34.3% |
| 1970 | 57,915 t | -28.1% |
| 1971 | 70,000 t | +20.9% |
| 1972 | 70,514 t | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 71,428 t | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 73,156 t | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 74,476 t | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 60,963 t | -18.1% |
| 1977 | 76,000 t | +24.7% |
| 1978 | 76,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 81,000 t | +6.6% |
| 1980 | 70,000 t | -13.6% |
| 1981 | 124,551 t | +77.9% |
| 1982 | 110,726 t | -11.1% |
| 1983 | 98,803 t | -10.8% |
| 1984 | 98,795 t | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 34,000 t | -65.6% |
| 1986 | 54,507 t | +60.3% |
| 1987 | 38,381 t | -29.6% |
| 1988 | 39,441 t | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 58,568 t | +48.5% |
| 1990 | 50,063 t | -14.5% |
| 1991 | 25,409 t | -49.2% |
| 1992 | 66,128 t | +160.3% |
| 1993 | 60,264 t | -8.9% |
| 1994 | 54,333 t | -9.8% |
| 1995 | 53,138 t | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 45,541 t | -14.3% |
| 1997 | 59,170 t | +29.9% |
| 1998 | 74,063 t | +25.2% |
| 1999 | 65,032 t | -12.2% |
| 2000 | 65,291 t | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 68,554 t | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 57,809 t | -15.7% |
| 2003 | 40,587 t | -29.8% |
| 2004 | 66,383 t | +63.6% |
| 2005 | 66,640 t | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 82,276 t | +23.5% |
| 2007 | 88,035 t | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 74,048 t | -15.9% |
| 2009 | 61,527 t | -16.9% |
| 2010 | 111,135 t | +80.6% |
| 2011 | 74,815 t | -32.7% |
| 2012 | 86,541 t | +15.7% |
| 2013 | 83,086 t | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 73,661 t | -11.3% |
| 2015 | 49,353 t | -33.0% |
| 2016 | 44,587 t | -9.7% |
| 2017 | 44,275 t | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 43,390 t | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 50,393 t | +16.1% |
| 2020 | 40,000 t | -20.6% |
| 2021 | 47,817 t | +19.5% |
| 2022 | 45,000 t | -5.9% |
| 2023 | 45,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 45,000 t | +0.0% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 45,000 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 45,000 t, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 45,000 t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 5,591 t, 8.0× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +160.3% | 25,409 t | 66,128 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 54,500 t | 40,600 t | 80,600 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 71,145 t | 57,915 t | 81,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 72,777 t | 34,000 t | 124,551 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 55,314 t | 25,409 t | 74,063 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 67,115 t | 40,587 t | 88,035 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 66,124 t | 43,390 t | 111,135 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 44,563 t | 40,000 t | 47,817 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 millet — production in Yemen?
- Millet — production in Yemen was 45,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — production recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 124,551 t in 1981.
- What is the lowest millet — production recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,409 t in 1991.
- How does Yemen rank for millet — production?
- Yemen ranks 28th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — production rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.9%. 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 Millet — 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.