Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Yemen
Yemen: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 26,635 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Yemen is 26,635 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 32.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Yemen peaked at 60,802 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 21,000 ha, in 1985.
That places Yemen 127th out of 186 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.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Yemen, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 29,818 ha | — |
| 1962 | 30,415 ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 38,094 ha | +25.2% |
| 1964 | 34,145 ha | -10.4% |
| 1965 | 49,548 ha | +45.1% |
| 1966 | 29,053 ha | -41.4% |
| 1967 | 25,806 ha | -11.2% |
| 1968 | 21,795 ha | -15.5% |
| 1969 | 34,881 ha | +60.0% |
| 1970 | 24,621 ha | -29.4% |
| 1971 | 33,047 ha | +34.2% |
| 1972 | 39,147 ha | +18.5% |
| 1973 | 44,268 ha | +13.1% |
| 1974 | 44,578 ha | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 37,128 ha | -16.7% |
| 1976 | 40,868 ha | +10.1% |
| 1977 | 33,300 ha | -18.5% |
| 1978 | 35,900 ha | +7.8% |
| 1979 | 33,800 ha | -5.8% |
| 1980 | 26,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 1981 | 36,205 ha | +39.2% |
| 1982 | 38,506 ha | +6.4% |
| 1983 | 38,506 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 36,605 ha | -4.9% |
| 1985 | 21,000 ha | -42.6% |
| 1986 | 33,952 ha | +61.7% |
| 1987 | 37,340 ha | +10.0% |
| 1988 | 25,197 ha | -32.5% |
| 1989 | 37,721 ha | +49.7% |
| 1990 | 28,941 ha | -23.3% |
| 1991 | 26,239 ha | -9.3% |
| 1992 | 32,786 ha | +25.0% |
| 1993 | 36,135 ha | +10.2% |
| 1994 | 32,682 ha | -9.6% |
| 1995 | 35,964 ha | +10.0% |
| 1996 | 41,645 ha | +15.8% |
| 1997 | 49,735 ha | +19.4% |
| 1998 | 53,590 ha | +7.8% |
| 1999 | 55,040 ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 58,509 ha | +6.3% |
| 2001 | 60,411 ha | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 60,307 ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 60,802 ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 35,296 ha | -41.9% |
| 2005 | 36,403 ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 38,846 ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 40,280 ha | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 41,308 ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 44,704 ha | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 45,607 ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 43,899 ha | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 42,987 ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 40,415 ha | -6.0% |
| 2014 | 39,384 ha | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 36,719 ha | -6.8% |
| 2016 | 34,899 ha | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 34,662 ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 32,368 ha | -6.6% |
| 2019 | 37,993 ha | +17.4% |
| 2020 | 26,922 ha | -29.1% |
| 2021 | 28,445 ha | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 27,761 ha | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 27,274 ha | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 26,635 ha | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32,617 ha | 21,795 ha | 49,548 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 36,666 ha | 24,621 ha | 44,578 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,103 ha | 21,000 ha | 38,506 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 39,276 ha | 26,239 ha | 55,040 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 47,687 ha | 35,296 ha | 60,802 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 38,893 ha | 32,368 ha | 45,607 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,407 ha | 26,635 ha | 28,445 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 124 Kiribati 29,066 ha compare
- 125 Saudi Arabia 28,061 ha compare
- 126 Kyrgyzstan 27,298 ha compare
- 128 Belgium 25,819 ha compare
- 129 Jamaica 24,526 ha compare
- 130 French Polynesia 23,006 ha compare
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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Yemen?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Yemen was 26,635 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 60,802 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,000 ha in 1985.
- How does Yemen rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Yemen ranks 127th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.4%. 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 Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — 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.