Potatoes — Area harvested in Yemen
Yemen: Potatoes — Area harvested was 17,666 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Area harvested in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested in Yemen is 17,666 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Yemen peaked at 23,169 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 3,580 ha, in 1961.
Yemen ranks 77th of 153 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Yemen, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,580 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,680 ha | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 3,780 ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 3,880 ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 4,080 ha | +5.2% |
| 1966 | 4,081 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 4,081 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 4,081 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 4,081 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 4,081 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 6,202 ha | +52.0% |
| 1972 | 5,202 ha | -16.1% |
| 1973 | 5,702 ha | +9.6% |
| 1974 | 6,102 ha | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 6,698 ha | +9.8% |
| 1976 | 7,108 ha | +6.1% |
| 1977 | 8,908 ha | +25.3% |
| 1978 | 9,754 ha | +9.5% |
| 1979 | 10,132 ha | +3.9% |
| 1980 | 11,094 ha | +9.5% |
| 1981 | 12,105 ha | +9.1% |
| 1982 | 12,966 ha | +7.1% |
| 1983 | 13,076 ha | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 9,523 ha | -27.2% |
| 1985 | 9,025 ha | -5.2% |
| 1986 | 9,025 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 9,670 ha | +7.1% |
| 1988 | 10,154 ha | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 11,432 ha | +12.6% |
| 1990 | 13,603 ha | +19.0% |
| 1991 | 12,361 ha | -9.1% |
| 1992 | 13,221 ha | +7.0% |
| 1993 | 15,169 ha | +14.7% |
| 1994 | 13,213 ha | -12.9% |
| 1995 | 13,601 ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 14,233 ha | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 15,372 ha | +8.0% |
| 1998 | 15,615 ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 16,675 ha | +6.8% |
| 2000 | 17,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 17,325 ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 17,627 ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 17,834 ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 16,870 ha | -5.4% |
| 2005 | 17,155 ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 17,831 ha | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 19,340 ha | +8.5% |
| 2008 | 23,010 ha | +19.0% |
| 2009 | 21,497 ha | -6.6% |
| 2010 | 23,169 ha | +7.8% |
| 2011 | 19,319 ha | -16.6% |
| 2012 | 22,418 ha | +16.0% |
| 2013 | 22,532 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 20,591 ha | -8.6% |
| 2015 | 16,473 ha | -20.0% |
| 2016 | 15,557 ha | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 15,368 ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 16,003 ha | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 15,711 ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 16,350 ha | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 17,018 ha | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 17,848 ha | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 17,924 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 17,666 ha | -1.4% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 17,666 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 41,532 ha, 43% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 17,666 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 15,647 ha, 1.1× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +52.0% | 4,081 ha | 6,202 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,925 ha | 3,580 ha | 4,081 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,989 ha | 4,081 ha | 10,132 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,807 ha | 9,025 ha | 13,076 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,306 ha | 12,361 ha | 16,675 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,549 ha | 16,870 ha | 23,010 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,714 ha | 15,368 ha | 23,169 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,361 ha | 16,350 ha | 17,924 ha | 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 potatoes — area harvested in Yemen?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Yemen was 17,666 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 23,169 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,580 ha in 1961.
- How does Yemen rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Yemen ranks 77th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.2%. 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 Potatoes — 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.