Potatoes — Yield in Yemen
Yemen: Potatoes — Yield was 17,704 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 17,704 kg/ha for potatoes — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and up 37.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Yemen peaked at 23,962 kg/ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 5,000 kg/ha, in 1970.
Yemen ranks 91st 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 — Yield in Yemen, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,698 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,815 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 5,926 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 6,031 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 5,980 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1966 | 6,470 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1967 | 7,451 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1968 | 8,676 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1969 | 8,676 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 5,000 kg/ha | -42.4% |
| 1971 | 9,016 kg/ha | +80.3% |
| 1972 | 11,325 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 1973 | 11,384 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 10,655 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1975 | 10,881 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 11,417 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1977 | 11,687 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 11,444 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1979 | 12,075 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1980 | 12,259 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 11,974 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1982 | 12,243 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 13,315 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1984 | 22,186 kg/ha | +66.6% |
| 1985 | 22,569 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 23,962 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1987 | 12,332 kg/ha | -48.5% |
| 1988 | 12,563 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 12,260 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1990 | 11,751 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1991 | 12,711 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1992 | 13,569 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 14,056 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 13,698 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 13,568 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 12,844 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1997 | 12,725 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 12,582 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 12,661 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 12,378 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 12,040 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 11,957 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 11,962 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 11,734 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 12,694 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2006 | 12,695 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 12,875 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 11,471 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2009 | 12,933 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2010 | 13,094 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 13,700 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 13,145 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 12,506 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 12,869 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 15,604 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 2016 | 15,568 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 15,646 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 14,358 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2019 | 14,834 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 14,836 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 20,412 kg/ha | +37.6% |
| 2022 | 17,701 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2023 | 17,891 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 17,704 kg/ha | -1.0% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 17,704 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 11,047 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 17,704 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 28,679 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Yield 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 | +80.3% | 5,000 kg/ha | 9,016 kg/ha |
| 1984 | +66.6% | 13,315 kg/ha | 22,186 kg/ha |
| 1987 | -48.5% | 23,962 kg/ha | 12,332 kg/ha |
| 1970 | -42.4% | 8,676 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha |
| 2021 | +37.6% | 14,836 kg/ha | 20,412 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,747 kg/ha | 5,698 kg/ha | 8,676 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,488 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 12,075 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,566 kg/ha | 11,974 kg/ha | 23,962 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,017 kg/ha | 11,751 kg/ha | 14,056 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,274 kg/ha | 11,471 kg/ha | 12,933 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,132 kg/ha | 12,506 kg/ha | 15,646 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,709 kg/ha | 14,836 kg/ha | 20,412 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Yemen?
- Potatoes — yield in Yemen was 17,704 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 23,962 kg/ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,000 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does Yemen rank for potatoes — yield?
- Yemen ranks 91st out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.6%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.