Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Yemen
Yemen: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 17,705 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Yemen is 17,705 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Yemen peaked at 23,214 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 3,580 ha, in 1961.
That places Yemen 106th out of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — 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 | 9,687 ha | +7.3% |
| 1988 | 10,182 ha | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 11,470 ha | +12.6% |
| 1990 | 13,635 ha | +18.9% |
| 1991 | 12,394 ha | -9.1% |
| 1992 | 13,254 ha | +6.9% |
| 1993 | 15,202 ha | +14.7% |
| 1994 | 13,243 ha | -12.9% |
| 1995 | 13,631 ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 14,263 ha | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 15,403 ha | +8.0% |
| 1998 | 15,647 ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 16,708 ha | +6.8% |
| 2000 | 17,033 ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 17,360 ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 17,661 ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 17,870 ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 16,905 ha | -5.4% |
| 2005 | 17,191 ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 17,868 ha | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 19,380 ha | +8.5% |
| 2008 | 23,050 ha | +18.9% |
| 2009 | 21,542 ha | -6.5% |
| 2010 | 23,214 ha | +7.8% |
| 2011 | 19,361 ha | -16.6% |
| 2012 | 22,456 ha | +16.0% |
| 2013 | 22,572 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 20,628 ha | -8.6% |
| 2015 | 16,514 ha | -19.9% |
| 2016 | 15,596 ha | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 15,408 ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 16,042 ha | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 15,750 ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 16,389 ha | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 17,058 ha | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 17,887 ha | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 17,963 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 17,705 ha | -1.4% |
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 | 10,815 ha | 9,025 ha | 13,076 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,338 ha | 12,394 ha | 16,708 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,586 ha | 16,905 ha | 23,050 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,754 ha | 15,408 ha | 23,214 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,400 ha | 16,389 ha | 17,963 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Yemen?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Yemen was 17,705 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 23,214 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,580 ha in 1961.
- How does Yemen rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Yemen ranks 106th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.