Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Yemen
Yemen: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 17,683 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 17,683 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 37.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Yemen peaked at 23,962 kg/ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 5,000 kg/ha, in 1970.
Yemen ranks 84th of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — 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 | 12,326 kg/ha | -48.6% |
| 1988 | 12,552 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 12,252 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1990 | 11,744 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1991 | 12,703 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1992 | 13,560 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 14,047 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 13,690 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 13,560 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 12,838 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1997 | 12,719 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 12,576 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 12,655 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 12,373 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 12,035 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 11,953 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 11,956 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 11,729 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 12,684 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2006 | 12,688 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 12,868 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 11,467 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2009 | 12,925 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2010 | 13,086 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 13,690 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 13,138 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 12,499 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 12,861 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 15,586 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 2016 | 15,550 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 15,627 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 14,344 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2019 | 14,817 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 14,820 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 20,384 kg/ha | +37.5% |
| 2022 | 17,680 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2023 | 17,870 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 17,683 kg/ha | -1.0% |
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 | 15,564 kg/ha | 11,974 kg/ha | 23,962 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,009 kg/ha | 11,744 kg/ha | 14,047 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,268 kg/ha | 11,467 kg/ha | 12,925 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,120 kg/ha | 12,499 kg/ha | 15,627 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,687 kg/ha | 14,820 kg/ha | 20,384 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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 roots and tubers, total — yield in Yemen?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Yemen was 17,683 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 23,962 kg/ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,000 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does Yemen rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Yemen ranks 84th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.5%. 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 — Yield. 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.