Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Yemen
Yemen: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 4,112 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 4,112 ha for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 13.7% on the previous year and down 71.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Yemen peaked at 38,706 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 4,053 ha, in 2020.
That places Yemen 53rd out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Yemen, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,176 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,773 ha | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 27,857 ha | +40.9% |
| 1964 | 23,303 ha | -16.3% |
| 1965 | 38,706 ha | +66.1% |
| 1966 | 17,687 ha | -54.3% |
| 1967 | 14,400 ha | -18.6% |
| 1968 | 10,289 ha | -28.5% |
| 1969 | 23,234 ha | +125.8% |
| 1970 | 16,574 ha | -28.7% |
| 1971 | 21,000 ha | +26.7% |
| 1972 | 27,019 ha | +28.7% |
| 1973 | 32,140 ha | +19.0% |
| 1974 | 32,950 ha | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 24,000 ha | -27.2% |
| 1976 | 27,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1977 | 18,300 ha | -32.2% |
| 1978 | 20,700 ha | +13.1% |
| 1979 | 17,600 ha | -15.0% |
| 1980 | 12,000 ha | -31.8% |
| 1981 | 21,300 ha | +77.5% |
| 1982 | 23,400 ha | +9.9% |
| 1983 | 23,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 21,600 ha | -7.7% |
| 1985 | 8,000 ha | -63.0% |
| 1986 | 21,600 ha | +170.0% |
| 1987 | 21,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 9,642 ha | -55.4% |
| 1989 | 15,778 ha | +63.6% |
| 1990 | 10,363 ha | -34.3% |
| 1991 | 9,445 ha | -8.9% |
| 1992 | 14,103 ha | +49.3% |
| 1993 | 16,640 ha | +18.0% |
| 1994 | 12,273 ha | -26.2% |
| 1995 | 12,860 ha | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 15,731 ha | +22.3% |
| 1997 | 20,242 ha | +28.7% |
| 1998 | 23,259 ha | +14.9% |
| 1999 | 24,065 ha | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 26,501 ha | +10.1% |
| 2001 | 27,278 ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 27,887 ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 28,287 ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 17,246 ha | -39.0% |
| 2005 | 17,609 ha | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 17,845 ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 18,504 ha | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 19,096 ha | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 19,664 ha | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 19,964 ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 18,815 ha | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 17,757 ha | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 15,024 ha | -15.4% |
| 2014 | 14,375 ha | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 12,938 ha | -10.0% |
| 2016 | 11,248 ha | -13.1% |
| 2017 | 11,143 ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 6,667 ha | -40.2% |
| 2019 | 15,231 ha | +128.5% |
| 2020 | 4,053 ha | -73.4% |
| 2021 | 5,226 ha | +28.9% |
| 2022 | 4,907 ha | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 4,765 ha | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 4,112 ha | -13.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,603 ha | 10,289 ha | 38,706 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,728 ha | 16,574 ha | 32,950 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,832 ha | 8,000 ha | 23,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,898 ha | 9,445 ha | 24,065 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,992 ha | 17,246 ha | 28,287 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,316 ha | 6,667 ha | 19,964 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,613 ha | 4,053 ha | 5,226 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)
- 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 seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Yemen?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Yemen was 4,112 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 38,706 ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,053 ha in 2020.
- How does Yemen rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Yemen ranks 53rd out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 71.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested. 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.