Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Yemen
Yemen: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 929 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for seed cotton, unginned — yield in Yemen is 929 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.0% on the previous year and down 20.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Yemen peaked at 1,442 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 660.5 kg/ha, in 1966.
Yemen ranks 65th of 94 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.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Yemen, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 813.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,027 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 1963 | 949.4 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1964 | 741.1 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1965 | 798.7 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1966 | 660.5 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1967 | 950.3 kg/ha | +43.9% |
| 1968 | 944.6 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 724.6 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 1970 | 973.8 kg/ha | +34.4% |
| 1971 | 1,281 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 1972 | 1,029 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1973 | 1,050 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 1,070 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 1,125 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 944.4 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1977 | 781.4 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1978 | 913 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1979 | 954.5 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 833.3 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1981 | 939 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1982 | 918.8 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 918.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 865.7 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1985 | 750 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1986 | 888.9 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1987 | 888.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 810 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1989 | 826 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 756.4 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1991 | 771.9 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 895 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1993 | 849.7 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1994 | 903.1 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1995 | 961.2 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1996 | 1,014 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 971.1 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1998 | 1,013 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 1,038 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 1,044 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 1,064 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 1,033 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 1,028 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 1,133 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2005 | 1,168 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 1,233 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 1,260 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 1,263 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 1,266 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 1,260 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 1,442 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2012 | 1,158 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 2013 | 1,206 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 1,175 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 1,070 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2016 | 1,066 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 1,065 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,038 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 1,076 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 963.7 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2021 | 1,005 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 997.1 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 957.6 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 929 kg/ha | -3.0% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 929 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 978.1 kg/ha, 95% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 929 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,713 kg/ha, 54% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 845.53 kg/ha | 660.5 kg/ha | 1,027 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,012 kg/ha | 781.4 kg/ha | 1,281 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 863.94 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha | 939 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 917.29 kg/ha | 756.4 kg/ha | 1,038 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,149 kg/ha | 1,028 kg/ha | 1,266 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,156 kg/ha | 1,038 kg/ha | 1,442 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 970.48 kg/ha | 929 kg/ha | 1,005 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 62 Republic of Korea 978.6 kg/ha compare
- 63 Guinea 972 kg/ha compare
- 64 Dominican Republic 956.5 kg/ha compare
- 66 Guadeloupe 912.5 kg/ha compare
- 67 Romania 900 kg/ha compare
- 68 Senegal 896.1 kg/ha compare
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 seed cotton, unginned — yield in Yemen?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Yemen was 929 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 1,442 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 660.5 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Yemen rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Yemen ranks 65th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.9%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — 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.