Sorghum — Area harvested in Yemen
Yemen: Sorghum — Area harvested was 333,017 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Area harvested in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 333,017 ha for sorghum — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 20.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Yemen peaked at 1.08 million ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 211,819 ha, in 2020.
That places Yemen 21st out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Yemen, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.00 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.03 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 1.07 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 1.08 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 1.08 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 965,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1967 | 950,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 930,000 ha | -2.1% |
| 1969 | 910,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 1970 | 887,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 1971 | 889,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 840,000 ha | -5.5% |
| 1973 | 870,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 870,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1.06 million ha | +21.5% |
| 1976 | 1.06 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 782,000 ha | -26.2% |
| 1978 | 644,000 ha | -17.6% |
| 1979 | 683,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 644,000 ha | -5.7% |
| 1981 | 537,854 ha | -16.5% |
| 1982 | 593,658 ha | +10.4% |
| 1983 | 593,658 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 604,971 ha | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 604,000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 601,482 ha | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 589,014 ha | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 596,890 ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 521,132 ha | -12.7% |
| 1990 | 506,770 ha | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 382,051 ha | -24.6% |
| 1992 | 432,761 ha | +13.3% |
| 1993 | 456,819 ha | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 448,425 ha | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 448,389 ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 426,579 ha | -4.9% |
| 1997 | 429,656 ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 458,282 ha | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 367,506 ha | -19.8% |
| 2000 | 359,632 ha | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 379,330 ha | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 330,980 ha | -12.7% |
| 2003 | 295,409 ha | -10.7% |
| 2004 | 428,883 ha | +45.2% |
| 2005 | 529,720 ha | +23.5% |
| 2006 | 565,970 ha | +6.8% |
| 2007 | 654,250 ha | +15.6% |
| 2008 | 442,819 ha | -32.3% |
| 2009 | 392,780 ha | -11.3% |
| 2010 | 539,706 ha | +37.4% |
| 2011 | 460,711 ha | -14.6% |
| 2012 | 500,038 ha | +8.5% |
| 2013 | 503,508 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 416,637 ha | -17.3% |
| 2015 | 354,141 ha | -15.0% |
| 2016 | 312,436 ha | -11.8% |
| 2017 | 307,855 ha | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 295,332 ha | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 313,916 ha | +6.3% |
| 2020 | 211,819 ha | -32.5% |
| 2021 | 318,209 ha | +50.2% |
| 2022 | 348,937 ha | +9.7% |
| 2023 | 341,189 ha | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 333,017 ha | -2.4% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 333,017 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 260,000 ha, 1.3× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 333,017 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,353 ha, 141.5× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.00 million ha | 910,000 ha | 1.08 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 858,200 ha | 644,000 ha | 1.06 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 588,666 ha | 521,132 ha | 644,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 435,724 ha | 367,506 ha | 506,770 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 437,977 ha | 295,409 ha | 654,250 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 400,428 ha | 295,332 ha | 539,706 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 310,634 ha | 211,819 ha | 348,937 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
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 sorghum — area harvested in Yemen?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Yemen was 333,017 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 1.08 million ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 211,819 ha in 2020.
- How does Yemen rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Yemen ranks 21st out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.1%. 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 Sorghum — 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.