Sorghum — Production in Yemen
Yemen: Sorghum — Production was 190,000 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Production in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 190,000 t for sorghum — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.0% on the previous year and down 44.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — production in Yemen peaked at 921,000 t in 1975 and was at its lowest, 155,722 t, in 2018.
That places Yemen 30th 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 — Production in Yemen, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 700,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 725,000 t | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 750,000 t | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 760,000 t | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 760,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 675,000 t | -11.2% |
| 1967 | 665,000 t | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 650,000 t | -2.3% |
| 1969 | 635,000 t | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 610,000 t | -3.9% |
| 1971 | 667,000 t | +9.3% |
| 1972 | 573,000 t | -14.1% |
| 1973 | 639,000 t | +11.5% |
| 1974 | 584,000 t | -8.6% |
| 1975 | 921,000 t | +57.7% |
| 1976 | 785,000 t | -14.8% |
| 1977 | 613,000 t | -21.9% |
| 1978 | 585,000 t | -4.6% |
| 1979 | 627,000 t | +7.2% |
| 1980 | 623,000 t | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 590,471 t | -5.2% |
| 1982 | 539,785 t | -8.6% |
| 1983 | 249,208 t | -53.8% |
| 1984 | 249,109 t | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 261,285 t | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 456,552 t | +74.7% |
| 1987 | 470,399 t | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 554,668 t | +17.9% |
| 1989 | 515,851 t | -7.0% |
| 1990 | 441,231 t | -14.5% |
| 1991 | 247,477 t | -43.9% |
| 1992 | 458,820 t | +85.4% |
| 1993 | 473,532 t | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 444,462 t | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 464,412 t | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 365,467 t | -21.3% |
| 1997 | 358,254 t | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 473,857 t | +32.3% |
| 1999 | 399,208 t | -15.8% |
| 2000 | 375,009 t | -6.1% |
| 2001 | 382,495 t | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 289,296 t | -24.4% |
| 2003 | 212,780 t | -26.4% |
| 2004 | 263,428 t | +23.8% |
| 2005 | 330,330 t | +25.4% |
| 2006 | 484,120 t | +46.6% |
| 2007 | 601,040 t | +24.2% |
| 2008 | 376,728 t | -37.3% |
| 2009 | 311,504 t | -17.3% |
| 2010 | 507,302 t | +62.9% |
| 2011 | 412,031 t | -18.8% |
| 2012 | 459,241 t | +11.5% |
| 2013 | 439,349 t | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 340,784 t | -22.4% |
| 2015 | 221,510 t | -35.0% |
| 2016 | 162,277 t | -26.7% |
| 2017 | 164,241 t | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 155,722 t | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 230,766 t | +48.2% |
| 2020 | 160,000 t | -30.7% |
| 2021 | 197,890 t | +23.7% |
| 2022 | 210,000 t | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 200,000 t | -4.8% |
| 2024 | 190,000 t | -5.0% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 190,000 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 166,479 t, 1.1× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 190,000 t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 5,825 t, 32.6× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 702,222 t | 635,000 t | 760,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 660,400 t | 573,000 t | 921,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 451,033 t | 249,109 t | 623,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 412,672 t | 247,477 t | 473,857 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 362,673 t | 212,780 t | 601,040 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 309,322 t | 155,722 t | 507,302 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 191,578 t | 160,000 t | 210,000 t | 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 — production in Yemen?
- Sorghum — production in Yemen was 190,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — production recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 921,000 t in 1975.
- What is the lowest sorghum — production recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 155,722 t in 2018.
- How does Yemen rank for sorghum — production?
- Yemen ranks 30th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — production rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.2%. 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 — Production. 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.