Sorghum — Yield in Yemen
Yemen: Sorghum — Yield was 570.5 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Sorghum — Yield in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — yield in Yemen is 570.5 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 30.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Yemen peaked at 1,098 kg/ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 411.8 kg/ha, in 1984.
Yemen ranks 97th of 111 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Sorghum — Yield in Yemen, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 700 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 700.5 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 700.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 700.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 700.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 699.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 700 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 698.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 697.8 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 687.7 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 750.3 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1972 | 682.1 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1973 | 734.5 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1974 | 671.3 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1975 | 871.3 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 1976 | 740.6 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1977 | 783.9 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1978 | 908.4 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1979 | 918 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 967.4 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1981 | 1,098 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1982 | 909.3 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1983 | 419.8 kg/ha | -53.8% |
| 1984 | 411.8 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 432.6 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1986 | 759 kg/ha | +75.5% |
| 1987 | 798.6 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1988 | 929.3 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1989 | 989.9 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1990 | 870.7 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1991 | 647.8 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 1992 | 1,060 kg/ha | +63.7% |
| 1993 | 1,037 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 991.2 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1995 | 1,036 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 856.7 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1997 | 833.8 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 1,034 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 1999 | 1,086 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 1,043 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 1,008 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 874.1 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2003 | 720.3 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2004 | 614.2 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2005 | 623.6 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 855.4 kg/ha | +37.2% |
| 2007 | 918.7 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2008 | 850.7 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2009 | 793.1 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2010 | 940 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2011 | 894.3 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 918.4 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 872.6 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 817.9 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 625.5 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 2016 | 519.4 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 2017 | 533.5 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 527.3 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 735.1 kg/ha | +39.4% |
| 2020 | 755.4 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 621.9 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2022 | 601.8 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 586.2 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 570.5 kg/ha | -2.7% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 570.5 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 709.65 kg/ha, 80% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 570.5 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,783 kg/ha, 20% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield in Yemen changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +75.5% | 432.6 kg/ha | 759 kg/ha |
| 1992 | +63.7% | 647.8 kg/ha | 1,060 kg/ha |
| 1983 | -53.8% | 909.3 kg/ha | 419.8 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 699.84 kg/ha | 697.8 kg/ha | 700.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 774.81 kg/ha | 671.3 kg/ha | 918 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 771.55 kg/ha | 411.8 kg/ha | 1,098 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 945.3 kg/ha | 647.8 kg/ha | 1,086 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 830.12 kg/ha | 614.2 kg/ha | 1,043 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 738.4 kg/ha | 519.4 kg/ha | 940 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 627.16 kg/ha | 570.5 kg/ha | 755.4 kg/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)
- 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 — yield in Yemen?
- Sorghum — yield in Yemen was 570.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 1,098 kg/ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 411.8 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Yemen rank for sorghum — yield?
- Yemen ranks 97th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum — 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.