Sweet potatoes — Production in Yemen
Yemen: Sweet potatoes — Production was 322.06 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — production in Yemen stood at 322.06 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Yemen peaked at 407.13 t in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
That places Yemen 96th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Yemen, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 t | — |
| 1962 | 0 t | — |
| 1963 | 0 t | — |
| 1964 | 0 t | — |
| 1965 | 0 t | — |
| 1966 | 0 t | — |
| 1967 | 0 t | — |
| 1968 | 0 t | — |
| 1969 | 0 t | — |
| 1970 | 0 t | — |
| 1971 | 0 t | — |
| 1972 | 0 t | — |
| 1973 | 0 t | — |
| 1974 | 0 t | — |
| 1975 | 0 t | — |
| 1976 | 0 t | — |
| 1977 | 0 t | — |
| 1978 | 0 t | — |
| 1979 | 0 t | — |
| 1980 | 0 t | — |
| 1981 | 0 t | — |
| 1982 | 0 t | — |
| 1983 | 0 t | — |
| 1984 | 0 t | — |
| 1985 | 0 t | — |
| 1986 | 0 t | — |
| 1987 | 150 t | — |
| 1988 | 242 t | +61.3% |
| 1989 | 378 t | +56.2% |
| 1990 | 278 t | -26.5% |
| 1991 | 320 t | +15.1% |
| 1992 | 327 t | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 327 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 300 t | -8.3% |
| 1995 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 306.2 t | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 309.62 t | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 318.07 t | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 324.14 t | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 335.14 t | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 340 t | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 345 t | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 326.98 t | -5.2% |
| 2005 | 300 t | -8.3% |
| 2006 | 335.27 t | +11.8% |
| 2007 | 362.24 t | +8.0% |
| 2008 | 362.34 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 407.13 t | +12.4% |
| 2010 | 406.55 t | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 377.1 t | -7.2% |
| 2012 | 350 t | -7.2% |
| 2013 | 330 t | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 314.76 t | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 350.91 t | +11.5% |
| 2016 | 331.89 t | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 331.2 t | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 327.55 t | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 323.95 t | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 322.17 t | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 326.15 t | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 317.95 t | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 322.09 t | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 322.06 t | -0.0% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 322.06 t is below the median for low income countries, which is 314,757 t, 0% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 322.06 t is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3,659 t, 9% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +61.3% | 150 t | 242 t |
| 1989 | +56.2% | 242 t | 378 t |
| 1990 | -26.5% | 378 t | 278 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 77 t | 0 t | 378 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 308.59 t | 278 t | 327 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 343.82 t | 300 t | 407.13 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 344.39 t | 314.76 t | 406.55 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 322.08 t | 317.95 t | 326.15 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 93 Suriname 594.88 t compare
- 94 Grenada 522.93 t compare
- 95 Saint Lucia 405.07 t compare
- 97 Trinidad and Tobago 308 t compare
- 98 Cook Islands 299.22 t compare
- 99 Brunei Darussalam 286.37 t 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 sweet potatoes — production in Yemen?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Yemen was 322.06 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 407.13 t in 2009.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does Yemen rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Yemen ranks 96th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — 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.