Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Yemen
Yemen: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 42,858 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — area harvested in Yemen is 42,858 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Yemen peaked at 52,940 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 7,000 ha, in 1961.
Yemen ranks 92nd of 191 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.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Yemen, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,100 ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 7,200 ha | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 7,400 ha | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 7,600 ha | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 7,800 ha | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 8,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 8,200 ha | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 8,400 ha | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 8,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1971 | 10,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1972 | 15,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1973 | 16,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 16,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1975 | 19,600 ha | +22.5% |
| 1976 | 23,017 ha | +17.4% |
| 1977 | 24,306 ha | +5.6% |
| 1978 | 25,893 ha | +6.5% |
| 1979 | 25,947 ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 24,958 ha | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 23,967 ha | -4.0% |
| 1982 | 24,590 ha | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 26,908 ha | +9.4% |
| 1984 | 17,883 ha | -33.5% |
| 1985 | 18,999 ha | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 20,539 ha | +8.1% |
| 1987 | 20,015 ha | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 20,293 ha | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 25,153 ha | +23.9% |
| 1990 | 25,509 ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 26,657 ha | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 27,435 ha | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 28,190 ha | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 29,313 ha | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 31,249 ha | +6.6% |
| 1996 | 34,315 ha | +9.8% |
| 1997 | 35,468 ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 37,465 ha | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 38,232 ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 40,575 ha | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 42,226 ha | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 43,778 ha | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 45,172 ha | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 43,181 ha | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 43,269 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 44,518 ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 48,063 ha | +8.0% |
| 2008 | 49,652 ha | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 51,127 ha | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 52,940 ha | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 46,855 ha | -11.5% |
| 2012 | 52,486 ha | +12.0% |
| 2013 | 49,487 ha | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 46,719 ha | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 39,752 ha | -14.9% |
| 2016 | 37,109 ha | -6.6% |
| 2017 | 35,859 ha | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 34,932 ha | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 35,483 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 39,851 ha | +12.3% |
| 2021 | 41,283 ha | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 43,562 ha | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 42,543 ha | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 42,858 ha | +0.7% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 42,858 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 115,990 ha, 37% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 42,858 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 42,858 ha, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +50.0% | 10,000 ha | 15,000 ha |
| 1984 | -33.5% | 26,908 ha | 17,883 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,633 ha | 7,000 ha | 8,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,426 ha | 8,000 ha | 25,947 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,330 ha | 17,883 ha | 26,908 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 31,383 ha | 25,509 ha | 38,232 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 45,156 ha | 40,575 ha | 51,127 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 43,162 ha | 34,932 ha | 52,940 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 42,019 ha | 39,851 ha | 43,562 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 89 Belgium-Luxembourg 48,171 ha compare
- 90 Papua New Guinea 46,299 ha compare
- 91 Libya 44,155 ha compare
- 93 North Macedonia 39,739 ha compare
- 94 Greece 39,310 ha compare
- 95 Albania 35,753 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Yemen?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Yemen was 42,858 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 52,940 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Yemen rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Yemen ranks 92nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.