Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Yemen
Yemen: Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.1227 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Yemen, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 0.1227 ha per square kilometre for wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre in 2023.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 52.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre in Yemen peaked at 0.2818 ha per square kilometre in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.0492 ha per square kilometre, in 1961.
That places Yemen 76th out of 110 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Yemen, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0492 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0511 ha per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 0.054 ha per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0606 ha per square kilometre | +12.3% |
| 1965 | 0.0631 ha per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 1966 | 0.0638 ha per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0657 ha per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0644 ha per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0608 ha per square kilometre | -5.5% |
| 1970 | 0.0801 ha per square kilometre | +31.7% |
| 1971 | 0.086 ha per square kilometre | +7.3% |
| 1972 | 0.0833 ha per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 1973 | 0.1301 ha per square kilometre | +56.2% |
| 1974 | 0.1725 ha per square kilometre | +32.6% |
| 1975 | 0.1357 ha per square kilometre | -21.3% |
| 1976 | 0.1379 ha per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 0.1502 ha per square kilometre | +9.0% |
| 1978 | 0.1421 ha per square kilometre | -5.5% |
| 1979 | 0.1534 ha per square kilometre | +8.0% |
| 1980 | 0.1383 ha per square kilometre | -9.9% |
| 1981 | 0.1447 ha per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 1982 | 0.1359 ha per square kilometre | -6.1% |
| 1983 | 0.1359 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.1294 ha per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 0.1345 ha per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 0.1352 ha per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 0.1404 ha per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 0.1556 ha per square kilometre | +10.8% |
| 1989 | 0.1788 ha per square kilometre | +15.0% |
| 1990 | 0.1854 ha per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 1991 | 0.1639 ha per square kilometre | -11.6% |
| 1992 | 0.1841 ha per square kilometre | +12.3% |
| 1993 | 0.188 ha per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 0.1902 ha per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 0.1923 ha per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 0.1947 ha per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 0.1989 ha per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 0.2105 ha per square kilometre | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 0.1631 ha per square kilometre | -22.5% |
| 2000 | 0.1654 ha per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 0.1787 ha per square kilometre | +8.1% |
| 2002 | 0.1693 ha per square kilometre | -5.3% |
| 2003 | 0.1639 ha per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 0.1587 ha per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 0.1629 ha per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 0.2097 ha per square kilometre | +28.7% |
| 2007 | 0.268 ha per square kilometre | +27.8% |
| 2008 | 0.2332 ha per square kilometre | -13.0% |
| 2009 | 0.2226 ha per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 0.2818 ha per square kilometre | +26.6% |
| 2011 | 0.2357 ha per square kilometre | -16.3% |
| 2012 | 0.262 ha per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 2013 | 0.26 ha per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.2116 ha per square kilometre | -18.6% |
| 2015 | 0.1418 ha per square kilometre | -33.0% |
| 2016 | 0.1166 ha per square kilometre | -17.8% |
| 2017 | 0.1162 ha per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.1219 ha per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 0.1088 ha per square kilometre | -10.7% |
| 2020 | 0.1424 ha per square kilometre | +30.8% |
| 2021 | 0.1387 ha per square kilometre | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 0.122 ha per square kilometre | -12.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1227 ha per square kilometre | +0.5% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 0.1227 ha per square kilometre is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0748 ha per square kilometre, 1.6× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 0.1227 ha per square kilometre is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.7558 ha per square kilometre, 16% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +56.2% | 0.0833 ha per square kilometre | 0.1301 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0592 ha per square kilometre | 0.0492 ha per square kilometre | 0.0657 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1271 ha per square kilometre | 0.0801 ha per square kilometre | 0.1725 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1429 ha per square kilometre | 0.1294 ha per square kilometre | 0.1788 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1871 ha per square kilometre | 0.1631 ha per square kilometre | 0.2105 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1932 ha per square kilometre | 0.1587 ha per square kilometre | 0.268 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1856 ha per square kilometre | 0.1088 ha per square kilometre | 0.2818 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1314 ha per square kilometre | 0.122 ha per square kilometre | 0.1424 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 73 Norway 0.177 ha per square kilometre compare
- 74 New Zealand 0.1538 ha per square kilometre compare
- 75 Jordan 0.1364 ha per square kilometre compare
- 77 Saudi Arabia 0.0977 ha per square kilometre compare
- 78 Libya 0.0971 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Myanmar 0.0889 ha per square kilometre 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 wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre in Yemen?
- Wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre in Yemen was 0.1227 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2818 ha per square kilometre in 2010.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0492 ha per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Yemen rank for wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Yemen ranks 76th out of 110 countries with data for 2023.
- Is wheat — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Wheat — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Wheat — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wheat — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Wheat — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Wheat — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.