Wheat — Area harvested in Yemen
Yemen: Wheat — Area harvested was 63,748 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Area harvested in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 63,748 ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 42.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Yemen peaked at 148,757 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 26,000 ha, in 1961.
Yemen ranks 79th of 133 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,258 ha | 26,000 ha | 34,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 67,128 ha | 42,300 ha | 91,094 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 75,424 ha | 68,337 ha | 94,420 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 98,793 ha | 86,112 ha | 111,118 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 102,026 ha | 83,801 ha | 141,520 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 98,008 ha | 57,466 ha | 148,757 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 68,262 ha | 63,748 ha | 75,179 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 76 Switzerland 84,993 ha compare
- 77 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 75,001 ha compare
- 78 North Macedonia 67,226 ha compare
- 80 Norway 59,184 ha compare
- 81 Bosnia and Herzegovina 59,168 ha compare
- 82 Armenia 56,005 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Yemen
- Agriculture share gdp 28.75 (2018)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 28.75 (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2019)
- Rural population 63.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.5% (2025)
- Rural population 26.30 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 28.7% (2018)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.21 billion current US$ (2018)
- Bananas — Production 135,448 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Yemen?
- Wheat — area harvested in Yemen was 63,748 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 148,757 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Yemen rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Yemen ranks 79th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.9%. 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 Wheat — 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.