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 73rd of 124 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.
Wheat — Area harvested in Yemen, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 27,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 28,500 ha | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 32,000 ha | +12.3% |
| 1965 | 33,300 ha | +4.1% |
| 1966 | 33,700 ha | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 34,700 ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 34,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1969 | 32,118 ha | -5.5% |
| 1970 | 42,300 ha | +31.7% |
| 1971 | 45,406 ha | +7.3% |
| 1972 | 44,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 1973 | 68,713 ha | +56.2% |
| 1974 | 91,094 ha | +32.6% |
| 1975 | 71,655 ha | -21.3% |
| 1976 | 72,788 ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 79,326 ha | +9.0% |
| 1978 | 75,000 ha | -5.5% |
| 1979 | 81,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 1980 | 73,000 ha | -9.9% |
| 1981 | 76,381 ha | +4.6% |
| 1982 | 71,756 ha | -6.1% |
| 1983 | 71,756 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 68,337 ha | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 71,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 71,356 ha | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 74,102 ha | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 82,132 ha | +10.8% |
| 1989 | 94,420 ha | +15.0% |
| 1990 | 97,900 ha | +3.7% |
| 1991 | 86,558 ha | -11.6% |
| 1992 | 97,222 ha | +12.3% |
| 1993 | 99,244 ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 100,398 ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 101,554 ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 102,815 ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 105,007 ha | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 111,118 ha | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 86,112 ha | -22.5% |
| 2000 | 87,334 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 94,371 ha | +8.1% |
| 2002 | 89,370 ha | -5.3% |
| 2003 | 86,520 ha | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 83,801 ha | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 86,010 ha | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 110,709 ha | +28.7% |
| 2007 | 141,520 ha | +27.8% |
| 2008 | 123,103 ha | -13.0% |
| 2009 | 117,525 ha | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 148,757 ha | +26.6% |
| 2011 | 124,463 ha | -16.3% |
| 2012 | 138,308 ha | +11.1% |
| 2013 | 137,266 ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 111,716 ha | -18.6% |
| 2015 | 74,850 ha | -33.0% |
| 2016 | 61,553 ha | -17.8% |
| 2017 | 61,362 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 64,339 ha | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 57,466 ha | -10.7% |
| 2020 | 75,179 ha | +30.8% |
| 2021 | 73,214 ha | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 64,407 ha | -12.0% |
| 2023 | 64,761 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 63,748 ha | -1.6% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 63,748 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 13,755 ha, 4.6× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 63,748 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 63,748 ha, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +56.2% | 44,000 ha | 68,713 ha |
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
- 70 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 95,850 ha compare
- 71 Switzerland 84,993 ha compare
- 72 North Macedonia 67,226 ha compare
- 74 Norway 59,184 ha compare
- 75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 59,168 ha compare
- 76 Armenia 56,005 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 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 73rd out of 124 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.