Wheat — Production in Yemen
Yemen: Wheat — Production was 98,000 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Production in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — production in Yemen stood at 98,000 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 49.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — production in Yemen peaked at 265,432 t in 2010 and was at its lowest, 34,000 t, in 1961.
Yemen ranks 81st of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Production in Yemen, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 34,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 35,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 37,000 t | +5.7% |
| 1964 | 41,500 t | +12.2% |
| 1965 | 44,600 t | +7.5% |
| 1966 | 43,900 t | -1.6% |
| 1967 | 46,300 t | +5.5% |
| 1968 | 41,000 t | -11.4% |
| 1969 | 35,940 t | -12.3% |
| 1970 | 38,500 t | +7.1% |
| 1971 | 51,700 t | +34.3% |
| 1972 | 45,000 t | -13.0% |
| 1973 | 76,070 t | +69.0% |
| 1974 | 101,984 t | +34.1% |
| 1975 | 88,134 t | -13.6% |
| 1976 | 85,674 t | -2.8% |
| 1977 | 88,332 t | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 59,000 t | -33.2% |
| 1979 | 88,000 t | +49.2% |
| 1980 | 73,000 t | -17.0% |
| 1981 | 84,581 t | +15.9% |
| 1982 | 82,384 t | -2.6% |
| 1983 | 50,162 t | -39.1% |
| 1984 | 52,252 t | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 73,000 t | +39.7% |
| 1986 | 95,462 t | +30.8% |
| 1987 | 112,527 t | +17.9% |
| 1988 | 142,452 t | +26.6% |
| 1989 | 162,572 t | +14.1% |
| 1990 | 154,937 t | -4.7% |
| 1991 | 99,913 t | -35.5% |
| 1992 | 152,170 t | +52.3% |
| 1993 | 159,707 t | +5.0% |
| 1994 | 171,033 t | +7.1% |
| 1995 | 170,929 t | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 144,926 t | -15.2% |
| 1997 | 129,175 t | -10.9% |
| 1998 | 167,058 t | +29.3% |
| 1999 | 139,563 t | -16.5% |
| 2000 | 141,884 t | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 152,742 t | +7.7% |
| 2002 | 131,733 t | -13.8% |
| 2003 | 103,794 t | -21.2% |
| 2004 | 103,265 t | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 112,963 t | +9.4% |
| 2006 | 149,173 t | +32.1% |
| 2007 | 218,520 t | +46.5% |
| 2008 | 170,446 t | -22.0% |
| 2009 | 222,129 t | +30.3% |
| 2010 | 265,432 t | +19.5% |
| 2011 | 232,339 t | -12.5% |
| 2012 | 250,264 t | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 232,190 t | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 192,215 t | -17.2% |
| 2015 | 124,940 t | -35.0% |
| 2016 | 95,917 t | -23.2% |
| 2017 | 95,651 t | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 92,210 t | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 100,332 t | +8.8% |
| 2020 | 130,000 t | +29.6% |
| 2021 | 115,944 t | -10.8% |
| 2022 | 100,000 t | -13.8% |
| 2023 | 100,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 98,000 t | -2.0% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 98,000 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 16,417 t, 6.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 98,000 t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 94,000 t, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 39,916 t | 34,000 t | 46,300 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 72,239 t | 38,500 t | 101,984 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 92,839 t | 50,162 t | 162,572 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 148,941 t | 99,913 t | 171,033 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 150,665 t | 103,265 t | 222,129 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 168,149 t | 92,210 t | 265,432 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 108,789 t | 98,000 t | 130,000 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
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 — production in Yemen?
- Wheat — production in Yemen was 98,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — production recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 265,432 t in 2010.
- What is the lowest wheat — production recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 34,000 t in 1961.
- How does Yemen rank for wheat — production?
- Yemen ranks 81st out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — production rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.0%. 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 Wheat — 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.