Wheat — Yield in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Wheat — Yield was 3,000 kg/ha in 2008. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Yield in United Arab Emirates, 1977–2008
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2008, wheat — yield in United Arab Emirates stood at 3,000 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 58.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in United Arab Emirates peaked at 7,200 kg/ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 808.3 kg/ha, in 1988.
That places United Arab Emirates 68th out of 124 countries with data for 2008, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Yield in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1,167 kg/ha | — |
| 1978 | 1,467 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1979 | 2,243 kg/ha | +52.9% |
| 1980 | 2,410 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1981 | 2,019 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1982 | 2,000 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 1,418 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 1984 | 1,613 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1985 | 1,340 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1986 | 1,186 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1987 | 1,106 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1988 | 808.3 kg/ha | -26.9% |
| 1989 | 1,925 kg/ha | +138.1% |
| 1990 | 2,216 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1991 | 1,594 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 1992 | 2,315 kg/ha | +45.2% |
| 1993 | 858.6 kg/ha | -62.9% |
| 1994 | 1,855 kg/ha | +116.1% |
| 1995 | 1,742 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1996 | 1,195 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 1997 | 5,138 kg/ha | +330.0% |
| 1998 | 7,200 kg/ha | +40.1% |
| 1999 | 4,157 kg/ha | -42.3% |
| 2000 | 6,500 kg/ha | +56.4% |
| 2001 | 3,533 kg/ha | -45.6% |
| 2002 | 3,412 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 2,500 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 2004 | 2,000 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2005 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,600 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 2007 | 3,000 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2008 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
United Arab Emirates compared with similar countries
- United Arab Emirates's 3,000 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,807 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- United Arab Emirates's 3,000 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,571 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Yield in United Arab Emirates 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +330.0% | 1,195 kg/ha | 5,138 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,625 kg/ha | 1,167 kg/ha | 2,243 kg/ha | 3 |
| 1980s | 1,582 kg/ha | 808.3 kg/ha | 2,410 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,827 kg/ha | 858.6 kg/ha | 7,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,172 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 6,500 kg/ha | 9 |
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More agriculture & rural data for United Arab Emirates
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0077 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 386.83 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1404 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in United Arab Emirates?
- Wheat — yield in United Arab Emirates was 3,000 kg/ha in 2008, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 7,200 kg/ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 808.3 kg/ha in 1988.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for wheat — yield?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 68th out of 124 countries with data for 2008.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.