Wheat — Yield in Yemen
Yemen: Wheat — Yield was 1,537 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 1,537 kg/ha for wheat — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Yemen peaked at 1,890 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 699.1 kg/ha, in 1983.
That places Yemen 109th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,278 kg/ha | 1,119 kg/ha | 1,339 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,069 kg/ha | 786.7 kg/ha | 1,230 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,206 kg/ha | 699.1 kg/ha | 1,734 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,506 kg/ha | 1,154 kg/ha | 1,704 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,463 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 1,890 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,684 kg/ha | 1,433 kg/ha | 1,867 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,589 kg/ha | 1,537 kg/ha | 1,729 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 106 Sudan (former) 1,598 kg/ha compare
- 107 Nigeria 1,574 kg/ha compare
- 108 USSR 1,569 kg/ha compare
- 110 Myanmar 1,454 kg/ha compare
- 111 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,441 kg/ha compare
- 112 Kazakhstan 1,422 kg/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 — yield in Yemen?
- Wheat — yield in Yemen was 1,537 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 1,890 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 699.1 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Yemen rank for wheat — yield?
- Yemen ranks 109th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.7%. 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 — Yield. 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.