Yields of key staple crops in Yemen
Yemen: Yields of key staple crops was 1.54 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yields of key staple crops in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 1.54 tonnes per hectare for yields of key staple crops in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yields of key staple crops in Yemen peaked at 1.89 tonnes per hectare in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.6991 tonnes per hectare, in 1983.
That places Yemen 103rd out of 125 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 | 1.28 tonnes per hectare | 1.12 tonnes per hectare | 1.34 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.07 tonnes per hectare | 0.7867 tonnes per hectare | 1.23 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.21 tonnes per hectare | 0.6991 tonnes per hectare | 1.73 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.51 tonnes per hectare | 1.15 tonnes per hectare | 1.7 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.46 tonnes per hectare | 1.2 tonnes per hectare | 1.89 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.68 tonnes per hectare | 1.43 tonnes per hectare | 1.87 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.59 tonnes per hectare | 1.54 tonnes per hectare | 1.73 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
More agriculture & rural data for Yemen
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.21 billion current US$ (2018)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 28.7% (2018)
- Rural population 26.30 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.5% (2025)
- Rural population 63.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2019)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 28.7% (2018)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 28.7% (2018)
- Land under cereal production 543,000 hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yields of key staple crops in Yemen?
- Yields of key staple crops in Yemen was 1.54 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest yields of key staple crops recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 1.89 tonnes per hectare in 2009.
- What is the lowest yields of key staple crops recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6991 tonnes per hectare in 1983.
- How does Yemen rank for yields of key staple crops?
- Yemen ranks 103rd out of 125 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yields of key staple crops 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Yields of key staple crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.