Yields of important staple crops in Yemen
Yemen: Yields of important staple crops was 1.54 in 2024. β² Rising
Latest (2024)
1.54
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
104th
of 126 countries
All-time high
1.89
in 2009
All-time low
0.6991
in 1983
Years of data
64
1961β2024
Yields of important staple crops in Yemen, 1961β2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 1.54 for yields of important staple crops in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yields of important staple crops in Yemen peaked at 1.89 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.6991, in 1983.
Yemen ranks 104th of 126 countries on this measure, 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 | 1.12 | 1.34 | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.07 | 0.7867 | 1.23 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.21 | 0.6991 | 1.73 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.51 | 1.15 | 1.7 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.46 | 1.2 | 1.89 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.68 | 1.43 | 1.87 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.59 | 1.54 | 1.73 | 5 |
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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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yields of important staple crops in Yemen?
- Yields of important staple crops in Yemen was 1.54 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest yields of important staple crops recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 1.89 in 2009.
- What is the lowest yields of important staple crops recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6991 in 1983.
- How does Yemen rank for yields of important staple crops?
- Yemen ranks 104th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yields of important 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 Our World in Data, published as part of Yields of important staple crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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