Cereal yield in Yemen

Cereal farms in Yemen harvested 769 kg per hectare in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2018.

Measure: Cereal yield Unit: Kilograms per hectare Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Yemen, 2024 769 Kilograms per hectare
Change from 2023 −6.0% 2023: 818 kg per hectare
World, 2023 4,229 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Yemen (2024).
Position in 2024 167th of 176 See the full ranking

Cereal yield in Yemen over time

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Kilograms per hectare. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Cereal yield (kilograms per hectare), 2000 to 2024
Period YemenWorld
2024 769 kg per hectare –
2023 818 kg per hectare 4,229 kg per hectare
2022 871 kg per hectare 4,186 kg per hectare
2021 915 kg per hectare 4,176 kg per hectare
2020 1,065 kg per hectare 4,118 kg per hectare
2019 865 kg per hectare 4,122 kg per hectare
2018 683 kg per hectare 4,022 kg per hectare
2017 699 kg per hectare 4,067 kg per hectare
2016 687 kg per hectare 4,018 kg per hectare
2015 784 kg per hectare 3,932 kg per hectare
2014 963 kg per hectare 3,893 kg per hectare
2013 1,008 kg per hectare 3,830 kg per hectare
2012 1,064 kg per hectare 3,612 kg per hectare
2011 1,023 kg per hectare 3,656 kg per hectare
2010 1,092 kg per hectare 3,563 kg per hectare
2009 995 kg per hectare 3,558 kg per hectare
2008 939 kg per hectare 3,545 kg per hectare
2007 1,020 kg per hectare 3,371 kg per hectare
2006 930 kg per hectare 3,281 kg per hectare
2005 713 kg per hectare 3,276 kg per hectare
2004 715 kg per hectare 3,359 kg per hectare
2003 785 kg per hectare 3,119 kg per hectare
2002 944 kg per hectare 3,076 kg per hectare
2001 1,064 kg per hectare 3,133 kg per hectare
2000 1,085 kg per hectare 3,061 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −6.0% from 818 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 963 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −20.2%.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2024, Yemen has the 167th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.YLD.CREL.KG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Yemen
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)