Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Yemen

Arable land in Yemen in 2023 — 1,158,000 ha. Ranked 102 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 8.2%.

2023 1.16M ha +0% vs 2022
World rank 102of 206
Period maximum 1.65M ha1996
Period minimum 1.1M ha2016

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Yemen, 1961–20231M1.2M1.4M1.6M1.8M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 1,262,000 ha1963: 1,285,000 ha1965: 1,305,000 ha1967: 1,317,000 ha1969: 1,327,000 ha1971: 1,340,000 ha1973: 1,350,000 ha1975: 1,363,000 ha1977: 1,363,000 ha1979: 1,366,000 ha1981: 1,368,000 ha1983: 1,368,000 ha1985: 1,372,000 ha1987: 1,376,000 ha1989: 1,378,000 ha1991: 1,528,000 ha1993: 1,622,000 ha1995: 1,633,000 ha1997: 1,607,000 ha1999: 1,547,000 ha2001: 1,466,000 ha2003: 1,252,000 ha2005: 1,287,000 ha2007: 1,365,000 ha2009: 1,171,000 ha2011: 1,161,000 ha2013: 1,201,000 ha2015: 1,137,600 ha2017: 1,163,000 ha2019: 1,158,000 ha2021: 1,158,000 ha2023: 1,158,000 ha
Change over the period: −104,000 (−8.24%) Average annual rate: -0.14 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Yemen

Yemen 1.16M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Middle East & North Africa computed 52.54M ha
Western Asia computed 37.99M ha
Low-income countries computed 142M ha
Arable land — Yemen, by year Yemen All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 1.16M +0 +0%
2022 1.16M +0 +0%
2021 1.16M +0 +0%
2020 1.16M +0 +0%
2019 1.16M −9,000 −0.77%
2018 1.17M +4,000 +0.34%
2017 1.16M +67,200 +6.13%
2016 1.1M −41,800 −3.67%
2015 1.14M −16,000 −1.39%
2014 1.15M −47,400 −3.95%
2013 1.2M −3,000 −0.25%
2012 1.2M +43,000 +3.7%
2011 1.16M −130,000 −10.07%
2010 1.29M +120,000 +10.25%
2009 1.17M −74,000 −5.94%
2008 1.25M −120,000 −8.79%
2007 1.37M −9,000 −0.66%
2006 1.37M +87,000 +6.76%
2005 1.29M −38,000 −2.87%
2004 1.33M +73,000 +5.83%
2003 1.25M −163,000 −11.52%
2002 1.42M −51,000 −3.48%
2001 1.47M −79,000 −5.11%
2000 1.55M −2,000 −0.13%
1999 1.55M −17,000 −1.09%
1998 1.56M −43,000 −2.68%
1997 1.61M −40,000 −2.43%
1996 1.65M +14,000 +0.86%
1995 1.63M +6,000 +0.37%
1994 1.63M +5,000 +0.31%
1993 1.62M +244,000 +17.71%
1992 1.38M −150,000 −9.82%
1991 1.53M +5,000 +0.33%
1990 1.52M +145,000 +10.52%
1989 1.38M +2,000 +0.15%
1988 1.38M +0 +0%
1987 1.38M +4,000 +0.29%
1986 1.37M +0 +0%
1985 1.37M +4,000 +0.29%
1984 1.37M +0 +0%
1983 1.37M +0 +0%
1982 1.37M +0 +0%
1981 1.37M +2,000 +0.15%
1980 1.37M +0 +0%
1979 1.37M +1,000 +0.07%
1978 1.37M +2,000 +0.15%
1977 1.36M +0 +0%
1976 1.36M +0 +0%
1975 1.36M +8,000 +0.59%
1974 1.36M +5,000 +0.37%
1973 1.35M +5,000 +0.37%
1972 1.35M +5,000 +0.37%
1971 1.34M +8,000 +0.6%
1970 1.33M +5,000 +0.38%
1969 1.33M +5,000 +0.38%
1968 1.32M +5,000 +0.38%
1967 1.32M +7,000 +0.53%
1966 1.31M +5,000 +0.38%
1965 1.31M +10,000 +0.77%
1964 1.3M +10,000 +0.78%
1963 1.29M +12,000 +0.94%
1962 1.27M +11,000 +0.87%
1961 1.26M

About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.