Yemen's agriculture share rose from 27.4 % in 1990 to 28.7 % in 2018.
Yemen · Agriculture & natural resources
Land, production, employment and resource rents.
20 indicators · 19 with data
Yemen's employment in agriculture (% of total employment) fell from 60.7 % in 1996 to 31.6 % in 2025.
Yemen's resource rents fell from 28.7 % in 1990 to 4.9 % in 2018.
Yemen's agricultural land (% of land area) fell from 44.9 % in 1994 to 44.4 % in 2023.
Yemen's arable land (% of land area) fell from 3.1 % in 1994 to 2.2 % in 2023.
Yemen's arable land (hectares per person) fell from 0 ha in 1994 to 0 ha in 2023.
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- Cereal yielddown −2.2 %168th of 179
- Food production indexdown −2.5 pts50th of 195
- Crop production indexdown −6.1 pts51st of 195
- Livestock production indexup +1.4 pts53rd of 194
- Oil productiondown −7.0 %48th of 50
- Gas productiondown −81.9 %73rd of 204*
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*
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- Fertilizer consumptionup +19.2 %158th of 191
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- Oil rents (% of GDP)up +2.9 pts27th of 197*
- Mineral rents (% of GDP)unchanged +0.0 pts106th of 209*
- Forest rents (% of GDP)down −0.0 pts129th of 209*
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- Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports)down −1.5 pts160th of 168*
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- Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurityup +0.5 pts124th of 134
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