Yemen - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Yemen was 1,097,700 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,647,000 in 1996 and a minimum value of 1,095,800 in 2016.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 1,262,000
1962 1,273,000
1963 1,285,000
1964 1,295,000
1965 1,305,000
1966 1,310,000
1967 1,317,000
1968 1,322,000
1969 1,327,000
1970 1,332,000
1971 1,340,000
1972 1,345,000
1973 1,350,000
1974 1,355,000
1975 1,363,000
1976 1,363,000
1977 1,363,000
1978 1,365,000
1979 1,366,000
1980 1,366,000
1981 1,368,000
1982 1,368,000
1983 1,368,000
1984 1,368,000
1985 1,372,000
1986 1,372,000
1987 1,376,000
1988 1,376,000
1989 1,378,000
1990 1,523,000
1991 1,528,000
1992 1,378,000
1993 1,622,000
1994 1,627,000
1995 1,633,000
1996 1,647,000
1997 1,607,000
1998 1,564,000
1999 1,547,000
2000 1,545,000
2001 1,466,000
2002 1,415,000
2003 1,252,000
2004 1,325,000
2005 1,287,000
2006 1,374,000
2007 1,365,000
2008 1,245,000
2009 1,171,000
2010 1,291,000
2011 1,161,000
2012 1,204,000
2013 1,201,000
2014 1,153,600
2015 1,137,600
2016 1,095,800
2017 1,097,700
2018 1,097,700

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Yemen was 0.039 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.234 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.039 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 0.234
1962 0.233
1963 0.231
1964 0.230
1965 0.228
1966 0.225
1967 0.223
1968 0.220
1969 0.218
1970 0.215
1971 0.213
1972 0.210
1973 0.208
1974 0.204
1975 0.201
1976 0.196
1977 0.190
1978 0.184
1979 0.178
1980 0.172
1981 0.166
1982 0.160
1983 0.154
1984 0.148
1985 0.143
1986 0.138
1987 0.133
1988 0.128
1989 0.123
1990 0.130
1991 0.124
1992 0.106
1993 0.119
1994 0.114
1995 0.109
1996 0.106
1997 0.101
1998 0.095
1999 0.091
2000 0.089
2001 0.082
2002 0.077
2003 0.066
2004 0.068
2005 0.064
2006 0.066
2007 0.064
2008 0.057
2009 0.052
2010 0.056
2011 0.049
2012 0.049
2013 0.048
2014 0.045
2015 0.043
2016 0.040
2017 0.039
2018 0.039

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Yemen was 2.08 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 3.12 in 1996, while its lowest value was 2.08 in 2016.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 2.39
1962 2.41
1963 2.43
1964 2.45
1965 2.47
1966 2.48
1967 2.49
1968 2.50
1969 2.51
1970 2.52
1971 2.54
1972 2.55
1973 2.56
1974 2.57
1975 2.58
1976 2.58
1977 2.58
1978 2.59
1979 2.59
1980 2.59
1981 2.59
1982 2.59
1983 2.59
1984 2.59
1985 2.60
1986 2.60
1987 2.61
1988 2.61
1989 2.61
1990 2.88
1991 2.89
1992 2.61
1993 3.07
1994 3.08
1995 3.09
1996 3.12
1997 3.04
1998 2.96
1999 2.93
2000 2.93
2001 2.78
2002 2.68
2003 2.37
2004 2.51
2005 2.44
2006 2.60
2007 2.59
2008 2.36
2009 2.22
2010 2.45
2011 2.20
2012 2.28
2013 2.27
2014 2.18
2015 2.15
2016 2.08
2017 2.08
2018 2.08

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use