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Yemen (YEM)

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IndicatorValueRankYear
Prevalence of undernourishment2023
Cereal yield801.11692024
Agricultural land44.42812023
Food production index118.29502022
Employment in agriculture31.621322025

What each indicator means

Cereal yield
Cereal harvested per hectare of land — a measure of how productive the land is.
Agricultural land
Share of land area used as cropland, permanent crops or pasture.
Food production index
Output of edible crops and livestock, indexed to a base period of 100.
Employment in agriculture
Share of employment in agriculture, forestry and fishing. It tends to fall as incomes rise.

Where this country stands

For each indicator below, the country's figure is placed against all 210 countries and areas covered by the same source. The median is the middle value once every country is ordered by that indicator.

IndicatorValueRankMedianRanked 1stRanked last
Cereal yield801.1 kg/ha169 / 1813,310 kg/haOman 29,147Cape Verde 40.3
Agricultural land44.42 %81 / 21037.96 %Côte d’Ivoire 86.48Suriname 0.45
Food production index118.29 index50 / 195106.08 indexSenegal 177.49Gambia 71.08
Employment in agriculture31.62 %132 / 18714.39 %Singapore 0.1Burundi 85.34

Countries ranked next to it: Lesotho, Gambia, Tanzania, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Mauritania