Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP in Yemen
Yemen: Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP was 19.7 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP in Yemen, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp in Yemen stood at 19.7 %. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 39.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp in Yemen peaked at 19.7 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9.57 %, in 2003.
Yemen ranks 32nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP in Yemen, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 12.7 % | — |
| 1990 | 11.08 % | -12.7% |
| 1991 | 10.42 % | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 11.7 % | +12.3% |
| 1993 | 11.74 % | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 11.1 % | -5.5% |
| 1995 | 10.48 % | -5.6% |
| 1996 | 10.62 % | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 10.77 % | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 11.22 % | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 10.45 % | -6.8% |
| 2000 | 10.19 % | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 10.07 % | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 9.73 % | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 9.57 % | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 9.9 % | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 9.79 % | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 10.27 % | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 10.82 % | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 10.98 % | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 11.53 % | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 11.83 % | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 14.5 % | +22.5% |
| 2012 | 15.22 % | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 14.94 % | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 14.14 % | -5.4% |
| 2015 | 17.93 % | +26.8% |
| 2016 | 18.91 % | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 19.49 % | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 19.03 % | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 18.5 % | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 18.58 % | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 18.58 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 18.26 % | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 18.65 % | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 19.7 % | +5.6% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 19.7 % is below the median for low income countries, which is 27.77 %, 71% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 19.7 % is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 5.07 %, 3.9× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 12.7 % | 12.7 % | 12.7 % | 1 |
| 1990s | 10.96 % | 10.42 % | 11.74 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.28 % | 9.57 % | 11.53 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.45 % | 11.83 % | 19.49 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.75 % | 18.26 % | 19.7 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
More environment data for Yemen
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -36.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -31.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 43.43 % change on previous year (1998)
- Standard Deviation 0.393 °C (1998)
- Temperature change 1.37 °C (1998)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, gaps filled 0 t (2023)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, gaps filled 8,959 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, annual growth rate 35.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled 2,422 t (2023)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 32.64 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp in Yemen?
- Value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp in Yemen was 19.7 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 19.7 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.57 % in 2003.
- How does Yemen rank for value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp?
- Yemen ranks 32nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).