Which has higher corn production, Somalia or Yemen?

Somalia, at 69,000 tonnes against 58,000 tonnes in Yemen as of 2024.

What is the difference in corn production between Somalia and Yemen?

11,000 tonnes, with Somalia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Yemen?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Corn production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Somalia vs Yemen: Corn production

Somalia

69,000 tonnes

in 2024

Yemen

58,000 tonnes

in 2024

Somalia rank

111th

Yemen rank

114th

Corn production over time

Somalia
Yemen

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 69,000 tonnes against 58,000 tonnes in Yemen, a difference of 11,000 tonnes.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.2 times Yemen's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Somalia ahead.

Somalia ranks 111th and Yemen ranks 114th of 176 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 6 and Yemen in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Somalia	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1960s	112,778 tonnes	13,059 tonnes	99,718 tonnes	Somalia
1970s	105,920 tonnes	42,756 tonnes	63,164 tonnes	Somalia
1980s	246,250 tonnes	56,316 tonnes	189,934 tonnes	Somalia
1990s	123,207 tonnes	59,534 tonnes	63,673 tonnes	Somalia
2000s	194,118 tonnes	50,992 tonnes	143,127 tonnes	Somalia
2010s	101,138 tonnes	57,684 tonnes	43,454 tonnes	Somalia
2020s	70,600 tonnes	79,031 tonnes	8,431 tonnes	Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher corn production, Somalia or Yemen?: Somalia, at 69,000 tonnes against 58,000 tonnes in Yemen as of 2024.
What is the difference in corn production between Somalia and Yemen?: 11,000 tonnes, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Yemen?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Somalia and Yemen rank globally for corn production?: Somalia ranks 111th and Yemen ranks 114th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Corn production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Corn production
Unit: tonnes
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 9,538 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Corn (maize) production is measured in tonnes.