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Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · Low income
Yemen: key statistics
Yemen has 41.8m people (2025) and a GDP per person of $634. Below: 76 indicators with the latest year, world rank and change over ten years.
- Capital
- Sanaa
- Income group
- Low income
- Currency
- Yemeni Rial YER
- Languages
- Arabic
- ISO codes
- YEYEM
- Land neighbours
- Oman, Saudi Arabia
topic profiles
Yemen, topic by topic
Each profile brings together the indicators of one topic with world and regional rank, values since 2000, group averages and a comparison with neighbours.
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Yemen by topic
World rank counts countries with a value in the recent window; regional rank is within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.
PopulationFull population profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 41.8m | 2025 | 37/217 | 7/23 | +34% | 8.2bn | |
| Population growth | 2.89% | 2025 | 15/217 | 6/23 | −0.1 pp | 0.91% | |
| Urban share | 37.0% | 2025 | 179/217 | 22/23 | +4.6 pp | 57.8% | |
| Fertility | 4.50 | 2024 | 13/217 | 2/23 | −2.6% | 2.19 | |
| Aged 65+ | 2.5% | 2025 | 209/217 | 20/23 | −0.2 pp | 10.4% | |
| Aged 0–14 | 41.0% | 2025 | 17/217 | 2/23 | −0.8 pp | 24.4% | |
| Density | 76.9 | 2024 | 130/216 | 16/23 | +34% | 62.1 | |
| Birth rate | 34.4 | 2024 | 12/217 | 2/23 | −3.9% | 16.3 | |
| Area | 527,968 km² | 2024 | 51/216 | 8/23 | ±0.0% | 140,539,257 km² |
EconomyFull economy profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | $21.6bn | 2018 | — | — | −20% | $118tn | |
| GDP per capita | $634 | 2018 | — | — | −41% | $14,406 | |
| GDP per capita, PPP | $3,164 | 2013 | — | — | +11% | $25,704 | |
| GNI per capita | $740 | 2018 | — | — | −16% | $14,244 | |
| GDP growth | 0.8% | 2018 | — | — | −2.9 pp | 2.9% | |
| GDP per capita growth | -2.2% | 2018 | — | — | −2.6 pp | 2.0% | |
| Agriculture share | 28.7% | 2018 | — | — | +18.5 pp | 4.0% | |
| Industry share | 25.4% | 2018 | — | — | −27.1 pp | 25.0% | |
| Services share | 41.8% | 2018 | — | — | +8.6 pp | 63.3% | |
| Investment | 6.2% | 2018 | — | — | −9.2 pp | 26.3% | |
| Savings | -4.5% | 2016 | — | — | −22.0 pp | 26.0% |
Prices & public financeFull prices & public finance profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation | 8.1% | 2014 | — | — | −4.4 pp | 3.0% | |
| Real interest rate | 11.8% | 2013 | — | — | +5.4 pp | — | |
| Lending rate | 22.1% | 2013 | — | — | +4.1 pp | — | |
| Exchange rate | 1,355.12 | 2023 | 23/210 | 4/22 | +531% | — | |
| External debt | 33.5% | 2018 | — | — | +8.6 pp | — | |
| Military spending | 3.97% | 2014 | — | — | −1.3 pp | 2.48% |
Trade & investmentFull trade & investment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | 8.8% | 2018 | — | — | −29.1 pp | 29.5% | |
| Imports | 47.3% | 2018 | — | — | +3.9 pp | 28.5% | |
| Trade openness | 56.1% | 2018 | — | — | −25.2 pp | 68.5% | |
| Current account | -7.7% | 2016 | — | — | −8.8 pp | — | |
| FDI inflows | 0.0% | 2018 | — | — | −5.8 pp | 1.4% | |
| Remittances | 12.0% | 2016 | — | — | +5.3 pp | 0.8% | |
| Tourist arrivals | 398,000 | 2015 | 133/196 | 17/18 | — | 2.4bn |
LabourFull labour profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment | 17.3% | 2025 | 12/187 | 4/23 | −0.6 pp | 4.8% | |
| Youth unemployment | 32.6% | 2025 | 18/187 | 7/23 | −0.1 pp | 13.4% | |
| Participation rate | 33.1% | 2025 | 185/187 | 22/23 | +1.0 pp | 61.0% | |
| Women's participation | 4.7% | 2025 | 187/187 | 23/23 | −0.5 pp | 48.9% |
Aid, poverty & equalityFull aid, poverty & equality profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net ODA received | $4.1bn | 2023 | 6/145 | 2/16 | +299% | $259bn | |
| ODA, % of GNI | 38.0% | 2018 | 3/139 | 1/15 | +36.3 pp | 0.2% | |
| ODA per person | $105 | 2023 | 41/145 | 6/16 | +197% | $32.2 | |
| Extreme poverty | 33.3% | 2014 | — | — | +19.2 pp | 10.1% | |
| Poverty, $4.20/day | 57.7% | 2014 | — | — | +27.7 pp | 18.2% | |
| National poverty rate | 48.6% | 2014 | — | — | — | — | |
| Gini index | 36.7 | 2014 | — | — | +4.9% | — | |
| Women in parliament | 0.0% | 2025 | 190/190 | 22/22 | ±0.0 pp | 27.2% |
EducationFull education profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult literacy | 37.1% | 1994 | — | — | — | 87.7% | |
| Female literacy | 54.1% | 2023 | 126/147 | 17/20 | +37.1 pp | 84.6% | |
| Primary enrolment | 77.0% | 2016 | — | — | −2.4 pp | 102.2% | |
| Secondary enrolment | 43.7% | 2016 | — | — | +3.2 pp | 77.3% | |
| Tertiary enrolment | 8.8% | 2011 | — | — | −0.2 pp | 43.6% | |
| Primary completion | 60.1% | 2016 | — | — | +6.7 pp | 88.0% | |
| Pupils per teacher | 26.9 | 2016 | 46/173 | 5/20 | +20% | 23.4 | |
| Education spending | 5.2% | 2008 | — | — | — | 3.6% |
HealthFull health profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 69.4 yrs | 2024 | 156/217 | 19/23 | +2.1% | 73.5 yrs | |
| Infant mortality | 33.8 | 2024 | 38/196 | 4/23 | −19% | 27.7 | |
| Under-5 mortality | 38.1 | 2024 | 44/196 | 4/23 | −22% | 37.4 | |
| Maternal mortality | 118 | 2023 | 62/194 | 4/23 | −13% | 197 | |
| Health spending | 9.7% | 2023 | 32/193 | 3/23 | +4.7 pp | 10.1% | |
| Health spending per person | $47.8 | 2023 | 174/193 | 21/23 | −30% | $1,317 | |
| Physicians | 0.10 | 2023 | 169/180 | 22/22 | −64% | 1.86 | |
| Measles vaccination | 41% | 2024 | 192/193 | 23/23 | −23.0 pp | 84% | |
| HIV prevalence | 0.1% | 2024 | 153/153 | 20/20 | ±0.0 pp | 0.7% | |
| Child stunting | 48.5% | 2022 | 4/154 | 1/20 | +1.9 pp | — | |
| Basic water | 75.0% | 2024 | 177/206 | 23/23 | +16.8 pp | 91.5% | |
| Basic sanitation | 63.1% | 2024 | 157/203 | 22/23 | +8.3 pp | 82.2% |
Digital & energy accessFull digital & energy access profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 17.5% | 2019 | — | — | +7.5 pp | 73.6% | |
| Mobile subscriptions | 50.9 | 2023 | 199/210 | 22/23 | −11% | 111.5 | |
| Fixed broadband | 1.3 | 2022 | 165/208 | 21/23 | +116% | 20.1 | |
| Electricity access | 86.3% | 2024 | 167/215 | 21/23 | +20.2 pp | 91.9% | |
| Clean cooking | 47.0% | 2024 | 142/192 | 20/22 | −7.0 pp | 75.4% |
EnvironmentFull environment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO₂ per person | 0.26 t | 2024 | 178/203 | 22/22 | −72% | 4.69 t | |
| Renewable energy | 3.7% | 2021 | 170/212 | 12/23 | +2.8 pp | 19.7% | |
| Renewable power | 10.3% | 2021 | 143/206 | 9/23 | +10.2 pp | 27.8% | |
| Forest cover | 1.0% | 2024 | 197/214 | 15/23 | ±0.0 pp | 31.1% | |
| Arable land | 2.2% | 2024 | 167/206 | 16/23 | ±0.0 pp | 10.7% | |
| Water withdrawals | 169.8% | 2022 | 14/177 | 10/22 | ±0.0 pp | 9.0% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
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