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🇾🇪 Yemen
Republic of Yemen
YEM YE ﷼ Yemeni rial (YER)
Every statistic we track for Yemen — 90 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$1,596
67.0 yrs
3.53
0.04
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📈 Economy
| Current Account Balance | -8.1% | #165/190 | 2026 |
| Extreme Poverty | 0% | #235/237 | 2023 |
| Fiscal Balance | -1.2% | #48/189 | 2026 |
| GDP (current US$) | 7.4 | #154/190 | 2026 |
| GDP (PPP) | 30.9 | #149/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita | 384 | #190/190 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita (Long Run) | 1,959 | #145/165 | 2022 |
| GDP per Capita (PPP) | 1,596 | #188/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita Growth | 1.9% | #126/184 | 2019 |
| Income per Person | 2,418 | #148/183 | 2018 |
| Income per Person | 2,418 | #148/183 | 2018 |
| Inflation (CPI) | 26.5% | #6/191 | 2026 |
| Labour Productivity (GDP per hour) (PWT) | 3.1 | #125/130 | 2023 |
| Real GDP Growth | 0.5% | #180/191 | 2026 |
| Share of World GDP (PPP) | 0% | #161/191 | 2026 |
| Total GDP (Long Run) | 60,852,995,288 | #101/165 | 2022 |
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 4.5 | #13/217 | 2024 |
| Internally Displaced People | 4,795,983 | #5/38 | 2025 |
| Median Age | 18.5 | #214/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 26.4 | #47/229 | 2013 |
| Population | 19.4 | #63/191 | 2026 |
| Population Density | 81.4 | #135/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 57,327 | #33/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 36.8% | #175/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 83.6% | #166/214 | 2023 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 46.5 | #202/209 | 2022 |
🫀 Health
| Adult Obesity | 12.6% | #151/199 | 2022 |
| Alcohol Consumption per Capita | 0 | #205/207 | 2022 |
| Child Mortality (under-5) | 3.8 | #46/199 | 2024 |
| Health Spending (QoG) | 6.2% | #102/189 | 2022 |
| Hypertension Prevalence | 29.3% | #172/194 | 2019 |
| Infant Mortality (QoG) | 34.7 | #37/191 | 2023 |
| Life Expectancy | 67 | #130/188 | 2013 |
| Life Expectancy | 67.8 | #139/186 | 2020 |
| Suicide Rate | 5.2 | #126/185 | 2021 |
| Universal Health Coverage Index | 43 | #178/195 | 2023 |
🎓 Education
| Mean Years of Schooling | 5.6 | #133/146 | 2020 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 0.3 | #178/203 | 2024 |
| Energy Use per Person | 155 | #148/149 | 2023 |
| Renewable Electricity | 11.2% | #145/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
| Civil Liberties (V-Dem) | 0.2 | #166/179 | 2025 |
| Clean Elections (V-Dem) | 0 | #160/179 | 2025 |
| Control of Corruption (QoG) | -1.6 | #190/192 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index | 13 | #175/179 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index (QoG) | 13 | #173/177 | 2024 |
| Deliberative Democracy (V-Dem) | 0 | #168/179 | 2025 |
| Egalitarian Democracy (V-Dem) | 0 | #177/179 | 2025 |
| Electoral Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.1 | #171/179 | 2025 |
| Freedom House Status (QoG) | 3 | #58/193 | 2024 |
| Freedom in the World Score | 10 | #178/196 | 2024 |
| Freedom of Expression (V-Dem) | 0.2 | #150/179 | 2025 |
| Gender Equality (V-Dem) | 0.2 | #177/179 | 2025 |
| Government Effectiveness (QoG) | -1.9 | #189/192 | 2024 |
| Judicial Constraints on Executive (V-Dem) | 0.1 | #155/179 | 2025 |
| Liberal Democracy (V-Dem) | 0 | #168/179 | 2025 |
| Participatory Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.1 | #156/179 | 2025 |
| Political Corruption (V-Dem) | 0.9 | #6/179 | 2025 |
| Press Freedom (RSF) (QoG) | 33.7 | #148/173 | 2024 |
| Rule of Law (V-Dem) | 0.1 | #169/179 | 2025 |
| Voice & Accountability (QoG) | -1.7 | #182/192 | 2024 |
📰 Media & news
| Press Freedom Index | 27.9 | #160/177 | 2026 |
🛡️ Safety
| Homicide Rate | 2 | #131/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 29.8 | #7/195 | 2021 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Climate Seen as a Threat | 75.1% | #126/142 | 2023 |
| Confident Can Protect Family | 24.1% | #122/142 | 2023 |
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 9.1 | #33/193 | 2025 |
| Experienced a Disaster | 29.6% | #55/142 | 2023 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 8.1 | #3/191 | 2025 |
| Resilience to Risk (WRP) | 30.8 | #140/141 | 2023 |
| World Risk Index | 24.8 | #16/193 | 2025 |
| Worry About Violent Crime | 60% | #103/142 | 2023 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Happiness (Cantril Ladder) | 3.5 | #142/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Freedom | 0.5 | #140/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: GDP | 0.7 | #146/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Generosity | 0.1 | #98/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Healthy Life Expectancy | 0.4 | #112/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Low Corruption | 0.1 | #79/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Social Support | 1.3 | #74/147 | 2025 |
| Human Development Index | 0.5 | #184/193 | 2023 |
🧭 Attitudes & values
| Attended a Demonstration | 34.5% | #4/151 | 2017 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Effective | 81.5% | #81/143 | 2018 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Safe | 84.2% | #48/143 | 2018 |
| Signed a Petition | 31.3% | #23/121 | 2017 |
| Trade Union Membership | 13.7% | #48/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in government | 4.1 | #94/123 | 2017 |
| Trust in parliament | 3.6 | #137/151 | 2017 |
| Trust in political parties | 3.2 | #95/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in Science | 56.6% | #124/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in Scientists | 51.5% | #115/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in the legal system | 3.9 | #141/153 | 2017 |
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