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Yemen, Republic of

Low income · Population 40,583,164.00 · GDP 21,606,160,663.03
HistorySaid – pattern

Yemen, Republic of matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 2014. 8 pattern matches detected historically. View →

HistorySaid – ranking

Yemen, Republic of ranks 98th globally by GDP ($21.6B in 2018). View →

HistorySaid – inflation

Inflation in Yemen, Republic of fell from 11.0% (2013) to 8.1% (2014) – a 2.9pp shift. View →

HistorySaid – population

Yemen, Republic of has a population of 40.6 million as of 2024 (growth: 3.03%). View →

Economy & Growth
GDP $21.6B GDP per Capita $634 GDP Growth 0.75%
Indicator 2016 2017 2018 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Agriculture Value Added 25.09% 26.96% 28.75%
GDP $31.3B $26.8B $21.6B $17.4B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $17.2B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $18.7B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $21.7B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $23.7B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $25.8B IMF WEO Oct 2025
GDP Deflator 0.13% 18.55% 14.85%
GDP Growth -9.38% -5.07% 0.75% -1.50% IMF WEO Oct 2025 6.00% IMF WEO Oct 2025 5.50% IMF WEO Oct 2025 5.00% IMF WEO Oct 2025 5.00% IMF WEO Oct 2025
GDP PPP $69.9B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $71.2B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $76.7B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $82.2B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $87.9B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $94.0B IMF WEO Oct 2025
GDP per Capita $975 $811 $634 $415 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $401 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $424 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $479 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $509 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $541 IMF WEO Oct 2025
GDP per Capita PPP $1,674 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $1,657 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $1,738 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $1,815 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $1,890 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $1,972 IMF WEO Oct 2025
GNI $30.9B $26.1B $21.0B
GNI per Capita $970 $880 $740
Gross Savings -4.51% -3.46% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -0.85% IMF WEO Oct 2025 7.95% IMF WEO Oct 2025 19.74% IMF WEO Oct 2025 19.56% IMF WEO Oct 2025 19.82% IMF WEO Oct 2025
Industry Value Added 25.90% 25.92% 25.44%
Services Value Added 45.01% 43.11% 41.81%
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Prices & Inflation
Inflation Rate 8.10% Consumer Price Index 157.58 PPP Conversion Factor 93.63
Indicator 2012 2013 2014 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Consumer Price Index 131.36 145.77 157.58
Inflation Rate 9.89% 10.97% 8.10% 20.44% IMF WEO Oct 2025 18.52% IMF WEO Oct 2025 11.35% IMF WEO Oct 2025 12.17% IMF WEO Oct 2025 10.47% IMF WEO Oct 2025 10.00% IMF WEO Oct 2025
PPP Conversion Factor 88.79 93.63
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Population
Population 40.6M Population Growth 2.98% Population Density 74.6
Indicator 2023 2024 2025 2025 2026 2027 2028
Birth Rate 35.2 34.8 Trend 34.6 Trend
Death Rate 4.8 4.4 Trend 4.2 Trend
Dependency Ratio 77.73 77.47 77.32 Trend 77.11 Trend 76.91 Trend
Fertility Rate 4.59 4.58 Trend 4.58 Trend
Life Expectancy 69.3 70.0 Trend 70.7 Trend
Net Migration -5,233 -10,482 -16,291 14,224 Trend 27,212 Trend 40,200 Trend
Population 39.4M 40.6M 41.6M Trend 42.8M Trend 43.9M Trend
Population Density 74.6 78.5 Trend 80.5 Trend
Population Growth 3.01% 2.98% 3.04% Trend 3.09% Trend 3.14% Trend
Refugee Population
Urban Population 36.57% 36.81% 37.11% Trend 37.38% Trend 37.65% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Employment
Unemployment Rate 17.32% Youth Unemployment 32.60% Labor Force Participation 33.10%
Indicator 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
Agriculture Employment 31.96% 31.81% 31.62% 31.40% Trend 31.20% Trend 31.00% Trend
Female Labor Participation 4.75% 4.71% 4.66% 4.60% Trend 4.55% Trend 4.50% Trend
Industry Employment 11.61% 11.36% 11.13% 10.93% Trend 10.71% Trend 10.49% Trend
Labor Force Participation 33.11% 33.19% 33.10% 33.47% Trend 33.65% Trend 33.82% Trend
Services Employment 56.42% 56.83% 57.25% 57.67% Trend 58.09% Trend 58.51% Trend
Unemployment Rate 16.94% 16.97% 17.32%
Youth Unemployment 32.10% 32.17% 32.60% 31.70% Trend 31.37% Trend 31.05% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Government
Military Spending 3.97%
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Budget Deficit -2.15% -5.63% -2.48% -3.66% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -4.53% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -4.66% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -1.30% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -3.91% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -2.07% IMF WEO Oct 2025
Education Spending
Government Debt to GDP 65.31% 77.86% 70.94% 71.36% IMF WEO Oct 2025 68.54% IMF WEO Oct 2025 63.97% IMF WEO Oct 2025 53.78% IMF WEO Oct 2025 51.41% IMF WEO Oct 2025 51.95% IMF WEO Oct 2025
Government Revenue 10.02% 6.13% 6.44% 5.87% IMF WEO Oct 2025 6.87% IMF WEO Oct 2025 8.74% IMF WEO Oct 2025 14.70% IMF WEO Oct 2025 15.16% IMF WEO Oct 2025 19.62% IMF WEO Oct 2025
Government Spending
Health Spending 8.82% 9.70% 7.96% Trend 7.42% Trend
Military Spending
Tax Revenue
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Debt
External Debt $7.1B External Debt to GNI 33.51% Short-term Debt 7.21%
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Debt Service
Domestic Credit
External Debt $7.4B $7.3B $7.1B $7.2B Trend $7.1B Trend $7.1B Trend
External Debt to GNI
Interest Payments to Revenue
Short-term Debt 6.79% 7.11% 7.21% 7.47% Trend 7.71% Trend 7.95% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Money
Lending Rate 22.08% Deposit Rate 15.25% Real Interest Rate 11.79%
Indicator 2011 2012 2013
Credit to GDP 5.07% 4.65% 5.64%
Deposit Rate 20.00% 19.50% 15.25%
Lending Rate 25.00% 24.50% 22.08%
M2 Money Supply Growth 0.40% 22.01% 13.73%
Non-Performing Loans
Real Interest Rate 5.83% 17.57% 11.79%
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Currency
Exchange Rate 1,355.12 Foreign Reserves $1.3B
Indicator 2021 2022 2023 2025 2026
Exchange Rate 1,028.11 1,115.00 1,355.12 1,789.10 Trend 1,999.98 Trend
Foreign Reserves $1.7B $1.3B $-6.1M Trend
Real Effective Exchange Rate
Reserves in Months of Imports
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Trade
Exports $938.5M Imports $8.3B Trade Balance $-8.3B
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Current Account Balance -9.55% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -9.47% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -4.44% IMF WEO Oct 2025 4.60% IMF WEO Oct 2025 4.50% IMF WEO Oct 2025 3.96% IMF WEO Oct 2025
Exports
FDI Inflows
FDI Outflows
Imports
Remittances Received $3.4B $3.4B $3.4B $3.4B Trend $3.4B Trend $3.4B Trend
Tourism Receipts
Trade Balance
Trade Openness
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Financial Markets
Indicator 2011 2012 2013
Interest Rate Spread 5.00% 5.00% 6.83%
Listed Companies
Market Capitalization
Stock Turnover Ratio
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Political Stability
Political Stability -2.56 Government Effectiveness -2.28 Regulatory Quality -1.84
Indicator 2021 2022 2023 2025 2026
Control of Corruption -1.67 -1.68 -1.65 -1.62 Trend -1.60 Trend
Government Effectiveness -2.33 -2.23 -2.28 -2.21 Trend -2.19 Trend
Political Stability -2.58 -2.46 -2.56 -2.36 Trend -2.30 Trend
Regulatory Quality -2.04 -1.92 -1.84 -2.01 Trend -2.04 Trend
Rule of Law -1.80 -1.85 -1.84 -1.88 Trend -1.90 Trend
Voice and Accountability -1.68 -1.62 -1.55 -1.44 Trend -1.38 Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Health
Health Expenditure per Capita $48 Infant Mortality Rate 34.7 Maternal Mortality Ratio 118.00
Indicator 2021 2022 2023 2025 2026
Health Expenditure per Capita $49 $54 $48 $29 Trend $21 Trend
Hospital Beds 0.41 0.48 0.46 0.42 Trend 0.41 Trend
Infant Mortality Rate 36.7 35.7 34.7 32.7 Trend 31.7 Trend
Maternal Mortality Ratio 156.00 125.00 118.00 118.60 Trend 115.00 Trend
Physicians 0.17 0.17 0.10 0.09 Trend 0.08 Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Education
Literacy Rate 37.09% Tertiary Enrollment 8.81% Education Spending 5.15%
Indicator 2012 2013 2016
Education Spending
Literacy Rate
Primary Enrollment 79.96% 82.07% 76.98%
Tertiary Enrollment
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Energy
Renewable Energy 3.70%
Indicator 2021 2022 2023 2025 2026
CO2 Emissions
CO2 per Capita
Electricity Access 74.90% 76.00% 83.60% 85.72% Trend 88.09% Trend
Energy Use per Capita 71 69 45 Trend
Forest Area 1.04% 1.04% 1.04% 1.04% Trend 1.04% Trend
Renewable Energy 3.70%
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Technology
Internet Users 13.82% Mobile Subscriptions 50.89
Indicator 2021 2022 2023 2025 2026
High-tech Exports
Internet Users
Mobile Subscriptions 47.81 46.45 50.89 53.89 Trend 55.83 Trend
Patent Applications 20
R&D Spending
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Inequality
Gini Index 36.7 Poverty Rate 33.30% Income Share Top 10% 29.40%
Indicator 1998 2005 2014
Gini Index 35.0 34.7 36.7
Income Share Bottom 10% 2.90% 3.30% 3.00%
Income Share Top 10% 26.80% 28.60% 29.40%
Poverty Rate 15.40% 21.40% 33.30%
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.