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Yemen

Headline economic indicators for Yemen, with the most recent official readings.

Prices

Prices — Yemen
Indicator Value Change
Inflation rate · 8.1% -2.86 (-26.1%)
Consumer price index · 157.6 +11.81 (+8.1%)
GDP deflator inflation · 14.9% -3.70 (-19.9%)

GDP

GDP — Yemen
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · 0.8% +5.82 (+114.8%)
GDP per capita · 633.89 -177.28 (-21.9%)
GDP per capita, long-run history · 1,959 -12.89 (-0.7%)
GDP · 21,606,160,663.03 -5,236,068,382 (-19.5%)
GDP, PPP · 92,755,605,480 +7,314,744,939 (+8.6%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 3,164 +159.40 (+5.3%)
GDP per capita growth · -2.2% +5.70 (+72.3%)
GNI per capita · 740 -140.00 (-15.9%)
Agriculture to GDP · 28.7% +1.78 (+6.6%)
Industry to GDP · 25.4% -0.48 (-1.9%)
Services to GDP · 41.8% -1.30 (-3.0%)
Household consumption to GDP · 123.4% +7.88 (+6.8%)
Gross capital formation to GDP · 6.2% +4.10 (+198.1%)
Gross savings to GDP · -4.5% +0.58 (+11.5%)

Labour

Labour — Yemen
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 17.3% +0.35 (+2.1%)
Labour force participation rate · 33.1% -0.08 (-0.2%)
Female labour force participation rate · 4.7% -0.04 (-0.9%)
Youth unemployment rate · 32.6% +0.43 (+1.3%)
Employment to population ratio · 27.4% -0.18 (-0.7%)
Employment in agriculture · 31.6% -0.20 (-0.6%)
Employment in industry · 11.1% -0.23 (-2.0%)
Employment in services · 57.3% +0.43 (+0.8%)

Money

Money — Yemen
Indicator Value Change
Real interest rate · 11.8% -5.78 (-32.9%)
Broad money to GDP · 34.7% -0.23 (-0.7%)
Private sector credit to GDP · 5.6% +0.99 (+21.3%)
Lending rate · 22.1% -2.42 (-9.9%)
Bank deposit rate · 15.3% -4.25 (-21.8%)
Official exchange rate · 1,355.12 +240.11 (+21.5%)

Trade

Trade — Yemen
Indicator Value Change
Current account to GDP · -7.7% -0.59 (-8.3%)
Exports to GDP · 8.8% -0.93 (-9.6%)
Imports to GDP · 47.3% +14.04 (+42.2%)
Trade to GDP · 56.1% +13.11 (+30.5%)
Exports of goods and services · 1,891,857,548.63 -708,684,059 (-27.3%)
Imports of goods and services · 10,224,406,924.91 +1,290,868,300 (+14.4%)
Trade balance, goods and services (annual) · -7,317,640,701.79 -1,487,507,261 (-25.5%)
Current account balance (annual) · -2,418,960,821.49 +607,063,725 (+20.1%)
Foreign direct investment to GDP · -0.0% +0.97 (+96.4%)
Remittances received to GDP · 12.0% +4.15 (+52.5%)
Total reserves, including gold · 1,250,826,378.54 -437,173,343 (-25.9%)
Reserves in months of imports · 1.2 -0.88 (-41.8%)
External debt to GNI · 33.5% +5.96 (+21.6%)

Government

Government — Yemen
Indicator Value Change
Government consumption to GDP · 9.0% +2.99 (+49.8%)
Education spending to GDP · 5.2% -4.09 (-44.3%)
Health spending to GDP · 9.7% +0.88 (+10.0%)

Demography

Demography — Yemen
Indicator Value Change
Population · 41,773,878 +1,190,714 (+2.9%)
Population, long-run history · 31,058 +658.99 (+2.2%)
Population growth · 2.9% -0.09 (-3.0%)
Life expectancy · 69.4 +0.14 (+0.2%)
Fertility rate · 4.50 -0.09 (-2.0%)
Birth rate · 34.4 -0.85 (-2.4%)
Death rate · 4.7 -0.06 (-1.2%)
Urban population share · 37.0% +0.23 (+0.6%)
Population aged 65 and over · 2.5% +0.02 (+0.9%)
Under-five mortality rate · 38.1 -1.40 (-3.5%)
Population density · 76.9 +2.26 (+3.0%)
Net migration · -16,291 -5,809 (-55.4%)
Gini index · 36.7 +2.00 (+5.8%)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.

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