Yemen
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Economy
- GDP per person $634 (2018)
- GDP per person, price-adjusted $3,164 (2013)
- Economic growth +0.8% (2018)
- Unemployment 17.3% (2025)
- Inflation +8.1% (2014)
- Exports 8.8% (2018)
- Income per person $1,018 (2023)
- Household wealth 56.4 (2013)
- Poorer households 39.7% (2013)
- Wealth inequality 0.28 (2013)
- Women in paid work 7.8% (2016)
People
- Population 39.4 million (2023)
- Population growth +2.89% (2025)
- Births per woman 4.50 (2024)
- Typical age 18.2 (2023)
- Living in cities 37.0% (2025)
- Human Development Index 0.470 (2023)
- Women’s vs men’s development 0.407 (2023)
- People per household 8.6 (2013)
- People over 65 4.1% (2013)
- Children under 15 42.2% (2013)
- Women’s age at first marriage 17.7 (2013)
- Mothers’ age at first birth 19.6 (2013)
Health
- Life expectancy 69.3 (2023)
- Child deaths (under 5) 38.1 (2024)
- Mothers dying in childbirth 118 (2023)
- Health spending per person $48 (2023)
- Measles vaccination 41% (2024)
- Overweight adults 37.3% (2022)
- Stunted children 46.3% (2017)
- Overweight children 3.3% (2017)
- Homes with piped water 41.5% (2013)
- Homes with a flush toilet 49.0% (2013)
Education
- Years of schooling 5.5 (2023)
- Expected years in school 7.5 (2023)
- Secondary school enrollment 43.7% (2016)
- Education spending 5.2% (2008)
- Teens in school 56.4% (2013)
Environment
- CO₂ per person 0.249 (2024)
- Total CO₂ emissions 10.1 million (2024)
- Forest cover 1.0% (2023)
- Air pollution (PM2.5) 35.0 (2024)
- Renewable energy share 3.7% (2021)
- Average temperature 24.1 (2022)
Energy
- Energy use per person 155 (2023)
- Access to electricity 86.3% (2024)
- Renewable electricity 11.2% (2024)
- Nuclear electricity 0.0% (2024)
- Coal electricity 0.0% (2024)
- Cooking with wood or dung 35.6% (2013)
Technology
- Internet users 17.5% (2019)
- Mobile phone subscriptions 46.5 (2022)
- Home broadband 1.3 (2022)
- Homes with internet 48.0% (2019)
- Homes with a mobile phone 80.2% (2013)
Food and farming
- Cereal yield 801 (2023)
- Farmland 44.4% (2023)
- Jobs in farming 31.6% (2025)
Government
- Electoral democracy 0.13 (2025)
- Human rights 0.19 (2025)
- Control of corruption −1.68 (2025)
- Women in parliament 0.0% (2025)
- Military spending 4.0% (2014)
- Clean government 54.3 (2022)