Yemen Yemen

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Yemen, is a country located at Western Asia, it has an area of 527,970 Km2.

Yemen, with a population of 33,322,000 people, it is ranked at 44º position by population of 196 countries and it has a moderate population density, 63 people per km2.

It's capital is Sanaa and its currency is Yemeni rials

Yemen is holding the 113 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2022 was 14,754 millions of euros (15,549 millions of dollars), ( 66.03% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €443 euros per inhabitant$467 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Yemen, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.455 points in 2021, leaving it in 183th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Yemen are business, you must know it's in the 187th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Yemen, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Yemen Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€22,344M
Annual GDP [+]2022$23,548M
GDP per capita [+]2022€671
GDP per capita [+]2022$707
Debt (M.€.) [+]202214,754
Debt ($M) [+]202215,549
Debt (%GDP) [+]202266.03%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€443
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$467
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-580
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-611
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-2.60%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20222,719.8
Expenditure ($M) [+]20222,866.4
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2008942.7
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20081,386.3
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]201215.09%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2015164.9
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2015183.0
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20160%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20141,290.5
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20141,714.8
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]201414.28%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202212.17%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€82
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$86
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2008€41
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2008$60
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2015€7
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2015$7
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2014€47
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2014$63
Corruption Index [+]202216
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2019140º
Fragile States Index [+]2018112.7
RTI Raking [+]202234º
Innovation Ranking [+]2018126º
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2014Q413.1%
Unemployed [+]2014Q4604K
Human Capital Ranking [+]2017130º
Business
Doing Business [+]2020187º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 2019552
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20190.04
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]201535.54
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]01/01/20065.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202015.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]2015366,700
Exports [+]2021€1,582.0M
Exports [+]2021$1,871.0M
Exports % GDP [+]20219.72%
Imports [+]2021€9,197.6M
Imports [+]2021$10,878.0M
Imports % GDP [+]202156.51%
Trade balance [+]2021€-7,615.6M
Trade balance [+]2021$-9,007.0M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2021-46.79%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]202263
Global Peace Ranking [+]2023162º
Remittance received ($M) [+]20173,350.5
% Immigrant [+]20201.21%
% Emigrant [+]20204.08%
Birth Rate [+]202130.54‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]201762.3
Crude death rate [+]20216.85‰
Fertility Rate [+]20213.80
% risk of poverty [+]201448.6%
Population [+]202233,322,000
Immigrant stock [+]2020387,113
Emigrant stock [+]20201,301,166
HDI [+]20210.455
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2021155º
Life expectancy [+]202163.75
Suicides [+]20152,204
Suicide rate [+]20157.83
Number of homicides [+]20131,703
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20136.31
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20210.39
Annual crude oil production [+]202249
Crude Oil Reserves [+]20213,000.0
Consumption GWh [+]20212,931
Generation GWh [+]20213,521
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/05/20242,159
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/05/202411,945
Fully vaccinated [+]11/26/2023806,967
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/05/202464.79
Doses administered [+]11/26/20231,298,447