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General Information

Region		Western Asia
Population (000, 2025)		41 774^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		79.1^a
Capital city		Sana'a
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		2 874.4^c,d
UN membership date		30 September 1947
Surface area (km2)		527 968^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		102.7^a
National currency		Yemeni Rial (YER)
Exchange rate (per US$)		1 518.0^b

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	24 819	9 417	8 758^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	-36.1	1.2	-2^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	797	261	222^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	18.2	19.6	19.5^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	20.1	20.9	20.9^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	61.7	59.5	59.6^b
Employment in agriculture^e (% of employed)	29.9	29.4	28.6^b
Employment in industry^e (% of employed)	12.7	11.3	11.2^b
Employment in services^e (% employed)	57.4	59.3	60.2^b
Unemployment^e (% of labour force)	17.9	18	17
Labour force participation rate^e (female/male pop. %)	5.2 / 58.5	5.0 / 59.7	4.9 / 60.3
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	158^e,f	...	...
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	100	112	113^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	510	28^e	51^e,g
International trade: imports (million current US$)	6 573	4 683^e	4 374^e,g
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 6 063	- 4 654^e	- 4 323^e,g
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 3 026	- 2 419^h	...

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	3	2.7	2.8^a
Urban population (% of total population)	34.8	37.3^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	4.4ⁱ	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	4.6	4.6	4.4^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	69.7 / 64.0	69.8 / 63.3	71.7 / 67.5^a
Population age distribution^j (0-14/60+ years old, %)	41.8 / 4.0	41.4 / 3.9	41.0 / 4.1^a
International migrant stock^k,l (000/% of total pop.)	379.9 / 1.2	387.1 / 1.1	393.0 / 1.0^g
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	1 540.5	4 010.0	4 576.7^g
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	49.8	43.4	37.9^a
Health: Current expenditure^m,n (% of GDP)	4.3	5.8	6.2^o
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.3^f	0.2	0.1^b
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	75.1 / 88.7^p	71.9 / 81.8^h	... / ...
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	41.3 / 58.6^p	43.6 / 58.0^h	... / ...
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	28.0 / 41.4^p	29.6 / 41.9^h	... / ...
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	5.8^p	...	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	0.3	0.3^q,r	0^q

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^e (per 100 inhabitants)	24.1	13.8	...
Threatened species (number)	287	313	432^g
Forested area (% of land area)	1	1	1^o
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	11.9 / 0.4	8.4 / 0.2	8.2 / 0.2^o
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	173	160	125^o
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	6	3	3^o
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	367^s	...	...
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	34.7	34.7	34.7^g
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	61.4 / ...	60.6 / ...	60.5 / ...^o
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	4.29	27.03	33.11^o

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		Data refers to the urban agglomeration.
d		2019
e		Estimate.
f		2014
g		2024
h		2016
i		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
k		Refers to foreign citizens.
l		Including refugees.
m		Est. should be viewed with caution as these are derived from scarce data.
n		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
o		2022
p		2013
q		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
r		Data corresponds to the composition of the House of Representatives elected in 2003, and of the Consultative Council appointed in 2001.
s		Including nationals residing abroad.