Yemen

  • Key Indicators

    Summary Statistics
    Region: Western Asia      
    Surface Area (sq. km): 527968           
    Population 2023: 34,449,825
    Capital city: Sana'a            
    Currency: Yemeni Rial (YER)         

    Description 2021 2022 2023
    National Accounts
    Real GDP Growth (annual percent change) -1 2 3.2
    GDP (current prices, billions of US$) 19.91 27.59 28.10
    GDP per capita (current prices, $US per capita) 644.15 873.90 871.57
    Inflation rate, average consumer prices (annual % change) 45.70 43.80 17.10
    Trade
    Imports in Services (current prices, millions of $US)      
    Exports in Services (current prices, millions of $US)      
    Merchandise Imports (current prices, millions of $US) 5,204    
    Merchandise Exports (current prices, millions of $US) 662    
    Gas + Petrol Imports (in thousands of $US) 428,925    
    Gas + Petrol Exports (in thousands of $US) 374,795    
    BOP (BALANCE OF PAYMENTS)
    Current account, balance (billions of $US) -1.012 -3.137 -2.307
    Current account, balance (% of GDP) -5.1 -11.4 -8.2
    FINANCE
    General government net lending/borrowing (% of GDP) -2.2 -2.2 -1.3
    General government gross debt (% of GDP) 69.7 54 48.4
    EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL INDICATORS
    Population 32,981,641 33,696,614 34,449,825
    Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 13.89