Yemen
Country in Asia
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 41.8M (2025). World rank 37 of 216; in Asia, 16 of 49. Area: 527,968 km². World rank 51 of 249; in Asia, 12 of 50. Life expectancy: 69.4 years (2024). World rank 155 of 216 (1 = best); in Asia, 43 of 49. From 2015 to 2025: population 31.2M → 41.8M. Worse than all its neighbours (Oman and Saudi Arabia): life expectancy.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Yemen
- Local name
- اليمن
- Capital
- Sana'a
- Region
- Asia
- Form of government
- In transition
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Rashad al-Alimi
- Head of government
- Salem Saleh bin Braik
- Women in parliament
- 0% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 41,773,878 2025
- Area
- 527,968 km²
- GDP
- $21.6B 2018
- GDP per person
- $634 2018
- Life expectancy
- 69.4 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Arabic
- Currency
- Yemeni Rial (YER)
- Time zones
- UTC+3
- Calling code
- +967
- Emergency numbers
- 199
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- A, G
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 1,906
- Neighbours
- Oman, Saudi Arabia
- Agricultural land
- 44.4% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb, 3,666 m
- Lowest point
- Arabian Sea, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 999
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 19
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 23°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- December, 14°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 167 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 79.1 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +2.9% 2025
- Living in cities
- 37% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -16.3K 2025
- Born in another country
- 1% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 41% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 56.4% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 2.6% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 71.6 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 67.4 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 4.5 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 34.4 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 4.7 2024
Society
- Religions
- Muslim 99.1% (2020)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 26.6 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 14.2 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 14 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 30.2 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 25.7 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $3,164 2013
- GDP growth per year
- +0.8% 2018
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Low income
- Gross national income per person
- $740 2018
- Inflation
- +8.1% 2014
- Price level, USA = 100
- 44 2013
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 28.8% 2018
- Industry, share of GDP
- 25.4% 2018
- Services, share of GDP
- 41.8% 2018
- Unemployment
- 17.3% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 32.6% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 4.7% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 8.8% 2018
- Imports, share of GDP
- 47.3% 2018
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -7.7% 2016
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- 0% 2018
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 12% 2016
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 36.7 2014
- Living on under $3 a day
- 33.3% 2014
Education
- Adult literacy
- 37.1% 1994
- Primary school enrolment
- 77% 2016
- Secondary school enrolment
- 43.7% 2016
- Higher education enrolment
- 8.8% 2011
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 5.2% 2008
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 9.7% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $48 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 69.1% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.1 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 0.5 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 0.5 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 41% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 33.8 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 38.1 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 118 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.1% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 5.5% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 37.3% 2022
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 75% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 63.1% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 47% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 5.8 2013
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 29.4 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 4.2 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 21.7 2025
- Natural hazards
- volcanoes and dust and sand storms
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 46.8 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 0.3 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 0.8 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 1% 2024
- Protected areas
- 0.7% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 55 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 170% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 17.5% 2019
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 51 2023
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 1.3 2022
- Internet domain
- .ye
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 86.3% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 99 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 3.7% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 10.3% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 85.9% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 618,613 2023
- Airports
- 37 2025
Science and innovation
- Scientific articles per year
- 404 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 11 2023
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 4.8% 2015