Country profile
Yemen
Asia · Capital: Sana'a · Currency: Yemeni rial (YER)
Yemen is a country in Asia, with its capital at Sana'a. It has a GDP of $21.61B (2018), a population of 41.8M (2025), a GDP per capita of $634.
- GDP
- $21.61B
- GDP per capita
- $634
- Population
- 41.8M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $3,164
2018
2018
2025 · #37 of 216
2013
Economy
- GDP
- $21.61B2018
- GDP per capita
- $6342018
- GDP growth
- 0.75%2018
- Inflation
- 8.10%2014
- Unemployment
- 17.32%2025 · #171
- Population
- 41.8M2025 · #37
- GDP (PPP)
- $92.76B2013
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $3,1642013
- Gini index
- 36.72014 · #95
People
- Median age
- 22.0 yrs2024 · #187
- Fertility rate
- 4.5 children/woman2024 · #13
- Urbanization
- 37.0%2025 · #179
- Net migration
- −16,291/yr2025 · #167
- Life expectancy
- 69.4 yrs2024 · #155
- HDI
- 0.4702023 · #184
- Homicide rate
- 5.8 per 100k2013 · #123
Money
- Corporate tax
- 20%2024 · #125
- Top income tax
- 15%2024 · #135
Figures
- Internet users
- 17.5%2019
- CO₂ per capita
- 0.3 t2024 · #178
- Area
- 527,968 km²#51
- Population density
- 79 /km²2025 · #121
- McDonald's
- 02024
- Unicorn startups
- 02026-03
- Billionaires
- 02026
- Passport power
- 31 destinations2026 · #195
- Corruption index
- 13/1002024 · #174
- Military spending
- 4.0%2014
- Renewable energy
- 3.7%2021 · #170