# Yemen — national dossier Yemen — economy, society, governance, health, education, technology, geography, resources and military in one sourced dossier: 39 indicators, each with… Canonical: https://terralore.co/country/YEM Updated: 2026-08-14 (latest domain refresh; each figure carries its own observation year) ## Overview - Official name: Republic of Yemen - Capital: Sana'a - Region: Western Asia, Asia - Population: 28 m - Area: 527,968 km² - Languages: Arabic - Currency: Yemeni rial (YER) A "—" is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Each figure shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. ## Economy | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | GDP | $22 B | 2018 | World Development Indicators | | GDP per capita | $634 | 2018 | World Development Indicators | | GDP growth | 0.8% | 2018 | World Development Indicators | | Inflation | 8.1% | 2014 | World Development Indicators | | Trade openness | 56.1% | 2018 | World Development Indicators | ## Society | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Population | 42 m | 2025 | World Development Indicators | | Life expectancy | 69.4 yrs | 2024 | World Development Indicators | | Urban population | 37.0% | 2025 | World Development Indicators | | Fertility rate | 4.5 | 2024 | World Development Indicators | ## Governance | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Voice & accountability | 27.1 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | | Political stability | 18.9 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | | Government effectiveness | 14.9 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | | Regulatory quality | 29.9 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | | Rule of law | 24.2 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | | Control of corruption | 14.7 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) | ## Health | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Health spending | 9.7% | 2023 | Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) | | Physicians | 0.10 | 2023 | Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) | | Under-5 mortality | 38.1 | 2024 | Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) | | Measles immunisation | 41.0% | 2024 | Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) | ## Education | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Education spending | 5.2% | 2008 | Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) | | Primary enrolment | 77.0% | 2016 | Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) | | Secondary enrolment | 43.7% | 2016 | Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) | | Tertiary enrolment | 8.8% | 2011 | Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) | ## Technology | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Internet users | 17.5% | 2019 | ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) | | Mobile subscriptions | 51 | 2023 | ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) | | High-tech exports | 4.8% | 2015 | World Development Indicators | ## Geography | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Land area | 527,970 km² | 2023 | World Development Indicators | | Forest area | 1.0% | 2023 | World Development Indicators | | Agricultural land | 44.4% | 2023 | World Development Indicators | | CO₂ per capita (t) | 0.3 | 2024 | World Development Indicators | | Renewable energy | 3.7% | 2021 | World Development Indicators | ## Resources | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Resource rents | 4.9% | 2018 | World Development Indicators | | Oil rents | 4.8% | 2018 | World Development Indicators | | Mineral rents | 0.0% | 2018 | World Development Indicators | | Forest rents | 0.1% | 2018 | World Development Indicators | | Electricity access | 86.3% | 2024 | World Development Indicators | ## Military | Metric | Value | Observed | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Military burden | 4.0% | 2014 | Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) | | Defense spending | $1.7 B | 2014 | Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) | | Armed forces | 40,000 | 2020 | Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) | Every metric above is also ranked across all nations: https://terralore.co/rankings (markdown twins at /rankings/.md). Machine-readable claims — every figure above as an addressable claim ID (TL:YEM::) with value, source, license and a ready citation string: https://terralore.co/country/YEM.claims.json History: "From the incense kingdoms of Saba and the great Marib Dam to the long Zaidi imamate, the union of two states, and a war the UN calls one of the world's worst humanitarian crises." — the sourced chronicle is at https://terralore.co/country/YEM/chronicle.md (6 eras, 25 events). ## Sources - World Development Indicators — World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://data.worldbank.org - Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) — Worldwide Governance Indicators / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/worldwide-governance-indicators - Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) — WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://www.who.int/data/gho - Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) — UNICEF and WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://childmortality.org - Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) — UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://uis.unesco.org - ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) — ITU / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics - Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) — SIPRI / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex Citation template: Terralore, "Yemen — national dossier", terralore.co/country/YEM, retrieved .