Indicators tracked
38
Across 8 topic areas
Country profile · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Low income. Capital Sana'a. Full World Bank, WHO, ILO & OECD indicator profile across 38 measures, with regional peers and rankings.
The verdict
Yemen, Rep. ranks 128th of 217 by total GDP and 156th for life expectancy - a low income economy in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.
Ranks are computed across the 217 countries with data for each indicator; see the full tables and sources below.
Yemen, Rep. (YEM) plotted alongside its largest economic peers on GDP per capita and the Human Development Index. Bubble area scales with population; color encodes income tier; gold rings mark OECD members.
Indicators tracked
38
Across 8 topic areas
GDP per capita
$634
Latest WB report
Population
40.6 million
UN estimate
OECD member
No
Outside OECD harmonized stats
Yemen, Rep. has a population of 40.6 million, making it the 38th-most populous country out of 217 tracked in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.
Its economy totals $21.6 billion - ranked 128th globally by total GDP. GDP per capita stands at $634, placing it in the Low income category.
Life expectancy at birth is 69.4 years (ranked 156th globally), reflecting overall health outcomes as measured by the World Bank.
The capital is Sana'a.
Key causes of death and disease risk in Yemen, Rep.. Source: WHO Global Health Observatory.
Sources: WHO Global Health Observatory. NCD mortality rate: 2021. Rates are age-standardized per 100,000 population. Premature NCD risk covers cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disease.
Statistical infrastructure in low-income economies like Yemen, Rep. typically relies more heavily on household surveys and modeled estimates than on continuous administrative registration, so several figures on this profile carry a wider margin of uncertainty and a longer lag between the reference year and today than a high-income country's data would. With a small population, a single survey round or a change in methodology can shift Yemen, Rep.'s reported figures noticeably from one release to the next, independent of any real change on the ground. Where a field on this page reads "N/A," it usually means the relevant international agency has not yet published a recent estimate for Yemen, Rep., not that the underlying condition doesn't exist.
Yemen, Rep. sits in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan with a population of 40.6 million, placing it 38th out of 217 countries by headcount. Its capital, Sana'a, anchors a Low income economy with total GDP of $21.6 billion - ranked 128th globally, and GDP per capita of $634. This combination of demographic scale and economic output shapes everything from household purchasing power and domestic market depth to the country's weight in regional trade flows and international development programmes.
Life expectancy at birth in Yemen, Rep. is 69.4 years, ranking 156th worldwide and offering a summary read on healthcare access, nutrition, sanitation, and long-run living standards. The World Bank's World Development Indicators, combined with the WHO Global Health Observatory and ILO ILOSTAT wage statistics, expose 38 data points across 7 thematic areas, from fertility and urbanisation to CO₂ emissions, school enrolment, and labour-force participation. Reading these indicators together, rather than in isolation, is what turns headline numbers into a grounded portrait of how people actually live.
Use the indicator tables below to track trajectories over time, jump to Yemen, Rep.'s placement on specific rankings such as GDP, population density, or life expectancy, and open the side-by-side Compare view to benchmark against peers inside Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan or across income groups. Because all figures come from official, CC BY 4.0-licensed datasets with clear vintages, you can cite them directly in research or journalism. Where a field reads "N/A", the upstream agency has not yet released that value for Yemen, Rep. - we never fabricate estimates or carry forward stale values, so missing points stay visible rather than quietly filled in.
Using the Yemen, Rep. profile
A single rank only means something in context, read Yemen, Rep.'s numbers against its peers and over time.
Figures come from official World Bank, WHO, ILO and OECD releases; observation years differ by indicator (shown in the “Year” column) and unavailable values appear as “N/A” rather than estimates.
Data for Yemen, Rep. is sourced from the World Bank Open Data catalog, WHO Global Health Observatory, and ILO ILOSTAT (for average wages and working hours). These are official, publicly available datasets.
It varies by indicator - most points are 2020-2024. See our methodology page for the update cadence per source.
Yes - use the compare tool above, or the rankings catalog to see where Yemen, Rep. stands on any single indicator.
Yemen, Rep.'s total output divided by its population, in current US dollars - an approximate read on average economic productivity per person. See our methodology page for the PPP-adjustment caveats.
69.4 years, ranking 156th of 217 countries tracked - against a global average near 73 years.
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Source: World Bank Open Data, Source: WHO Global Health Observatory, Source: ILO ILOSTAT. World Bank and ILO data licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced and computed.