Yemen, Rep.: GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2018, Yemen, Rep.'s GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) fell US$24.13 on 2017 (from US$1,103 to US$1,079).

Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2017), the average change was −US$22.92 and a typical year strayed about US$143.75 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was US$98.73 in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was US$587.99 in 2015. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2009 to 2018 the straight-line trend is downward, about US$153.21 a year. A straight line explains 89% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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What this measures

Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment is 2015. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 29 values

GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — US$374.38 (2024)
• Algeria — US$4,883 (2025)
• Bahrain — US$26,592 (2025)
• Djibouti — US$3,459 (2025)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$4,253 (2025)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — US$5,617 (2025)
• Iraq — US$4,005 (2025)
• Israel — US$42,596 (2025)
• Jordan — US$4,579 (2025)
• Kuwait — US$24,963 (2025)
• Lebanon

More economic policy & debt data for Yemen, Rep.

• Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$4.05 billion (2023)
• Technical cooperation grants (BoP, current US$) — US$198.89 million (2023)
• Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom (current US$) — US$122.16 million (2023)
• Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) — US$1.82 billion (2023)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$4.15 billion (2023)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$4.15 billion (2023)
• Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$4.15 billion (2023)
• Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Yemen, Rep.'s GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)?

US$1,079 in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is down 37.33% from US$1,722 in 1990 (1.65% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$2,356 in 2010 and the lowest US$1,079 in 2018.

Is the latest change in GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) unusual for Yemen, Rep.?

In 2018, Yemen, Rep.'s GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) fell US$24.13 on 2017 (from US$1,103 to US$1,079). Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2017), the average change was −US$22.92 and a typical year strayed about US$143.75 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.KD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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