Yemen, Rep.: Gross national expenditure (constant LCU)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2018, Yemen, Rep.'s gross national expenditure (constant LCU) rose 5.7% on 2017 (from 278.9 billion to 294.92 billion).

Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2017), the average change was +2.7% and a typical year strayed about 10.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above 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 18.1% in 1996 and the biggest yearly fall was 23.8% 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 15.08 billion a year. A straight line explains 72% 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.

What this measures

Gross national expenditure is the sum of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, and gross capital formation. 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 varies by country. This series is expressed in local currency units.

All 29 values

Gross national expenditure (constant LCU) in nearby economies

• Algeria — 12.04 trillion (2025)
• Bahrain — 12.9 billion (2024)
• Djibouti — 636.95 billion (2025)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 9.33 trillion (2025)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 72,855.9 trillion (2025)
• Iraq — 159.79 trillion (2024)
• Israel — 1.71 trillion (2025)
• Kuwait — 29.83 billion (2024)
• Lebanon — 51.36 trillion (2024)
• Libya — 64.55 billion (2025)

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 gross national expenditure (constant LCU)?

294.92 billion in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 89.31% from 155.79 billion in 1990 (2.31% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 405.73 billion in 2010 and the lowest 155.79 billion in 1990.

Is the latest change in gross national expenditure (constant LCU) unusual for Yemen, Rep.?

In 2018, Yemen, Rep.'s gross national expenditure (constant LCU) rose 5.7% on 2017 (from 278.9 billion to 294.92 billion). Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2017), the average change was +2.7% and a typical year strayed about 10.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.DAB.TOTL.KN, 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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