Yemen, Rep.'s import unit value index (2015 = 100) was 122.8 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 22.8% from 100 in 2015 (2.08% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 122.8 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 99.9 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 100 | 2015 |
| Highest | 131.3 | 2022 |
| Lowest | 54 | 1998 |
| Average since 2016 | 112.41 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 82.7 | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Yemen, Rep.'s import unit value index (2015 = 100) fell 2.9 on 2024 (from 125.7 to 122.8).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +1.15 and a typical year strayed about 13.04 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 17.9 in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 53.8 in 1998. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 3.87 a year. A straight line explains 75% 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
In 2025, Yemen, Rep. had the 150th highest value of the 204 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Yemen, Rep. | 122.8 | 2025 |
| World | 143.36 | 2018 |
Closest to Yemen, Rep. in the 2025 ranking
- Madagascar — 147th of 204: 123.1
- Tanzania — 148th of 204: 122.9
- Trinidad and Tobago — 149th of 204: 122.9
- Northern Mariana Islands — 151st of 204: 122.6
- Samoa — 152nd of 204: 122.5
- Turkmenistan — 153rd of 204: 122.5
What this measures
Import unit value indices come from UNCTAD's trade database. Unit value indices are based on data reported by countries that demonstrate consistency under UNCTAD quality controls, supplemented by UNCTAD’s estimates using the previous year’s trade values at the Standard International Trade Classification three-digit level as weights. To improve data coverage, especially for the latest periods, UNCTAD constructs a set of average prices indexes at the three-digit product classification of the Standard International Trade Classification revision 3 using UNCTAD’s Commodity Price Statistics, international and national sources, and UNCTAD secretariat estimates. This indicator is an index series where 2015=100.
All 36 values
| Year | Import unit value index (2015 = 100) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 122.8 |
| 2024 | 125.7 |
| 2023 | 128.5 |
| 2022 | 131.3 |
| 2021 | 113.9 |
| 2020 | 99.9 |
| 2019 | 101 |
| 2018 | 104 |
| 2017 | 99.9 |
| 2016 | 97.1 |
| 2015 |
Import unit value index (2015 = 100) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 141.3 (2025)
- Algeria — 118.2 (2025)
- Bahrain — 115.3 (2025)
- Djibouti — 132.9 (2025)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 122.4 (2025)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 125.1 (2025)
- Iraq — 124.2 (2025)
- Israel — 118 (2025)
- Jordan — 99 (2025)
- Kuwait — 125.2 (2025)
- Lebanon — 142.4 (2025)
More private sector & trade data for Yemen, Rep.
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$4.65 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$196 million (2025)
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 24.66% (2025)
- Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) — 39.28% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 54.67% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 41.47% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) — 12.83% (2023)
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Questions people ask
- What is Yemen, Rep.'s import unit value index (2015 = 100)?
- 122.8 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 48.49% from 82.7 in 1990 (1.14% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 131.3 in 2022 and the lowest 54 in 1998.
- How does Yemen, Rep. rank?
- 150th highest of 204 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in import unit value index (2015 = 100) unusual for Yemen, Rep.?
- In 2025, Yemen, Rep.'s import unit value index (2015 = 100) fell 2.9 on 2024 (from 125.7 to 122.8). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +1.15 and a typical year strayed about 13.04 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below 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 TM.UVI.MRCH.XD.WD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Handbook of Statistics and data files., UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), uri: http://unctadstat.unctad.org 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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