Yemen, Rep.'s imports of goods and services (annual % growth) was 29.6% in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 25.5 percentage points from 4.1% in 2008.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 29.6% | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | -13.4% | 2013 |
| Ten years earlier | 4.1% | 2008 |
| Highest | 95.34% | 1991 |
| Lowest | -43.81% | 2015 |
| Average since 2009 | -3.94% | 2009–2018 |
| First recorded | 95.34% | 1991 |
What the numbers say
In 2018, Yemen, Rep.'s imports of goods and services (annual % growth) rose 13.95 percentage points on 2017 (from 15.65% to 29.6%).
Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2017), the average change was −3.06 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 31.04 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 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 70.4 percentage points in 1995 and the biggest yearly fall was 88.24 percentage points in 1992. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 11% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
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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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Yemen, Rep. | 29.6% | 2018 |
| World | 5.65% | 2025 |
| Low income | 5.67% | 2025 |
What this measures
Imports of goods includes change in the economic ownership of goods from non-residents to residents of the compiling economy, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Imports of services includes services provided by non-residents to residents. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 28 values
| Year | Imports of goods and services (annual % growth) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 29.6 |
| 2017 | 15.65 |
| 2016 | -1.58 |
| 2015 | -43.81 |
| 2014 | -11.42 |
| 2013 | -13.4 |
| 2012 | 14.22 |
| 2011 | -16.96 |
| 2010 | -6.81 |
| 2009 | -4.9 |
| 2008 |
Imports of goods and services (annual % growth) in nearby economies
- Algeria — 17.32% (2025)
- Bahrain — 1.58% (2024)
- Djibouti — -2.9% (2025)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 29.16% (2025)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — -13.5% (2025)
- Iraq — 24.81% (2024)
- Israel — 8.17% (2025)
- Kuwait — -7.05% (2024)
- Lebanon — -0.1% (2024)
- Libya — 8.17% (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$4.15 billion (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Yemen, Rep.'s imports of goods and services (annual % growth)?
- 29.6% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1991?
- It is down 65.74 percentage points from 95.34% in 1991. The highest value was 95.34% in 1991 and the lowest -43.81% in 2015.
- Is the latest change in imports of goods and services (annual % growth) unusual for Yemen, Rep.?
- In 2018, Yemen, Rep.'s imports of goods and services (annual % growth) rose 13.95 percentage points on 2017 (from 15.65% to 29.6%). Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2017), the average change was −3.06 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 31.04 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above 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 NE.IMP.GNFS.KD.ZG, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; 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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