Yemen, Rep.: Industry, including construction, value added (current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2018, Yemen, Rep.'s industry, including construction, value added (current US$) fell 21% on 2017 (from US$6.96 billion to US$5.5 billion).

Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2017), the average change was +4.4% and a typical year strayed about 24.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 50.1% in 1999 and the biggest yearly fall was 44.7% in 1995. 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$1.09 billion a year. A straight line explains 56% 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

Industry (including construction) corresponds to ISIC (Rev.4) divisions 05-43. It is comprised of mining, manufacturing, construction, electricity, water, and gas industries. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

Limitations: Ideally, industrial output should be measured through regular censuses and surveys of firms. But in most developing countries such surveys are infrequent, so earlier survey results must be extrapolated using an appropriate indicator. The choice of sampling unit, which may be the enterprise (where responses may be based on financial records) or the establishment (where production units may be recorded separately), also affects the quality of the data. Moreover, much industrial production is organized in unincorporated or owner-operated ventures that are not captured by surveys aimed at the formal sector.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.

All 29 values

Industry, including construction, value added (current US$) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — US$2.58 billion (2024)
• Algeria — US$99.88 billion (2025)
• Bahrain — US$20.18 billion (2025)
• Djibouti — US$766.83 million (2025)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$117.09 billion (2025)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — US$143.77 billion (2025)
• Iraq — US$115.46 billion (2025)
• Israel — US$93.41 billion (2024)
• Jordan — US$16.86 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 industry, including construction, value added (current US$)?

US$5.5 billion in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 12.68% from US$4.88 billion in 1990 (0.43% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$17.38 billion in 2011 and the lowest US$2.19 billion in 1998.

Is the latest change in industry, including construction, value added (current US$) unusual for Yemen, Rep.?

In 2018, Yemen, Rep.'s industry, including construction, value added (current US$) fell 21% on 2017 (from US$6.96 billion to US$5.5 billion). Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2017), the average change was +4.4% and a typical year strayed about 24.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.IND.TOTL.CD, 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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