Yemen
GDP per person in Yemen
GDP per person in Yemen: $1,722 in 1990 and $1,079 in 2018, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2018
- $1,079
- Since 1990
- −$643
- World, 2018
- $10,820
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was $2,356 in 2010, the lowest $1,079 in 2018.
- Older estimates from Maddison reach back to 1950: 1,452 international dollars at 2011 prices.
The long run, in international dollars at 2011 prices
Maddison Project Database, version 2023 by Bolt, Jutta and Jan Luiten van Zanden (2024), “Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update”, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1–41. DOI: 10.1111/joes.12618
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Yemen | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $12,130 |
| 2024 | – | $11,890 |
| 2023 | – | $11,670 |
| 2022 | – | $11,450 |
| 2021 | – | $11,170 |
| 2020 | – | $10,580 |
| 2019 | – | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $1,079 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $1,103 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $1,198 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $1,362 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $1,950 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $2,015 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $1,981 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $1,995 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $2,356 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $2,257 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $2,244 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $2,236 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $2,235 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $2,238 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $2,186 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $2,165 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $2,149 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $2,130 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $2,115 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $2,054 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $2,042 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $1,988 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $1,950 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $1,927 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $1,891 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $1,838 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $1,835 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $1,762 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $1,722 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | – | $6,741 |
| 1988 | – | $6,620 |
| 1987 | – | $6,446 |
| 1986 | – | $6,326 |
| 1985 | – | $6,233 |
| 1984 | – | $6,120 |
| 1983 | – | $5,947 |
| 1982 | – | $5,903 |
| 1981 | – | $5,986 |
| 1980 | – | $5,980 |
| 1979 | – | $5,978 |
| 1978 | – | $5,843 |
| 1977 | – | $5,710 |
| 1976 | – | $5,591 |
| 1975 | – | $5,410 |
| 1974 | – | $5,467 |
| 1973 | – | $5,465 |
| 1972 | – | $5,236 |
| 1971 | – | $5,061 |
| 1970 | – | $4,964 |
| 1969 | – | $4,885 |
| 1968 | – | $4,707 |
| 1967 | – | $4,535 |
| 1966 | – | $4,461 |
| 1965 | – | $4,321 |
| 1964 | – | $4,176 |
| 1963 | – | $3,999 |
| 1962 | – | $3,889 |
| 1961 | – | $3,759 |
| 1960 | – | $3,667 |
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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Military
- Military spending3.97% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollars$12.3B in 2014
- Military spending per person$58 in 2014
- Military share of state spending14.3% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnel40,000 people in 2020
- National power0.24% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports1 million TIV in 2022
- Arms exports51 million TIV in 1986