Yemen
Inflation in Yemen
Inflation in Yemen: 22% a year in 2015 and 20.2% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 20.2% a year
- Since 2015
- −1.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 12 of 179
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 10% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 10% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 59.8% a year in 2021, the lowest 17.6% a year in 2023.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Yemen |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 20.2 |
| 2024 | 26.6 |
| 2023 | 17.6 |
| 2022 | 36.4 |
| 2021 | 59.8 |
| 2020 | 30.6 |
| 2019 | 22.6 |
| 2018 | 33.6 |
| 2017 | 30.4 |
| 2016 | 21.3 |
| 2015 | 22 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Yemen |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 |
| 2027 | 17 |
| 2028 | 13 |
| 2029 | 12 |
| 2030 | 11 |
| 2031 | 10 |
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Yemen in numbers
Every measure for Yemen on one page
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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