Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) vs Yemen: Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1.06 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Yemen
1.39 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2018
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
10th
Yemen rank
9th

Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
  • Yemen
00.511.5196019922025

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 1.39 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 1.06 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.33 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.3 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 29 years both countries report, Yemen has been ahead every year.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 10th and Yemen ranks 9th of 43 groups.

Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Yemen Difference Ahead
1990s 1.01 current US$ per US$ of GDP 1.15 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.132 current US$ per US$ of GDP Yemen
2000s 0.9265 current US$ per US$ of GDP 1.01 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0856 current US$ per US$ of GDP Yemen
2010s 0.9968 current US$ per US$ of GDP 1.14 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1447 current US$ per US$ of GDP Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross national expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) or Yemen?
Yemen, at 1.39 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 1.06 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2018.
What is the difference in gross national expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Yemen?
0.33 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Yemen?
29 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2018.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Yemen rank globally for gross national expenditure (current us$), per unit of gdp?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 10th and Yemen ranks 9th of 43 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
229 places, 10,825 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Gross national expenditure (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.