Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) in Yemen
Yemen: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) was 458.93 USD in 2024. ▼ Falling
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Yemen, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 458.93 USD for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is down 4.4% on the previous year and down 64.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Yemen peaked at 1,865 USD in 2008 and was at its lowest, 458.93 USD, in 2024.
Yemen ranks 223rd of 228 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) in Yemen, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 1,033 USD | — |
| 1990 | 1,186 USD | +14.8% |
| 1991 | 1,145 USD | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 1,156 USD | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 1,159 USD | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 1,141 USD | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 1,284 USD | +12.5% |
| 1996 | 1,497 USD | +16.5% |
| 1997 | 1,525 USD | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 1,548 USD | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 1,569 USD | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 1,637 USD | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 1,682 USD | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 1,716 USD | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 1,762 USD | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 1,790 USD | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 1,825 USD | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 1,848 USD | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 1,852 USD | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 1,865 USD | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 1,833 USD | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 1,850 USD | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 1,521 USD | -17.8% |
| 2012 | 1,459 USD | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 1,491 USD | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 1,284 USD | -13.9% |
| 2015 | 796.51 USD | -38.0% |
| 2016 | 656.76 USD | -17.5% |
| 2017 | 569.89 USD | -13.2% |
| 2018 | 548.72 USD | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 540.36 USD | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 531.37 USD | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 511.82 USD | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 504.78 USD | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 480.02 USD | -4.9% |
| 2024 | 458.93 USD | -4.4% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 458.93 USD is below the median for low income countries, which is 722.49 USD, 64% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 458.93 USD is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 4,455 USD, 10% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) in Yemen changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | -38.0% | 1,284 USD | 796.51 USD |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,033 USD | 1,033 USD | 1,033 USD | 1 |
| 1990s | 1,321 USD | 1,141 USD | 1,569 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,781 USD | 1,637 USD | 1,865 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,072 USD | 540.36 USD | 1,850 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 497.38 USD | 458.93 USD | 531.37 USD | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 220 Democratic Republic of the Congo 554.85 USD compare
- 221 Malawi 549.65 USD compare
- 222 Somalia 528.3 USD compare
- 224 Madagascar 453.38 USD compare
- 225 South Sudan 409.26 USD compare
- 226 Central African Republic 390.94 USD compare
More economy & growth data for Yemen
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate 84.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.38 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 5.5 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -7.91 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0019 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 0.6707 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -12.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0014 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 0.4898 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Yemen?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Yemen was 458.93 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 1,865 USD in 2008.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 458.93 USD in 2024.
- How does Yemen rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices?
- Yemen ranks 223rd out of 228 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).