Services, value added (% of GDP) in Yemen
Yemen: Services, value added (% of GDP) was 41.8% in 2018. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Yemen, 1990–2018
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for services, value added in Yemen is 41.8%, measured in 2018.
That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and up 25.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Yemen peaked at 45.0% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 30.0%, in 1990.
That places Yemen 186th out of 206 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Services, value added (% of GDP) in Yemen, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 30.0% | — |
| 1991 | 35.2% | +17.1% |
| 1992 | 37.2% | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 41.5% | +11.6% |
| 1994 | 40.6% | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 39.8% | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 34.2% | -14.2% |
| 1997 | 33.5% | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 40.1% | +20.0% |
| 1999 | 35.5% | -11.7% |
| 2000 | 32.7% | -7.6% |
| 2001 | 36.2% | +10.4% |
| 2002 | 36.5% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 36.3% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 35.8% | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 33.4% | -6.7% |
| 2006 | 33.3% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 33.3% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 33.2% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 33.2% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 33.2% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 33.1% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 39.3% | +18.5% |
| 2013 | 39.3% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 38.4% | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 41.9% | +9.1% |
| 2016 | 45.0% | +7.3% |
| 2017 | 43.1% | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 41.8% | -3.0% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 41.8% is below the median for low income countries, which is 41.9%, 100% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 41.8% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 50.9%, 82% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 36.7% | 30.0% | 41.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 34.4% | 32.7% | 36.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 39.5% | 33.1% | 45.0% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 183 Burundi 42.1% compare
- 184 Mozambique 42.0% compare
- 185 Papua New Guinea 42.0% compare
- 187 Sierra Leone 41.6% compare
- 188 Burkina Faso 41.5% compare
- 189 Central African Republic 41.4% compare
More economy & growth data for Yemen
- 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)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0313 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Yemen?
- Services, value added in Yemen was 41.8% in 2018, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 45.0% in 2016.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.0% in 1990.
- How does Yemen rank for services, value added?
- Yemen ranks 186th out of 206 countries with data for 2018.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. 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 as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.