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Yemen, Rep. — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Yemen, Rep., 1991–2018.
Latest value · 2018
0.75%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -88.0% since 1991
GDP growth for Yemen, Rep. was 0.75% in 2018, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 28 years, from 1991 to 2018. The highest recorded value was 8.21% in 1992. The lowest was -27.99% in 2015 (about -37.2× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -7.56% per year.
Yemen, Rep. ranks 181 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 85%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 2.93%, so Yemen, Rep. sits below it. It peaked in 1992 and has fallen 91% since. Over the last decade (2008–2018) the figure moved down 79%.
Key figures
Latest (2018)
0.75%
First (1991)
6.29%
Change
-88.0%
Highest
8.21%
in 1992
Lowest
-27.99%
in 2015
Average
1.86%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-7.56%
Years of data
28
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 0.75% |
| 2017 | -5.07% |
| 2016 | -9.38% |
| 2015 | -27.99% |
| 2014 | -0.19% |
| 2013 | 4.82% |
| 2012 | 2.39% |
| 2011 | -12.71% |
| 2010 | 7.7% |
| 2009 | 3.87% |
| 2008 | 3.65% |
| 2007 | 3.34% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.