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Yemen, Rep. — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Yemen, Rep., 1990–2018.
Latest value · 2018
634
GDP per Capita (Nominal) · current US$ · -30.4% since 1990
GDP per capita for Yemen, Rep. was 634 in 2018, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 29 years, from 1990 to 2018. The highest recorded value was 1,735 in 1994. The lowest was 343 in 1998 (about 1.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.28% per year.
Yemen, Rep. ranks 207 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 98%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 5,348, so Yemen, Rep. sits below it. It peaked in 1994 and has fallen 63% since. Over the last decade (2008–2018) the figure moved down 41%.
Key figures
Latest (2018)
634
First (1990)
910
Change
-30.4%
Highest
1,735
in 1994
Lowest
343
in 1998
Average
891
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.28%
Years of data
29
Recent years
| Year | current US$ |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 633.89 |
| 2017 | 811.17 |
| 2016 | 975.36 |
| 2015 | 1,362.17 |
| 2014 | 1,430.16 |
| 2013 | 1,378.75 |
| 2012 | 1,245.05 |
| 2011 | 1,186.48 |
| 2010 | 1,155.2 |
| 2009 | 969.24 |
| 2008 | 1,071.64 |
| 2007 | 890.31 |
Reading this correctly. Nominal GDP divided by midyear population. A rough proxy for average income; it does not account for income distribution. Figures are in current US$. 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.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). 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.