Yemen, Rep. — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Yemen, Rep., 1990–2018.
GDP for Yemen, Rep. was 21.61 billion in 2018, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 29 years, from 1990 to 2018. The highest recorded value was 43.23 billion in 2014. The lowest was 6.32 billion in 1998 (about 3.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.93% per year.
Yemen, Rep. ranks 132 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 62%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 109.60 billion, so Yemen, Rep. sits below it. It peaked in 2014 and has fallen 50% since. Over the last decade (2008–2018) the figure moved down 20%. Within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan it ranks 20 of 23 economies; Afghanistan (17.78 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 54% in 1995. That is 33% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1990 level: doubled by 1994. Doubling roughly every 36 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 72nd of 192 in 1990 → 91st of 204 in 2000 → 91st of 212 in 2010 → 114th of 211 in 2018.
Key figures
Full history — 1990 to 2018
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 21,606,160,663.03 | -19.5% |
| 2017 | 26,842,229,044.58 | -14.3% |
| 2016 | 31,317,825,274.15 | -26.2% |
| 2015 | 42,444,490,073.86 | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 43,228,585,321.33 | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 40,415,233,436.18 | +14.2% |
| 2012 | 35,401,331,609.59 | +8.2% |
| 2011 | 32,726,417,878.39 | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 30,906,749,533.22 | +23.0% |
| 2009 | 25,130,278,212.56 | -6.6% |
| 2008 | 26,910,855,807.29 | +24.3% |
| 2007 | 21,650,528,674.09 | +13.6% |
| 2006 | 19,063,143,369.86 | +13.9% |
| 2005 | 16,731,566,717.19 | +20.7% |
| 2004 | 13,867,634,371.48 | +17.7% |
| 2003 | 11,777,532,662.05 | +10.1% |
| 2002 | 10,693,430,511.47 | +8.5% |
| 2001 | 9,852,990,692.99 | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 9,679,316,770.19 | +26.7% |
| 1999 | 7,639,325,295.88 | +20.8% |
| 1998 | 6,322,175,565.95 | -7.5% |
| 1997 | 6,838,298,530.55 | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 6,496,163,615.66 | -49.2% |
| 1995 | 12,796,345,679.01 | -54.3% |
| 1994 | 28,019,483,763.53 | +28.9% |
| 1993 | 21,736,802,664.45 | +21.0% |
| 1992 | 17,959,367,194.01 | +22.5% |
| 1991 | 14,665,445,462.11 | +16.0% |
| 1990 | 12,643,821,568.96 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Yemen, Rep.’s GDP in 1991?
14,665,445,462.11 (1991). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Yemen, Rep.’s GDP figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Yemen, Rep.’s GDP growing or shrinking?
Between 1990 and 2018 the series was growing overall: +70.9% in total — about 1.9% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2018: 21,606,160,663.03; 2017: 26,842,229,044.58; 2016: 31,317,825,274.15; 2015: 42,444,490,073.86; 2014: 43,228,585,321.33. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (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.