International Rankings of Yemen 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Yemen, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Yemen, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	97	386330	0
Internet users - percent of population	174	26.72 %	2018
Internet users - total	67	7.660 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	152	4.28	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	70	1.253 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	189	55.18	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	66	16.158 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	121	4.458 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	132	2.821 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	77	5.2 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	108	48.5	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	150	31.8	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	101	76.8	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	153	0	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	86	54.356 billion US Dollars	2018
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	176	7.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	65	17.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	2	116.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	88	43.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	141	2.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	43	20.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	152	11.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	63	67.9 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	57	30.3 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2008
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	25	2.6 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	19	8.9 %	2017
Labor force	63	7.425 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	147	N/A %	2021
Labor force - by occupation - industry	131	N/A %	2021
Labor force - by occupation - services	161	N/A %	2021
Population below poverty line	21	48.6	2014
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	103	73.630 billion US Dollars	2017
Real GDP per capita	175	2500 US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	163	9 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	95	13.680 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	60	8990	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	48	61000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	28	3.000 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	130	3.681 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	20	79	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	20	21	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	117	1.819 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	120	4.784 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	92	481.400 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	69	481.400 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	31	478.500 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	78	104000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	78	12670 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	66	75940 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	89	20180 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	96	10.61 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	100	8.03 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	21	44.96 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	72	44.5	2018
Land use - arable land	137	2.2	2018
Land use - forest	173	1	2018
Land use - other	39	54.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	79	0.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	29	41.7	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	91	0.04 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	154	2.100 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	59	3.235 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	113	65.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	105	265.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	22	3.71	1520
Urbanization - urban population	145	38.5	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	45	4.837 million tons	2011
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	57	386946 tons	2016
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	63	8 %	2016
Geography
Area - land	52	527968 sq km	0
Area - total	52	527968 sq km	0
Area - water	212	0 sq km	0
Coastline	61	1906 km	0
Elevation - highest point	40	3666 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	32	999 meters	0
Irrigated land	51	6800 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	98	1601 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	72	44.5	2018
Land use - arable land	137	2.2	2018
Land use - forest	173	1	2018
Land use - other	39	54.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	79	0.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	29	41.7	2018
Total renewable water resources	153	2.100 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	4	21.26 %	5693
Age structure - 25-54 years	178	32.78 %	1811
Age structure - 55-64 years	186	4 %	3100
Birth rate	44	25.21 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	95	33.5 %	2013
Current Health Expenditure	55	5.6 % of GDP	2015
Death rate	149	5.69 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	122	5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	19	19.9 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	39	71.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	37	66.7 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	59	12.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	58	8 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	61	N/A % of GDP	0
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	72	11000	2020
Hospital bed density	62	0.7 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	25	41.91 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	28	52.95 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	28	47.56 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	156	69.59 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	163	64.89 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	158	67.18 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	49	164	2017
Median age - female	145	19.9198 years	0
Median age - male	132	19.6 years	0
Median age - total	132	19.8 years	2018
Mother's mean age at first birth	65	20.8	2013
Net migration rate	82	0.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	87	17.1 %	2016
Physicians density	122	0.53 physicians/1,000 population	2014
Population	48	30.399 million	2021
Population growth rate	43	1.93 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	43	93.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	39	51.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	35	35.4 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	64	6.9 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	14	8 years	2011
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	10	11 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	13	9 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	21	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	20	1.05	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	38	0.84	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	27	0.84 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	15	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	42	3.1 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	29	34.6	2014
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	38	23.5	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	46	24.5	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	22	3.71	1520
Urbanization - urban population	145	38.5	2021
Transportation
Airports	73	57	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	41	3	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	30	9	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	2013
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	23	4	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	61	17	2013
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	23	7	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	42	16	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	58	40	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	58	9	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	101	3.270 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	123	336310	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	94	8	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	85	6200 km	2005
Roadways - total	56	71300 km	2005
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Yemen on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Yemen 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Yemen 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.