International Rankings of Yemen 2024, 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	53	1.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	100	391000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	96	26.60 %	2022
Internet users - total	73	8.230 million	2022
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	55	4.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	67	1.240 million	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	95	46.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	72	15.000 million	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	130	3.585 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	142	2.207 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	77	5.20 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	162	2.419 billion US Dollars	2016
Debt - external	127	6.805 billion US Dollars	2018
Exchange rates	21	1035.47	N/A
Exports	194	384.500 million US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	87	54.356 billion US Dollars	2018
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	180	7.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	65	17.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	2	116.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	90	43.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	144	2.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	43	20.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	157	11.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	70	67.90 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	68	37 %	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	58	30.30 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2008
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	25	2.60 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	152	4.079 billion US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	179	5.23 %	2018
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	13	24.70 %	2017
Labor force	71	7.299 million US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	22	49 %	2014
Public debt	48	74.50 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	101	73.630 billion US Dollars	2017
Real GDP growth rate	193	5.90 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	158	2500 US Dollars	2017
Remittances	26	12	2016
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	148	946.047 million US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	186	9.00 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	42	13.57 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	41	36.30 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	45	24.30 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	50	25.50 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	114	79000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	113	183000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	91	9.896 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	106	10.158 million	2019
Coal - consumption	114	22000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	102	22000 metric tons	2020
Electricity - consumption	142	2.678 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	123	1.772 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	121	753.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access - electrification - rural areas	41	63	2021
Electricity access - electrification - total population	37	75	2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas	28	93	2021
Electricity access - population without electricity	12	16.000 million	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	50	84.60 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	2	15.40 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	168	5.453 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	111	89.906 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	80	89.906 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	30	478.554 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	28	3.000 billion bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	90	75700 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	54	70100 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	80	12670 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	67	75940 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	91	20180 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	96	11 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	100	8 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	17	42 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	74	45	2018
Land use - arable land	141	2	2018
Land use - forest	175	1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	79	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	29	42	2018
Total renewable water resources	157	2.100 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	57	3.240 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	86	70.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	88	270.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	23	3.71	1520
Urbanization - urban population	142	40	2023
Geography
Area - land	52	527968 sq km	N/A
Area - total	54	527968 sq km	N/A
Coastline	63	1906 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	2	273666 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	33	999 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	51	6800 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	101	1601 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	74	45	2018
Land use - arable land	141	2	2018
Land use - forest	175	1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	79	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	29	42	2018
Population Density	155	59.79 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	1	20144 % of GDP	N/A
Population
Birth rate	47	24.10 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	1	40 %	2013
Contraceptive prevalence rate	93	33.50 %	2013
Current health expenditure	73	4 % of GDP	2015
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	58	60 %	2023
Death rate	73	5.50 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	146	4.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	19	19.90 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	42	71.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	34	69.40 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	14	99 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	54	16 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	45	10 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	51	2 % of population	N/A
Gross reproduction rate	42	1.42 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	25	40.00 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	26	50.90 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	26	45.50 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	113	70 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	118	66 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	116	68 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	103	55 %	2015
Literacy - male	61	85 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	85	70 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	49	183.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	141	22 years	N/A
Median age - male	136	22 years	N/A
Median age - total	131	22 years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	69	21	2013
Net migration rate	60	0.20 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	88	17.10 %	2016
Physicians density	129	0.53 physicians/1,000 population	2014
Population	47	31.566 million	2023
Population growth rate	43	1.83 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	63	84 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	36	56 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	33	41 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	32	17 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	21	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	34	0.79 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	17	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	51	2.91 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	23	3.71	1520
Urbanization - urban population	142	40	2023
Transportation
Airports	93	36	2024
Heliports	60	6	2024
Merchant marine - total	119	30	2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	102	3.270 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	125	336310	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	94	8.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Roadways - paved	59	6200 km	2005
Roadways - total	41	71300 km	2005

*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.

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