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Yemen

61 series · 1800–2025 · Low income · Middle East & North Africa

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National accounts

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Nominal GDPMillions of local currencynGDP1970–202427,838,598 (2024)
Nominal GDP (USD)Millions of US dollarsnGDP_USD1979–202318,806 (2023)
Real GDPMillions of local currencyrGDP1950–20248,456,520 (2024)
Real GDP per capitaConstant local currency per personrGDP_pc1950–2024208,375 (2024)
Real GDP (USD)Millions of US dollarsrGDP_USD1950–202436,635 (2024)
DeflatorIndex, 2015 = 100deflator1970–2024329.2 (2024)
Real GDP per capita (USD)US dollars per personrGDP_pc_USD1950–2024902.7 (2024)

Consumption and investment

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Total consumptionMillions of local currencycons1980–20249,067,477 (2024)
Total consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcons_GDP1980–202432.6 (2024)
Total consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarscons_USD1980–20236,473 (2023)
Household consumptionMillions of local currencyhcons1980–20247,993,738 (2024)
Household consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPhcons_GDP1980–202428.7 (2024)
Household consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarshcons_USD1980–20235,697 (2023)
Government consumptionMillions of local currencygcons1980–20241,073,740 (2024)
Government consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgcons_GDP1980–20243.86 (2024)
Government consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarsgcons_USD1980–2023776.6 (2023)
Gross capital formationMillions of local currencyinv1980–2024967,006 (2024)
Gross capital formation (% of GDP)Percent of GDPinv_GDP1980–20243.47 (2024)
Gross capital formation (USD)Millions of US dollarsinv_USD1980–2023721.6 (2023)
Gross fixed capital formationMillions of local currencyfinv1970–20241,155,485 (2024)
Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP)Percent of GDPfinv_GDP1970–20244.15 (2024)
Gross fixed capital formation (USD)Millions of US dollarsfinv_USD1979–2023842.9 (2023)

External sector

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
ExportsMillions of local currencyexports1964–2024474,633 (2024)
Exports (% of GDP)Percent of GDPexports_GDP1970–20241.70 (2024)
Exports (USD)Millions of US dollarsexports_USD1979–2023401.3 (2023)
ImportsMillions of local currencyimports1964–20242,972,429 (2024)
Imports (% of GDP)Percent of GDPimports_GDP1970–202410.7 (2024)
Imports (USD)Millions of US dollarsimports_USD1979–20232,142 (2023)
Current accountMillions of local currencyCA1990–2020-1,520,252 (2020)
Current account (% of GDP)Percent of GDPCA_GDP1990–2020-10.1 (2020)
USD exchange rateLocal currency per US dollarUSDfx1979–20231,355 (2023)
Real effective exchange rateIndex, 2015 = 100REER1990–202379.9 (2023)
Current account (USD)Millions of US dollarsCA_USD1990–2020-2,046 (2020)

Government finances

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Government expenditureMillions of local currencygovexp1990–20233,604,177 (2023)
General government expenditureMillions of local currencygen_govexp1990–20233,604,177 (2023)
General government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govexp_GDP1990–202314.1 (2023)
Government revenueMillions of local currencygovrev1990–20231,376,938 (2023)
General government revenueMillions of local currencygen_govrev1990–20231,376,938 (2023)
General government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govrev_GDP1990–20235.40 (2023)
Government tax revenueMillions of local currencygovtax2002–2021500,952 (2021)
General government tax revenueMillions of local currencygen_govtax2002–2021500,952 (2021)
General government tax revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govtax_GDP2002–20212.51 (2021)
Government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovdef_GDP1990–2023-6.11 (2023)
General government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govdef_GDP1990–2023-6.11 (2023)
General government deficitMillions of local currencygen_govdef1990–2023-1,557,000 (2023)
Government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovdebt_GDP1990–202474.0 (2024)
General government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govdebt_GDP1990–202474.0 (2024)
General government debtMillions of local currencygen_govdebt1990–202420,602,109 (2024)
Central government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovdebt_GDP1990–202470.9 (2024)
Central government debtMillions of local currencycgovdebt1990–202419,748,772 (2024)
Government debtMillions of local currencygovdebt1990–202420,602,109 (2024)
Government deficitMillions of local currencygovdef1990–2023-1,557,000 (2023)
Government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovexp_GDP1990–202314.1 (2023)
Government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovrev_GDP1990–20235.40 (2023)
Government tax revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovtax_GDP2002–20212.51 (2021)

Money and interest rates

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Central bank policy ratePercentcbrate1995–200213.1 (2002)
M0 (monetary base)Millions of local currencyM01973–2010547,284 (2010)

Prices and labor markets

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Consumer price indexIndex, 2015 = 100CPI1970–2024615.9 (2024)
InflationPercentinfl1970–202433.9 (2024)
PopulationMillions of peoplepop1800–202541.8 (2025)
Unemployment ratePercentunemp1977–201413.4 (2014)

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →