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Human development index — Yemen

Human development index in Yemen in 2023 — 0.47 index. Ranked 184 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 30.9%.

2023 0.47 index +0.86% vs 2022
World rank 184of 193
Period maximum 0.507 index2013
Period minimum 0.359 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Yemen, 1990–20230.350.40.450.50.551990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.359 index1991: 0.364 index1992: 0.37 index1993: 0.377 index1994: 0.382 index1995: 0.393 index1996: 0.405 index1997: 0.413 index1998: 0.423 index1999: 0.429 index2000: 0.439 index2001: 0.449 index2002: 0.458 index2003: 0.467 index2004: 0.475 index2005: 0.481 index2006: 0.486 index2007: 0.489 index2008: 0.492 index2009: 0.497 index2010: 0.502 index2011: 0.501 index2012: 0.503 index2013: 0.507 index2014: 0.502 index2015: 0.475 index2016: 0.467 index2017: 0.459 index2018: 0.454 index2019: 0.458 index2020: 0.459 index2021: 0.458 index2022: 0.466 index2023: 0.47 index
Change over the period: +0.111 (+30.92%) Average annual rate: 0.82 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Yemen

Yemen 0.47 index
World 0.756 index
Middle East & North Africa computed 0.742 index
Western Asia computed 0.757 index
Low-income countries computed 0.497 index
Human development index — Yemen, by year Yemen All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.47 +0.004 +0.86%
2022 0.466 +0.008 +1.75%
2021 0.458 −0.001 −0.22%
2020 0.459 +0.001 +0.22%
2019 0.458 +0.004 +0.88%
2018 0.454 −0.005 −1.09%
2017 0.459 −0.008 −1.71%
2016 0.467 −0.008 −1.68%
2015 0.475 −0.027 −5.38%
2014 0.502 −0.005 −0.99%
2013 0.507 +0.004 +0.8%
2012 0.503 +0.002 +0.4%
2011 0.501 −0.001 −0.2%
2010 0.502 +0.005 +1.01%
2009 0.497 +0.005 +1.02%
2008 0.492 +0.003 +0.61%
2007 0.489 +0.003 +0.62%
2006 0.486 +0.005 +1.04%
2005 0.481 +0.006 +1.26%
2004 0.475 +0.008 +1.71%
2003 0.467 +0.009 +1.97%
2002 0.458 +0.009 +2%
2001 0.449 +0.01 +2.28%
2000 0.439 +0.01 +2.33%
1999 0.429 +0.006 +1.42%
1998 0.423 +0.01 +2.42%
1997 0.413 +0.008 +1.98%
1996 0.405 +0.012 +3.05%
1995 0.393 +0.011 +2.88%
1994 0.382 +0.005 +1.33%
1993 0.377 +0.007 +1.89%
1992 0.37 +0.006 +1.65%
1991 0.364 +0.005 +1.39%
1990 0.359

About the indicator

The UNDP Human Development Index is the geometric mean of three components: life expectancy, years of schooling and national income per capita at PPP. The index was devised as an objection to the use of GDP alone as a measure of development, and its point is that the three components are multiplied rather than added: a failure on any one of them cannot be made up for by success on the other two. Values run from zero to one, and since 1990 the index has risen in almost every country in the world.

Important: The aggregate value for country groups is weighted by population, whereas UNDP computes group indexes from group components — the numbers may therefore differ slightly from the report.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.