Extreme poverty rate — all countries

Extreme poverty rate — Yemen

Extreme poverty rate in Yemen in 2014 — 33.3%. Ranked 80 in the world out of 84. Since 1998, the indicator has risen by 19.2 pp.

2014 33.3% +10.8 pp vs 2005
World rank 80of 84
Period maximum 33.3%2014
Period minimum 14.1%1998

Trend over time

1998–2014 · % of population

Extreme poverty rate — Yemen, 1998–20141015202530351998200020022004200620082010201220141998: 14.1%2005: 22.5%2014: 33.3%
Change over the period: +19.2 pp Annual average: 1.2 pp

Comparison, 2014

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

Yemen 33.3%
World 14.5%
Extreme poverty rate — Yemen, by year Yemen All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2014 33.3
2005 22.5
1998 14.1

Western Asia, 2014

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption or income falls below the international extreme poverty line — $2.15 a day in 2017 prices at purchasing power parity. This is the very indicator by which the first UN Sustainable Development Goal is tracked. The line is revised as the PPP conversion factors are updated, so historical values are recalculated retrospectively.

Important: The estimates are built on household surveys held once every few years; between surveys the values are interpolated.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.