Poverty at $3.65 a day — all countries

Poverty at $3.65 a day — Yemen

Poverty at $3.65 a day in Yemen in 2014 — 57.7%. Ranked 80 in the world out of 84. Since 1998, the indicator has risen by 27.7 pp.

2014 57.7% +12.9 pp vs 2005
World rank 80of 84
Period maximum 57.7%2014
Period minimum 30%1998

Trend over time

1998–2014 · % of population

Poverty at $3.65 a day — Yemen, 1998–2014304050601998200020022004200620082010201220141998: 30%2005: 44.8%2014: 57.7%
Change over the period: +27.7 pp Annual average: 1.73 pp

Comparison, 2014

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

Yemen 57.7%
World 27.9%
Poverty at $3.65 a day — Yemen, by year Yemen All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2014 57.7
2005 44.8
1998 30

Western Asia, 2014

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

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $3.65 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity. The World Bank keeps three international lines because one does not work for the whole world: extreme poverty at $2.15 has all but disappeared in middle-income countries, and they need a higher line. This one matches the typical national lines of lower-middle-income countries — that is, it answers how many are poor by the standards of countries like them, not how many are destitute.

Important: Measured from consumption or income in household surveys held once every few years, so the years are discontinuous. The line is set in 2017 PPP dollars, not in current ones.

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