Yemen: Poverty at 1.90 USD per day

The latest value from 2014 is 33.3 percent, an increase from 21.4 percent in 2005. In comparison, the world average is 7.16 percent, based on data from 82 countries. Historically, the average for Yemen from 1998 to 2014 is 23.37 percent. The minimum value, 15.4 percent, was reached in 1998 while the maximum of 33.3 percent was recorded in 2014. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $2.15 a day at 2017 purchasing power adjusted prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.