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| GDP (PPP) per capita (2024): 3,164.32 Int. Dollar | Population (2024): 40,583,164 | HDI (2024): 0.47 |
ND-GAIN Country Index rank
184
Score: 31.3
Vulnerability
0.629
Readiness
0.256
The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Yemen places it in the upper-left quadrant of the ND-GAIN Matrix. It has both a great need for investment and innovations to improve readiness and a great urgency for action. Yemen is the 4th most vulnerable country and the 172nd most ready country.
ND-GAIN Ranking since 1995
| Year | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Ranking | 169 | 168 | 167 | 167 | 167 | 167 | 169 | 167 | 167 | 166 | 166 | 163 | 164 | 168 | 161 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 169 | 178 | 181 | 181 | 181 | 182 | 183 | 182 | 183 | 184 | 184 | 184 |
| Indicator | 2005 to 2024 | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Vulnerability | 0.629 | |
| Food | 0.680 | |
| Projected change of cereal yields | 0.689 | |
| Projected population change | 0.428 | |
| Food import dependency | 0.623 | |
| Rural population | 0.681 | |
| Agriculture capacity | 0.964 | |
| Child malnutrition | 0.694 | |
| Water | 0.799 | |
| Projected change of annual runoff | 1.000 | |
| Projected change of annual groundwater recharge | 1.000 | |
| Fresh water withdrawal rate | 1.000 | |
| Water dependency ratio | 0 | |
| Dam capacity | 0.997 | |
| Access to reliable drinking water | - | |
| Health | 0.731 | |
| Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases | 0.667 | |
| Projected change in vector-borne diseases | 1.000 | |
| Dependency on external resource for health services | 0.714 | |
| Slum population | 0.446 | |
| Medical staff | 0.981 | |
| Access to improved sanitation facilities | 0.580 | |
| Ecosystem Services | 0.632 | |
| Projected change of biome distribution | 0.647 | |
| Projected change of marine biodiversity | 0.541 | |
| Natural capital dependency | - | |
| Ecological footprint | 0.198 | |
| Protected biome | 0.983 | |
| Engagement in international environmental conventions | 0.793 | |
| Human Habitat | 0.623 | |
| Projected change of warm periods | 0.319 | |
| Projected change of flood hazard | 0.653 | |
| Urban concentration | 0.319 | |
| Age dependency ratio | 0.732 | |
| Quality of trade and transport infrastructure | 0.795 | |
| Paved roads | 0.920 | |
| Infrastructure | 0.311 | |
| Projected change of hydropower generation capacity | 0.437 | |
| Projected change of sea level rise impacts | 0.047 | |
| Dependency on imported energy | 0.760 | |
| Population living under 5m above sea level | 0.095 | |
| Electricity access | 0.166 | |
| Disaster preparedness | 0.359 |