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Yemen
Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in southern Arabia, the country includes the Socotra Archipelago and borders Saudi Arabia to the north, Oman to the northeast, the Arabian Sea to the east, the Gulf of Aden to the south, and the Red Sea to the west.
Summary from Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Data refreshed on 2026.10.08 · source: Wikidata
Points to watch 2026.10.09
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Sanctions targeting the country: UN (1 regime, 11 listings), United States (1 regime, 10 listings), United Kingdom (1 regime, 16 listings), European Union (1 regime, 11 listings). UN, OFAC, FCDO, EU · 2026.10.07
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Context
Rise in global attention: Wikipedia views ×2.3 the usual level. Wikimedia · 2026.10.06
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Context
Not free according to Freedom House (score 10/100). Freedom House 2025
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The Institute's composite reading
Crise
8.3 /10 risk
- Security 8.5
- Legitimacy 1.6
- Economy 4.5
- Diplomacy 0.0
- Influence 0.7
Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.
UN list of 2026.10.07: 22 people and 2 entities linked to the country by nationality or a known address. Regimes: ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida (12), Yemen (10), Iraq (2).
Listings linked to the country by nationality or address: United States 161 (list of 2026.10.02), United Kingdom 26 (list of 2026.10.07), EU 23 (list of 2026.09.22).
- Capital
- Sana'a
- Population
- 32,684,503 inh.
- Area
- 527,968 km²
- Currency
- YER
- Regime
- republic
Executive in office
Head of State
Rashad al-Alimi
Head of Government
Salem Saleh ben Braik
Government in office 31 members
ministre des Affaires étrangères
Afrah Abdulaziz Alzouba
ministre de la Défense
Taher al-Aqili
ministre de l'Intérieur
Ibrahim Haidan
ministre des Finances
Marwān Faraj Saʻīd ibn Ghānim
ministre de la Justice
Badr ʻAbduh Aḥmad al-ʻĀriḍah
ministre de l'Éducation
ʻĀdil ʻAbd al-Majīd ʻAlawī al-ʻAbbādī
ministre de la Santé publique et de la Population
Qassem Mohammad Qassem Bahaibah
ministre de l'Électricité et de l'Énergie
ʻAdnān Muḥammad ʻUmar al-Kāf
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Fisheries
Salem Abdullah Issa Al-Soqotri
Minister of Culture and Tourism
Muṭīʻ Aḥmad Qāsim Dammāj
Minister of Parliament and Shura Affairs
Allāh ʻAlī Ḥusayn Abū Ḥūrīyah
Minister of State
Walīd ʻAlī Ismāʻīl alʼbārh
Minister of Supply and Trade
Abdulaziz Al-Kumaim
ministre de l'Administration locale
Ahed Gasos
ministre de l'Eau et de l'Environnement
Tawfiq Al-Sharjabi
ministre de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche scientifique
Amīn Nuʻmān Muḥammad al-Qudsī
ministre de l'Enseignement technique et de la Formation professionnelle
Ibrahim Mohamed Ali Kolshat
ministre de l'Industrie et du Commerce
Mohamed Al-Ashwal
ministre de l'Information
Moammar Al-Eryani
ministre de la Communication
Shādī Ṣāliḥ Bāṣarrah
ministre de la Fonction publique et des Assurances
Sālim Abū Bakr Muḥammad Thābit al-ʻAwlaqī
ministre de la Planification et de la Coopération internationale
Badr Mohammed Mubarak Baslamah
ministre de le Jeunesse et des Sports
Nayef al-Bakri
ministre des Affaires légales
Ishraq Al-Maqatri
ministre des Affaires sociales et du Travail
Mukhtār ʻUmar Ṣāliḥ al-Yāfiʻī
ministre des Dotations et de l'Orientation
Turkī ibn ʻAbd Allāh al-Wādiʻī
ministre des Droits humains
Mshdl Muḥammad ʻUmar Aḥmad
ministre des Hydrocarbures et des Minéraux
Muḥammad Allāh ʻAlī bāmqāʼ
ministre des Transports
Mohsen Ali Haidarah Qasem Alomari
ministre des Travaux publics et des Autoroutes
Ḥusayn ʻAwaḍ Saʻīd al-ʻAqrabī
premier ministre du Yémen
Shaea al-Zindani
Parliament
Chambre des députés
301 seats
Conseil consultatif
111 seats
Economic indicators World Bank · 2025
GDP
22 G$
GDP / capita
634 $
Growth
0.8 %
Unemployment
17.3 %
Life expectancy
69.4 yrs
Military bases Institute · Wikipedia
Register kept by the Institute, updated 2026.10.08; coordinates and links read from Wikipedia.
Foreign bases on national soil 1
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Strategic chokepoints 1 control point(s)
- borde (rive est) · attaques Houthis Bab el-Mandeb Crise mer Rouge 2023-2025
Governance indices V-Dem 2025 · Freedom House 2026 · CPI 2025 · RSF 2026
Democracy (V-Dem)
0.13/1
Freedoms (Freedom House)
10/100
Corruption (CPI)
13/100
Press freedom (RSF)
28/100
Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023
Exports
2 Md$
Imports
11 Md$
Balance
-9 Md$
Top exports
- 42% Pétrole brut + GNL
Top imports
- 12% Blé
Export partners
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Chine
38%
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Émirats arabes unis
24%
Import partners
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Chine
17%
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Émirats arabes unis
15%
Guerre civile. Économie effondrée.
Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten
Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.
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USA
29%
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GBR
31%
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FRA
36%
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DEU
36%
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RUS
58%
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CHN
67%
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IRN
56%
Abstention: 22%
Society · human UNDP HDI 2023 · World Bank · WID · UNHCR 2025
HDI
0.47/1
Refugees hosted
49,107
Refugees originating
57,327
National anthem
République unie
Alliances and organisations Institut · Wikidata
- UN
- Arab League
- OIC
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 4,678 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 7,616, or ×2.0. Rising attention.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Economy · World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · 2025
- Indices and figures · V-Dem 2026 (OWID) · Freedom House 2026 (OWID) · Transparency International CPI 2025 · RSF 2026 · PNUD IDH 2025 (OWID) · UNHCR 2025 · read on 2026-10-08
- Memberships · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- UN sanctions · Security Council consolidated list · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Institute dossier (sanctions, treaties, visits, capabilities) · as of 2026-05-01
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)