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Yemen

YEM · Asia

Yemen

Basic data — Yemen, Asia.

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Data refreshed on 2026.09.06 · source: Wikidata

Composite reading — institute

Crise

8.2 /10 risk

  • Security 7.5
  • Legitimacy 1.4
  • 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.

State under international sanctions

  • ONU Resolution 2140 (sanctions Houthis) · since 2014 ciblé
  • États-Unis YEMEN-EO13611 (Houthis) · since 2012 ciblé
  • UE Decision 2014/932/CFSP · since 2014 ciblé
Capital
Sana'a
Population
32,684,503 inh.
Area
527,968 km²
Currency
YER
Regime
republic

Executive in office

Rashad al-Alimi

Head of State

Rashad al-Alimi

since 2022.04.07 Congrès général du peuple

Salem Saleh ben Braik

Head of Government

Salem Saleh ben Braik

since 2025.05.03

Government in office 22 members

ministre des Affaires étrangères

Afrah Abdulaziz Alzouba

since 2026.07.23 foreign

Taher al-Aqili

ministre de la Défense

Taher al-Aqili

since 2026.02.06 defence

ministre des Finances

Marwān Faraj Saʻīd ibn Ghānim

since 2026.02.06 finance

ministre de l'Éducation

ʻĀdil ʻAbd al-Majīd ʻAlawī al-ʻAbbādī

since 2026.02.06 education

ministre de l'Électricité et de l'Énergie

ʻAdnān Muḥammad ʻUmar al-Kāf

since 2026.02.06 energy

Minister of Culture and Tourism

Muṭīʻ Aḥmad Qāsim Dammāj

since 2026.02.06

Minister of Parliament and Shura Affairs

Allāh ʻAlī Ḥusayn Abū Ḥūrīyah

since 2026.02.06

ministre de l'Administration locale

Ahed Gasos

since 2026.07.23

ministre de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche scientifique

Amīn Nuʻmān Muḥammad al-Qudsī

since 2026.02.06

ministre de l'Enseignement technique et de la Formation professionnelle

Ibrahim Mohamed Ali Kolshat

since 2026.02.06

ministre de l'Information

Moammar Al-Eryani

since 2026.02.06

ministre de la Communication

Shādī Ṣāliḥ Bāṣarrah

since 2026.02.06

ministre de la Fonction publique et des Assurances

Sālim Abū Bakr Muḥammad Thābit al-ʻAwlaqī

since 2026.02.06

ministre de la Planification et de la Coopération internationale

Badr Mohammed Mubarak Baslamah

since 2026.07.23

ministre des Affaires légales

Eshraq Al-Maqtari

since 2026.02.06

ministre des Affaires sociales et du Travail

Mukhtār ʻUmar Ṣāliḥ al-Yāfiʻī

since 2026.02.06

Turkī ibn ʻAbd Allāh al-Wādiʻī

ministre des Dotations et de l'Orientation

Turkī ibn ʻAbd Allāh al-Wādiʻī

since 2026.02.06

ministre des Droits humains

Mshdl Muḥammad ʻUmar Aḥmad

since 2026.02.06

ministre des Hydrocarbures et des Minéraux

Muḥammad Allāh ʻAlī bāmqāʼ

since 2026.02.06

Mohsen Ali Haidarah Qasem Alomari

ministre des Transports

Mohsen Ali Haidarah Qasem Alomari

since 2026.02.06

ministre des Travaux publics et des Autoroutes

Ḥusayn ʻAwaḍ Saʻīd al-ʻAqrabī

since 2026.02.06

Shaea al-Zindani

premier ministre du Yémen

Shaea al-Zindani

since 2026.02.06

Parliament

Chambre des députés

301 seats

Conseil consultatif

111 seats

Economic indicators World Bank · 2025

GDP

22 G$

2018

GDP / capita

634 $

2018

Growth

0.8 %

2018

Unemployment

17.3 %

2025 ↑ +0.4 pt vs 2024

Life expectancy

69.4 yrs

2024 ↑ +0.2 % vs 2023

Strategic chokepoints 1 control point(s)

  • borde (rive est) · attaques Houthis Bab el-Mandeb Crise mer Rouge 2023-2025

Governance indices V-Dem · Freedom House · CPI · RSF · 2024

Democracy (V-Dem)

0.04/1

#172 État effondré

Freedoms (Freedom House)

9/100

Not Free

Corruption (CPI)

13/100

#1762024

Press freedom (RSF)

29/100

#1682024

Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023

Exports

2 Md$

Imports

11 Md$

Balance

-9 Md$

Top exports

  • Pétrole brut + GNL

Top imports

  • Blé

Export partners

Import partners

Guerre civile. Économie effondrée.

Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten

Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.

  • USA 29%
  • GBR 31%
  • FRA 36%
  • DEU 36%
  • RUS 58%
  • CHN 67%
  • IRN 56%

Abstention: 22%

National anthem

République unie

Composer · Ayoob Tarish

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