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69.4 years
Reference period 2024 · years
World Bank · World Development Indicators
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Yemen's published GDP per capita refers to 2018. Do not treat it as today's economic level or directly compare it with another country's newer GDP. Population and life expectancy below may refer to different periods. Compare uses GDP from a period available for both countries; without a common period it does not create a difference.
$634
Reference period: 2018 · World Bank · World Development Indicators
This is an economy-wide average, not a person's salary or a household's disposable income. The same average can coexist with different income distributions.
41,773,878 people
Reference period: 2025 · World Bank · World Development Indicators
Population size and population change answer different questions. A total counts residents; change requires a comparison across periods within the same source series.
69.4 years
Reference period: 2024 · World Bank · World Development Indicators
Life expectancy at birth is neither the average age of living residents nor an individual's remaining lifespan. It summarizes mortality conditions; median age describes population composition.
World Bank · World Development Indicators
Exact values by period are available in the table below.
| Reference period | Value | Quality |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 65.4 years | |
| 2006 | 65.8 years | |
| 2007 | 66.2 years | |
| 2008 | 66.6 years | |
| 2009 | 66.9 years | |
| 2010 | 67.2 years | |
| 2011 | 67.4 years | |
| 2012 | 67.6 years | |
| 2013 | 68 years | |
| 2014 | 68 years | |
| 2015 | 66.8 years | |
| 2016 | 67.1 years | |
| 2017 | 67.1 years | |
| 2018 | 65.9 years | |
| 2019 | 66.6 years | |
| 2020 | 66.4 years | |
| 2021 | 66 years | |
| 2022 | 68 years | |
| 2023 | 69.3 years | |
| 2024 | 69.4 years |
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