Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Yemen
Yemen: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 0.0% in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Yemen, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Yemen stood at 0.0%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Yemen peaked at 56.9% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2015.
Yemen ranks 182nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Yemen, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 38.0% | — |
| 2010 | 38.6% | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 43.6% | +12.9% |
| 2012 | 51.6% | +18.4% |
| 2013 | 55.5% | +7.6% |
| 2014 | 56.9% | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | — |
| 2017 | 0.0% | — |
| 2018 | 0.0% | — |
| 2019 | 0.0% | — |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 0.0% is below the median for low income countries, which is 44.4%. (24 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 0.0% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 96.5%. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 38.0% | 38.0% | 38.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 24.6% | 0.0% | 56.9% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 179 Sierra Leone 37.6% compare
- 180 Congo 31.2% compare
- 181 Uganda 14.4% compare
- 182 Benin 0.0%
- 182 Burkina Faso 0.0%
- 182 Burundi 0.0%
- 182 Central African Republic 0.0%
- 182 Chad 0.0% compare
- 182 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.0%
- 182 Eritrea 0.0% compare
- 182 Somalia 0.0%
- 182 South Sudan 0.0% compare
More private sector data for Yemen
- Merchandise trade 24.7% (2025)
- Food imports 39.1% (2019)
- Manufactures imports 31.4% (2019)
- Merchandise imports 4.65 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 99.3% (2019)
- Manufactures exports 0.6% (2019)
- Merchandise exports 196.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4.69 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0264 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -14.41 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Yemen?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Yemen was 0.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 56.9% in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2015.
- How does Yemen rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Yemen ranks 182nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.