Current account balance in Yemen

The current account balance of Yemen was -7.7% of GDP in 2016. The value for 2016 is the lowest since 2009.

Measure: Current account balance (World Bank) Unit: % of GDP Data: 2005 to 2016 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Yemen is for 2016. Most countries have figures for 2024.
Yemen, 2016 -7.7% % of GDP
Change from 2015 −0.6percentage points 2015: -7.1%

Current account balance in Yemen over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Current account balance (World Bank) (% of GDP), 2005 to 2016
Period Yemen
2016 -7.7%
2015 -7.1%
2014 -3.4%
2013 -3.8%
2012 -0.9%
2011 -1.6%
2010 -3.4%
2009 -10.1%
2008 -4.6%
2007 -7.0%
2006 1.1%
2005 3.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.6 percentage points from -7.1% in 2015.
  • Since 2006, when it was 1.1%, the figure has changed by −8.8 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2005 to 2016 for Yemen
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics