Foreign direct investment inflows in Yemen

Net foreign direct investment inflows to Yemen were 0.0% of GDP in 2018. The value for 2018 is the highest since 2010.

The latest value for Yemen is for 2018. Most countries have figures for 2025.
Yemen, 2018 0.0% % of GDP
Change from 2017 +1.0percentage points 2017: -1.0%
World, 2018 1.2% Official aggregate

Foreign direct investment inflows 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.

Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period YemenWorld
2025 – 1.4%
2024 – 1.2%
2023 – 0.9%
2022 – 1.9%
2021 – 2.5%
2020 – 1.3%
2019 – 2.2%
2018 0.0% 1.2%
2017 -1.0% 2.7%
2016 -1.8% 3.5%
2015 0.0% 3.6%
2014 -0.5% 2.4%
2013 -0.3% 2.6%
2012 0.0% 2.7%
2011 -1.6% 3.2%
2010 0.6% 2.7%
2009 0.5% 2.4%
2008 5.8% 3.7%
2007 4.2% 5.3%
2006 5.9% 4.2%
2005 -1.8% 3.3%
2004 1.0% 2.2%
2003 -0.8% 1.9%
2002 1.1% 2.1%
2001 1.6% 2.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.0 percentage points from -1.0% in 2017.
  • Since 2008, when it was 5.8%, the figure has changed by −5.8 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2018 was 1.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments and International Financial Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2018 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 and International Financial Statistics