Personal remittances received in Yemen

Personal remittances received by Yemen were equal to 12.0% of GDP in 2016. The value for 2016 is the highest since 2002.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1990 to 2016 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Yemen is for 2016. Most countries have figures for 2024.
Yemen, 2016 12.0% % of GDP
Change from 2015 +4.1percentage points 2015: 7.9%
World, 2016 0.7% Official aggregate

Personal remittances received 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.

Personal remittances received (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period YemenWorld
2025 – 0.8%
2024 – 0.8%
2023 – 0.8%
2022 – 0.8%
2021 – 0.7%
2020 – 0.8%
2019 – 0.7%
2018 – 0.7%
2017 – 0.7%
2016 12.0% 0.7%
2015 7.9% 0.7%
2014 7.8% 0.7%
2013 8.3% 0.7%
2012 9.5% 0.7%
2011 4.3% 0.6%
2010 4.9% 0.6%
2009 4.6% 0.7%
2008 5.2% 0.6%
2007 6.1% 0.6%
2006 6.7% 0.6%
2005 7.7% 0.5%
2004 9.2% 0.5%
2003 10.8% 0.5%
2002 12.1% 0.5%
2001 13.1% 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +4.1 percentage points from 7.9% in 2015.
  • Since 2006, when it was 6.7%, the figure has changed by +5.3 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2016 was 0.7%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 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: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data