Gender in Yemen

205 indicators covering gender for Yemen.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Child population (UN estimates and projections) 19,054 2030 up 27.5% 22nd
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 1.67 % change on previous year 2030 down 40.7% 14th
Population 28,613 2030 up 35.0% 43rd
Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 28,613 2030 up 35.0% 43rd
Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 3.09 % change on previous year 2030 up 3.5% 18th
Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 662,464 2025 up 27.7% 20th
Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 697,629 2025 up 27.9% 19th
Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 655,085 2025 up 32.1% 20th
Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 689,139 2025 up 32.4% 20th
Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 643,105 2025 up 35.4% 20th
Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 676,763 2025 up 35.7% 20th
Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 626,601 2025 up 38.1% 21st
Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 659,110 2025 up 38.3% 21st
Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 611,479 2025 up 38.5% 22nd
Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 642,923 2025 up 38.7% 21st
Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 595,239 2025 up 35.9% 23rd
Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 625,770 2025 up 36.1% 22nd
Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 67.03 2027 down 0.7% 3rd
Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.161 2025 up 2.5% 173rd
Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.179 2025 up 11.2% 168th
Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.221 2025 up 28.5% 168th
Women's Political Participation Index 0.06 2025 down 46.9% 175th
Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.161 2025 up 2.5% 173rd
Key features of women's political empowerment 0.161 2025 up 2.5% 173rd
Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate -5.85 % change on previous year 2025 up 70.6% 167th
Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.161 2025 up 2.5% 173rd
Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 0 2025 20th
Prevalence of obesity, female 16.2% 2024 up 31.9% 154th
Prevalence of obesity, male 10.3% 2024 up 40.4% 139th
Life expectancy at age 60, female 18.53 years 2024 up 1.8% 168th
Life expectancy at age 60, male 16.78 years 2024 up 3.8% 144th
Share of women who are obese 16.2% 2024 up 31.9% 157th
Share of women who are overweight or obese 41.9% 2024 up 21.4% 151st
Share of overweight men vs. women 34.1% 2024 up 15.1% 143rd
Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 77.5% 2024 up 3.2% 152nd
Share of women who are married or in a union 16.7% 2023 up 0.2% 37th
Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 unchanged 27th
Population, per unit of GDP 0.0016 units per US$ of GDP 2018 up 69.1% 7th
Population, annual growth rate 3.03 % change on previous year 2024 down 2.8% 14th
Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2018 down 21.2% 94th
Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 171st
Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 43.8 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 down 20.9% 180th
Women, Business and the Law Index 26.88 index (0–100) 2023 unchanged 187th
Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 162nd
Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 144th
Women have the same rights to remarry as men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 122nd
Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Equal access to financial services for women and men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 94th
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0004 units per person 2025 down 2.0% 18th
Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Population, per square kilometre 74.61 units per square kilometre 2023 up 34.4% 106th
Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0006 units per person 2025 up 1.4% 170th
Labor force, female 571,250 2025 up 22.1% 134th
Labor force, female, per capita 0.0137 units per person 2025 down 9.0% 186th
Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 0.9356 index 2025 up 21.2% 158th