Net primary income in Yemen

Yemen: Net primary income was -362.52 million BoP, current US$ in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
-362.52 million BoP, current US$
Change on year
up 33.5%
World rank
96th
of 199 countries
All-time high
-362.52 million BoP, current US$
in 2016
All-time low
-2.34 billion BoP, current US$
in 2011
Years of data
12
2005–2016

Net primary income in Yemen, 2005–2016

-2.5B-2.0B-1.5B-1.0B-500.0M2005201020162005: -1.6B BoP, current US$2006: -1.2B BoP, current US$2007: -1.4B BoP, current US$2008: -1.9B BoP, current US$2009: -1.2B BoP, current US$2010: -1.8B BoP, current US$2011: -2.3B BoP, current US$2012: -1.5B BoP, current US$2013: -1.7B BoP, current US$2014: -1.7B BoP, current US$2015: -545.3M BoP, current US$2016: -362.5M BoP, current US$

Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in BoP, current US$.

Analysis

Yemen recorded -362.52 million BoP, current US$ for net primary income in 2016. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.

The figure is up 33.5% on the previous year and up 70.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, net primary income in Yemen peaked at -362.52 million BoP, current US$ in 2016 and was at its lowest, -2.34 billion BoP, current US$, in 2011.

Yemen ranks 96th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s -1.46 billion BoP, current US$ -1.92 billion BoP, current US$ -1.17 billion BoP, current US$ 5
2010s -1.42 billion BoP, current US$ -2.34 billion BoP, current US$ -362.52 million BoP, current US$ 7

Countries ranked near Yemen

  1. 93 Niger -348.88 million BoP, current US$ compare
  2. 94 Jamaica -349.77 million BoP, current US$ compare
  3. 95 Liberia -353.19 million BoP, current US$ compare
  4. 97 Fiji -370.14 million BoP, current US$ compare
  5. 98 South Sudan -393.85 million BoP, current US$ compare
  6. 99 Latvia -418.69 million BoP, current US$ compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is net primary income in Yemen?
Net primary income in Yemen was -362.52 million BoP, current US$ in 2016, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
What is the highest net primary income recorded in Yemen?
The highest recorded value was -362.52 million BoP, current US$ in 2016.
What is the lowest net primary income recorded in Yemen?
The lowest recorded value was -2.34 billion BoP, current US$ in 2011.
How does Yemen rank for net primary income?
Yemen ranks 96th out of 199 countries with data for 2016.
Is net primary income rising or falling in Yemen?
Over the last ten years it is up 70.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Yemen data come from?
The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Net primary income (BoP, current US$). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Net primary income (BoP, current US$)
Unit
BoP, current US$
Source
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
200 places, 7,801 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Net primary income includes the net labor income and net property and entrepreneurial income components of the SNA. Labor income covers compensation of employees paid to nonresident workers. Property and entrepreneurial income covers investment income from the ownership of foreign financial claims (interest, dividends, rent, etc.) and nonfinancial property income (patents, copyrights, etc.). This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.