Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Yemen, Rep.
Yemen, Rep.: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 90.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Yemen, Rep., 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Yemen, Rep. is 90.9%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Yemen, Rep. peaked at 90.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 60.4%, in 2000.
That places Yemen, Rep. 188th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 65.0% | 60.4% | 71.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.8% | 72.6% | 84.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.4% | 86.0% | 90.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen, Rep.
More environment data for Yemen, Rep.
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 32.9 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.8107 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 5.65 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0196 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0025 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 11.78 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0015 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.01 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 4.81 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Yemen, Rep.?
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Yemen, Rep. was 90.9% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Yemen, Rep.?
- The highest recorded value was 90.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Yemen, Rep.?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.4% in 2000.
- How does Yemen, Rep. rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
- Yemen, Rep. ranks 188th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Yemen, Rep.?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Yemen, Rep. data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, regardless of collection time. An improved drinking water source is a safely designed drinking water source and includes e.g. piped water, boreholes or tubewells and packaged or delivered water.