Unemployment rate: Yemen
17.322% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 17.322 |
| 2024 | 16.97 |
| 2023 | 16.944 |
| 2022 | 17.224 |
| 2021 | 18.312 |
| 2020 | 17.963 |
| 2019 | 17.213 |
| 2018 | 17.593 |
| 2017 | 18.611 |
| 2016 | 18.42 |
| 2015 | 17.9 |
| 2014 | 13.467 |
| 2013 | 13.673 |
| 2012 | 13.473 |
| 2011 | 13.311 |
| 2010 | 12.777 |
| 2009 | 12.762 |
| 2008 | 12.656 |
| 2007 | 12.486 |
| 2006 | 12.349 |
| 2005 | 12.213 |
| 2004 | 12.131 |
| 2003 | 12.014 |
| 2002 | 11.839 |
| 2001 | 11.724 |
| 2000 | 11.557 |
| 1999 | 11.46 |
| 1998 | 10.828 |
| 1997 | 10.223 |
| 1996 | 9.585 |
| 1995 | 8.988 |
| 1994 | 8.34 |
| 1993 | 8.343 |
| 1992 | 8.351 |
| 1991 | 8.428 |