Human Development & Quality of Life in Yemen
Human Development
Yemen's 2023 HDI is 0.470, placing it 184 in UNDP's table and in the low human development category. The headline needs context: The health component is anchored by life expectancy of 69.3 years. Another part of the dashboard shows that the income component uses GNI per capita of $1,018 in 2021 PPP dollars.
What sits inside Yemen's HDI
For Yemen, health contributes through life expectancy of 69.3; education through 7.5 expected and 5.5 mean years of schooling; and income through GNI per capita of $1,018 in 2021 PPP dollars. Those are the published inputs behind the 2023 HDI. When looking across the UNDP tables, separate the measure from subjective well-being because the evidence is strongest when each metric keeps its own scope.
Inequality changes the headline
IHDI reframes Yemen's HDI by accounting for unequal outcomes within the population. That is a different question from how satisfied people say they are with life. When the indicator is reused, use the UNDP definition rather than a proxy because the evidence is strongest when each metric keeps its own scope.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
The broader UNDP dashboard for Yemen adds GDI 0.407, GII 0.838, PHDI 0.465 to the HDI result. These measures remain distinct because they measure different aspects of development. For the profile as a whole, keep the observation year attached because the surrounding measures answer different questions.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
A comparable life-satisfaction observation was not available in the OECD extract used for Yemen. No proxy is inserted for a value the source does not report.
What Yemen's numbers say together
In the figures presented here, the complementary evidence for Yemen includes IHDI 0.325 with a 30.9% loss; PHDI 0.465 after a 1.1% adjustment; GDI 0.407. They are related indicators, but they should not be combined into one country score.
At 0.470, Yemen's 2023 HDI corresponds to UNDP rank 184. The ranking reflects the HDI framework only and does not capture every aspect of lived experience.
The IHDI is 0.325, and UNDP reports an overall loss of 30.9% relative to the headline index.
The GDI value is 0.407 in group 5; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
The PHDI is 0.465, with a 1.1% adjustment from the HDI value in UNDP's 2023 table.
Frequently asked questions
What is Yemen's HDI?
For Yemen, the 2025 UNDP report publishes a 2023 HDI value of 0.470 and rank 184.
How does inequality affect Yemen's HDI?
Yemen's Inequality-adjusted HDI is 0.325. The published overall loss is 30.9% relative to HDI.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
This profile does not fill the quality-of-life section for Yemen simply to complete the layout.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. HDI is an objective development index based on health, education and income. The page treats life satisfaction as a separate experience-based measure, not part of the UNDP index.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.