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Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Yemen: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
Yemen is placed 198th of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.072 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 14.48 (2025).
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Digital & Technology
198th
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Yemen on digital & technology — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
0.072
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Yemen: 0.072. Across the 196 countries in this edition, values run from 0.01 (North Korea) to 0.997 (South Korea); the world median is 0.63.
- World median
- 0.63
- Best in Western Asia
- 0.996 Saudi Arabia
- Land neighbours
- Oman 0.854 · Saudi Arabia 0.996
14.48
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 191st of 195 by Oxford Insights
Yemen: 14.48. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 12.12 (Guinea-Bissau) to 88.36 (United States); the world median is 40.19.
- World median
- 40.19
- Best in Western Asia
- 71.57 Saudi Arabia
- Land neighbours
- Oman 56.29 · Saudi Arabia 71.57
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
-1.301
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
Yemen: -1.301. Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from -2.66 (Liberia) to 3.715 (Estonia); the world median is 0.196.
- World median
- 0.196
- Best in Western Asia
- 3.497 Israel
- Land neighbours
- Oman 0.201 · Saudi Arabia 1.76
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
UNCTAD publishes no 2024 figure for Yemen, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 170 countries in this edition, values run from 0.377 (Gambia) to 87.15 (Ireland); the world median is 25.42.
- World median
- 25.42
- Best in Western Asia
- 82.14 Israel
- Land neighbours
- Oman 12.85 · Saudi Arabia 7.429
02Over time
Which way Yemen is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Government AI Readiness Index
AI readiness score (0–100) · higher is better
YemenWorld median
Yemen fell from 19.07 in 2020 to 14.48 in 2025; the world median went from 39.58 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year Yemen World median 2025 14 40.2 2024 15 43.3 2023 20 41.4 2022 17 40.3 2021 18 44.1 2020 19 39.6 Government Cyber Security Capacity
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity · higher is better
YemenWorld median
Yemen fell from -0.637 in 2000 to -1.301 in 2025; the world median went from -0.514 to 0.196.
Every year’s figures
Year Yemen World median 2025 -1.30 0.20 2024 -0.76 0.11 2023 -0.76 0.14 2022 -0.85 0.16 2021 -0.78 0.12 2020 -0.79 0.12 2019 -0.79 0.10 2018 -0.79 -0.05 2017 -0.79 -0.08 2016 -0.79 -0.10 2015 -0.79 -0.17 2014 -0.64 -0.21 2013 -0.64 -0.21 2012 -0.64 -0.25 2011 -0.64 -0.32 2010 -0.64 -0.31 2009 -0.64 -0.50 2008 -0.64 -0.51 2007 -0.64 -0.51 2006 -0.64 -0.55 2005 -0.64 -0.55 2004 -0.64 -0.55 2003 -0.64 -0.55 2002 -0.64 -0.51 2001 -0.64 -0.51 2000 -0.64 -0.51 Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) · higher is better
YemenWorld median
Yemen rose from 7.17 in 2010 to 25.85 in 2016; the world median went from 19.88 to 18.15.
Every year’s figures
Year Yemen World median 2024 — 25.42 2023 — 26.03 2022 — 26.04 2021 — 29.80 2020 — 29.47 2019 — 18.36 2018 — 20.09 2017 — 18.32 2016 26 18.15 2015 17 19.57 2014 13 21.00 2013 22 20.50 2012 21 19.56 2011 10 19.21 2010 7 19.88
03In context
Yemen beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on digital & technology, never a place within the region.
Yemen and the countries it borders
Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GovTech Maturity IndexGTMI score (0–1) | Government AI Readiness IndexAI readiness score (0–100) | Government Cyber Security CapacityOriginal latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity | Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsDigitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Saudi Arabia | 45th | 0.996 | 71.57 | 1.76 | 7.429 |
 Oman | 80th | 0.854 | 56.29 | 0.201 | 12.85 |
| Yemen | 198th | 0.072 | 14.48 | -1.301 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Western Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Placed either side on digital & technology
The countries immediately above and below Yemen in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Yemen is ahead of the world, and behind
8 more statistics filed under digital & technology, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Behind the world median5
Statistics on which Yemen does worse than the middle country measured.
Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic)V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median -0.114-2.033-0.114▲ Improved since 2015
Yemen: -2.033 · world median -0.114 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.2); higher = less disinformation. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.392 to 2.93; higher is better.
Position 153rd of 176 · derived.
Government Internet ShutdownsV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.023-1.261.023▲ Improved since 2015
Yemen: -1.26 · world median 1.023 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4 to +2); higher = fewer shutdowns. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.547 to 2.081; higher is better.
Position 153rd of 176 · derived.
Government Social Media CensorshipV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.505-1.5350.505▲ Improved since 2015
Yemen: -1.535 · world median 0.505 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4.5 to +2.4); higher = less censorship. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.721 to 2.295; higher is better.
Position 159th of 176 · derived.
Firms with Their Own WebsiteWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 62.3921.0362.39No earlier reading
Yemen: 21.03 · world median 62.39 · Firms with their own website (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.824 to 97.88; higher is better.
Position 170th of 181 · derived.
Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 2023 · world median 0.4850.1110.485▼ Worsened since 2013
Yemen: 0.111 · world median 0.485 · Frontier Technology Readiness Index (0–1). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1; higher is better.
Position 164th of 170 · derived.
No better end3
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
GitHub DevelopersGitHub · 2026 · world median 84,670146,77284,670Moved since 2020
Yemen: 146,772 · world median 84,670 · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 110 to 32,410,529.
GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · 2026 · world median 141,454192,109141,454Moved since 2020
Yemen: 192,109 · world median 141,454 · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 142 to 77,284,974.
GitHub Git PushesGitHub · 2025 · world median 148,714128,997148,714Moved since 2020
Yemen: 128,997 · world median 148,714 · Git pushes during the quarter. GitHub, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,967 to 40,768,192.
No current reading for Yemen
AI User Share of the Working-Age Population, Anthropic AI Usage Index, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports (last 2016), Firms Experiencing Internet Disruptions, ICT Goods Exports (last 2015), ICT Services Exports (last 2020), Internet Use Among Adults, Made or Received a Digital Payment (last 2014), Mobile Phone Ownership, Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching, Share of Firms' Payments Made Electronically, Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes and Smartphone Ownership. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Digital & Technology among Yemen’s 15 topics
Digital & Technology is Yemen’s 13th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Environment & Sustainability49th of 1863/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality118th of 1592/3 keys
- Energyjoint 127th of 1652/3 keys
- Health & Wellbeing172nd of 2003/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital170th of 1963/3 keys
- Mobility & Tradejoint 155th of 1773/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge187th of 1983/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture175th of 1842/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions189th of 1944/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties195th of 1983/4 keys
- Work & Labour181st of 1824/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience192nd of 1933/4 keys
- Digital & Technology198th of 1983/4 keys
- Gender & Equality183rd of 1832/4 keys
- Peace & Security177th of 1773/4 keys
No standing on Economy & Innovation: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on digital & technology
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Yemen can most readily be measured against.
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EstoniaNorthern Europe
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee, greyscale
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South KoreaEastern Asia
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
3rd of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
South Korea=1st4/4 keysHighest in Western Asia
Israel13th4/4 keysThis page
Yemen198th3/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Yemen on digital & technology: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Yemen rank on digital & technology?
Yemen is placed 198th of 198 countries on Digital & Technology in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (GovTech Maturity Index, Government AI Readiness Index and Government Cyber Security Capacity). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GovTech Maturity Index figure for Yemen?
0.072 in 2025 (gTMI score (0–1)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.63.
What is the latest Government AI Readiness Index figure for Yemen?
14.48 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How does Yemen compare with Saudi Arabia on digital & technology?
Saudi Arabia is placed 45th of 198, and Yemen 198th. GovTech Maturity Index: Saudi Arabia 0.996, Yemen 0.072; Government AI Readiness Index: Saudi Arabia 71.57, Yemen 14.48; Government Cyber Security Capacity: Saudi Arabia 1.76, Yemen -1.301.
How have Yemen’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index fell from 19.07 in 2020 to 14.48 in 2025; Government Cyber Security Capacity fell from -0.637 in 2000 to -1.301 in 2025; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports rose from 7.17 in 2010 to 25.85 in 2016.
Which digital & technology statistics are missing for Yemen?
No current reading is published for Yemen on AI User Share of the Working-Age Population, Anthropic AI Usage Index, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, Firms Experiencing Internet Disruptions, ICT Goods Exports, ICT Services Exports, Internet Use Among Adults, Made or Received a Digital Payment, Mobile Phone Ownership, Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching, Share of Firms' Payments Made Electronically, Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes and Smartphone Ownership. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Broadband and mobile subscriptions, connection speeds and the cost of getting online are absent, for the licence reason above; internet use and phone ownership, from the World Bank’s own household survey, and firms’ websites and internet disruptions, from its Enterprise Surveys, are published here as context. The ICT share of goods exports votes under Mobility & Trade. Digital public services and data-protection law are not held yet. Research and development spending is filed under Education & Knowledge, and what an economy knows how to make is under Economy & Innovation.
How the Digital & Technology standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The digital & technology method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GovTech Maturity Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Government AI Readiness Index — Oxford Insights, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Cyber Security Capacity — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 8 statistics on this page come from 4 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Yemen’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Yemen (banner) — Jialiang Gao www.peace-on-earth.org derivative work: JamesA, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Estonia — Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Yemen: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/yemen/digital