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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Yemen: Mobility & Trade
How connected is a country to the rest of the world?
Yemen is placed joint 155th of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 39.88 (2025); Container Import Dwell Time 7.4 (2024).
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joint155th
of 177 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Yemen on mobility & trade — 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.
Key 1 of 4
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
39.88
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Higher is better
Ranked 99th of 177 by UNCTAD
Yemen: 39.88. Across the 168 countries in this edition, values run from 4.13 (Turks and Caicos Islands) to 1,313 (China); the world median is 60.84.
- World median
- 60.84
- Best in Western Asia
- 319.55 United Arab Emirates
- Land neighbours
- Oman 143.28 · Saudi Arabia 237.46
7.4
Median days a full import container waits in port
Lower is better
Yemen: 7.4. Across the 156 countries in this edition, values run from 1 (Gibraltar) to 21.6 (Haiti); the world median is 4.4.
- World median
- 4.4
- Best in Western Asia
- 2 Cyprus
- Land neighbours
- Oman 5.5 · Saudi Arabia 3.3
2.2
LPI score (1–5)
Higher is better
Ranked 133rd of 139 by World Bank Group
Yemen: 2.2. Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 1.9 (Afghanistan) to 4.3 (Singapore); the world median is 2.9.
- World median
- 2.9
- Best in Western Asia
- 4 United Arab Emirates
- Land neighbours
- Oman 3.3 · Saudi Arabia 3.4
Key 4 of 4
ICT Goods Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Higher is better
UNCTAD publishes no 2024 figure for Yemen, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 120 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 61.45 (Hong Kong); the world median is 0.975.
- World median
- 0.975
- Best in Western Asia
- 17.66 Israel
- Land neighbours
- Saudi Arabia 2.25
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.
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) · higher is better
YemenWorld median
Yemen fell from 64.76 in 2006 to 37.11 in 2026; the world median went from 52.25 to 56.21.
Every year’s figures
Year Yemen World median 2026 37.11 56.21 2025 39.88 60.84 2024 33.44 55.22 2023 21.81 54.78 2022 20.74 51.49 2021 18.10 52.64 2020 19.79 47.86 2019 20.67 51.05 2018 14.55 52.03 2017 19.87 49.87 2016 21.14 48.09 2015 33.84 49.13 2014 46.76 48.08 2013 45.88 51.32 2012 38.00 47.44 2011 35.33 50.26 2010 44.70 50.51 2009 47.42 53.04 2008 62.54 51.68 2007 68.37 55.78 2006 64.76 52.25 Logistics Performance Index
LPI score (1–5) · higher is better
YemenWorld median
Yemen fell from 2.29 in 2007 to 2.2 in 2023; the world median went from 2.529 to 2.9.
Every year’s figures
Year Yemen World median 2023 2.20 2.900 2018 2.27 2.706 2016 — 2.734 2014 2.18 2.753 2012 2.89 2.773 2010 2.58 2.746 2007 2.29 2.529 ICT Goods Exports
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) · higher is better
YemenWorld median
Yemen rose from 0.02 in 2004 to 0.08 in 2015; the world median went from 0.535 to 0.79.
Every year’s figures
Year Yemen World median 2024 — 0.975000 2023 — 0.690000 2022 — 0.565000 2021 — 0.550000 2020 — 0.680000 2019 — 0.625000 2018 — 0.480000 2017 — 0.630000 2016 — 0.865000 2015 0.08 0.790000 2014 0.08 0.760000 2013 0.01 0.645000 2012 0.01 0.630000 2011 0.01 0.535000 2010 0.04 0.560000 2009 0.05 0.780000 2008 0.05 0.595000 2007 0.05 0.660000 2006 0.02 0.445000 2005 0.02 0.570000 2004 0.02 0.535000 2003 — 0.530000 2002 — 0.510000 2001 — 0.490000 2000 — 0.430000
03In context
Yemen beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 177 countries on mobility & trade, never a place within the region.
Yemen and the countries it borders
Standing among all 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) | Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in port | Logistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5) | ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Saudi Arabia | 40th | 237.46 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.25 |
 Oman | 57th | 143.28 | 5.5 | 3.3 | — |
| Yemen | =155th | 39.88 | 7.4 | 2.2 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Western Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 177.
Placed either side on mobility & trade
The countries immediately above and below Yemen in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Yemen is ahead of the world, and behind
15 more statistics filed under mobility & trade, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median1
Statistics on which Yemen does better than the middle country measured.
Cost of Sending RemittancesWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 3.2252.8053.225▼ Worsened since 2016
Yemen: 2.805 · world median 3.225 · Average cost of sending $200 home (% of the amount). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -49.69 to 19.63; lower is better.
Position 52nd of 93 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median2
Statistics on which Yemen does worse than the middle country measured.
Average Time to Clear Exports Through CustomsWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.45611.324.456No earlier reading
Yemen: 11.32 · world median 4.456 · Average time to clear exports through customs (days). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 27.46; lower is better.
Position 27th of 174 · derived, 1st = worst.
Freedom of Foreign MovementV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.2-0.9971.2▲ Improved since 2015
Yemen: -0.997 · world median 1.2 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +2.9); higher = freer movement. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.642 to 2.727; higher is better.
Position 161st of 176 · derived.
No better end12
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.23159.46103.23Moved since 2015
Yemen: 159.46 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.
EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,4512,480,734444,451No real change since 2015
Yemen: 2,480,734 · world median 444,451 · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 313 to 18,533,845.
Cereal Import Dependency RatioFAO · 2022 · world median 42.893.442.8Moved since 2012
Yemen: 93.4 · world median 42.8 · Share of the cereal supply that is imported (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from -1,894 to 100.
Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1792.3167.17Moved since 2014
Yemen: 92.31 · world median 67.17 · Commodity exports (% of merchandise exports, three-year average). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4.605 to 99.77.
Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,83614,6421,836Moved since 2015
Yemen: 14,642 · world median 1,836 · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 3,718,945.
Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,26949,10712,269Moved since 2015
Yemen: 49,107 · world median 12,269 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,655,191.
Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.73850.37275.73No real change since 2016
Yemen: 850.37 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.
International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,323392,997223,323Moved since 2015
Yemen: 392,997 · world median 223,323 · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 246 to 52,375,047.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.3540.306Moved since 2015
Yemen: 0.354 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.
Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.133-0.133-0.133Moved since 2013
Yemen: -0.133 · world median -0.133 · Net migrants per 1,000 population. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -61.68 to 39.62.
International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.0890.9686.089Moved since 2015
Yemen: 0.968 · world median 6.089 · International migrants (% of population). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 100.
Container Port TrafficUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1,827,788380,0001,827,788Moved since 2014
Yemen: 380,000 · world median 1,827,788 · Container port traffic (TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 17,263 to 299,703,800.
Position 86th of 103 · derived, counted from the highest value.
No current reading for Yemen
Creative Goods Exports (last 2019), Creative Services Exports, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports (last 2016), Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) (last 2018), FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, ICT Goods Exports (last 2015), ICT Services Exports (last 2020), Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) (last 2018), Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary (last 2011), Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary (last 2011), Services Exports (last 2021), Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All Products (last 2017) and Trade (% of GDP) (last 2018). 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
Mobility & Trade among Yemen’s 15 topics
Mobility & Trade is Yemen’s 6th 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 mobility & trade
The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders Yemen can most readily be measured against.
1
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
2
MacauEastern Asia
2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
Hong KongEastern Asia
3rd of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
Singapore1st4/4 keysHighest in Western Asia
Israel11th3/4 keysThis page
Yemen=155th3/4 keys
Positions out of 177 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.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Yemen and mobility & trade
On mobility & trade
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On mobility & trade
The World’s Safest Airlines for 2025
The eleven safest airlines of 2025, each beside the country it is based in, and the nine things the grading looks at. Three airlines share third place, and the publisher gives an order but no score.
On mobility & trade
The world’s most powerful passports for 2025
Sixteen passports, their mobility scores, and the visa-free, visa-on-arrival and visa-required split behind each. Fourteen share third place while differing in how they reach it.
08Questions
Yemen on mobility & trade: 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 mobility & trade?
Yemen is placed joint 155th of 177 countries on Mobility & Trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Container Import Dwell Time and Logistics Performance Index). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index figure for Yemen?
39.88 in 2025 (lSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)), according to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The world median in the same edition was 60.84.
What is the latest Container Import Dwell Time figure for Yemen?
7.4 in 2024 (median days a full import container waits in port), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 4.4.
How does Yemen compare with Saudi Arabia on mobility & trade?
Saudi Arabia is placed 40th of 177, and Yemen joint 155th. Liner Shipping Connectivity Index: Saudi Arabia 237.46, Yemen 39.88; Container Import Dwell Time: Saudi Arabia 3.3, Yemen 7.4; Logistics Performance Index: Saudi Arabia 3.4, Yemen 2.2.
How have Yemen’s mobility & trade figures changed?
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index fell from 64.76 in 2006 to 37.11 in 2026; Logistics Performance Index fell from 2.29 in 2007 to 2.2 in 2023; ICT Goods Exports rose from 0.02 in 2004 to 0.08 in 2015.
Which mobility & trade statistics are missing for Yemen?
No current reading is published for Yemen on Creative Goods Exports, Creative Services Exports, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, ICT Goods Exports, ICT Services Exports, Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, Services Exports, Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All Products and Trade (% of GDP). They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Passport strength and freedom of movement for people are not measured with a key, because the data behind passport rankings is not licensed for reuse here. Trade as a share of the economy, remittance costs and student mobility are published here as context.
How the Mobility & Trade 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 mobility & trade method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Index — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Container Import Dwell Time — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Logistics Performance Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- ICT Goods Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 15 statistics on this page come from 6 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
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
- Macau — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hong Kong — Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Yemen: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/yemen/mobility