Broad money in Yemen
Yemen: Broad money was 34.7% in 2013. ▼ Falling
Broad money in Yemen, 1990–2013
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2013, broad money in Yemen stood at 34.7%.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad money in Yemen peaked at 48.4% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 30.1%, in 2000.
That places Yemen 129th out of 167 countries with data for 2013, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Broad money in Yemen, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 47.1% | — |
| 1991 | 44.0% | -6.5% |
| 1992 | 43.5% | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 47.1% | +8.3% |
| 1994 | 48.4% | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 47.4% | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 35.8% | -24.5% |
| 1997 | 33.3% | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 38.4% | +15.1% |
| 1999 | 31.5% | -17.8% |
| 2000 | 30.1% | -4.4% |
| 2001 | 33.6% | +11.4% |
| 2002 | 34.9% | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 36.3% | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 35.1% | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 32.0% | -8.6% |
| 2006 | 34.5% | +7.6% |
| 2007 | 35.2% | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 31.9% | -9.3% |
| 2009 | 38.0% | +19.0% |
| 2010 | 31.9% | -16.0% |
| 2011 | 31.1% | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 35.0% | +12.5% |
| 2013 | 34.7% | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 41.6% | 31.5% | 48.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 34.2% | 30.1% | 38.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.2% | 31.1% | 35.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 126 Guinea-Bissau 37.2% compare
- 127 Lao People's Democratic Republic 36.2% compare
- 128 Comoros 36.1% compare
- 130 Ethiopia 34.0% compare
- 131 Kazakhstan 33.1% compare
- 132 Central African Republic 32.9% compare
More financial sector data for Yemen
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 89,247 current LCU per person (2013)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 64.73 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2013)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 27.13 % change on previous year (2013)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 1.75 million SDR (2013)
- Gold reserves at market value 39.11 million SDR (2013)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 711.83 million SDR (2022)
- Reserves excluding gold 939.88 million SDR (2022)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 939.88 million SDR (2022)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 1.01 billion SDR (2022)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 26.39 SDR per person (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is broad money in Yemen?
- Broad money in Yemen was 34.7% in 2013, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest broad money recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 48.4% in 1994.
- What is the lowest broad money recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.1% in 2000.
- How does Yemen rank for broad money?
- Yemen ranks 129th out of 167 countries with data for 2013.
- Is broad money rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Broad money (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Broad money is the sum of all liquid financial instruments held by money-holding sectors that are widely accepted in an economy as a medium of exchange, plus those that can be converted into a medium of exchange at short notice at, or close to, their full nominal value. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.