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The 30-second card
Money in Yemen
Yemeni Rial · YER
Bring banknotes issued by the Aden central bank, since only those are accepted everywhere.
Sellers take rials, euros or dollars, so ask for the price in the currency you carry.
Bargain everywhere, even with children selling souvenirs; it is expected and pays off.
Do not accept a merchant's opening price out of sympathy; make a counter-offer instead.
Collect Yemeni Rial in CointryOur sister app for coin and banknote collectors · cointry.appOpenPublic holidays in the next 12 months
Mon, 30 Nov 2026 · Independence Day عيد الجلاء
Fri, 5 Feb 2027 · Unity Day اليوم الوطني للجمهورية اليمنية
Mon, 8 Feb 2027–8 Mar · Ramadan (expected date)
Tue, 9 Mar 2027 · Eid al-Fitr (expected date)
Sat, 1 May 2027 · Labour Day عيد العمال
Sun, 16 May 2027 · Eid al-Adha (expected date)
Sun, 26 Sept 2027 · Revolution Day ثورة 26 سبتمبر المجيدة
Thu, 14 Oct 2027 · Liberation Day ثورة 14 أكتوبر المجيدة
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Safety today
Germany, the US and the UK publish their travel advice openly. Here is what those that cover Yemen say, side by side, checked daily.
German Foreign Office says
Travel warning
Calm
Caution
Serious
Don’t go ●
Source: Auswärtiges Amt
Updated 13 Oct 2026 · Checked 24 Oct 2026Official page
Updated 13 Oct 2026 · Checked 24 Oct 2026Official page
U.S. Department of State says
Do not travel
Calm
Caution
Serious
Don’t go ●
Level 4 of 4
Source: travel.state.gov
Updated 22 Oct 2026 · Checked 24 Oct 2026Official page
Updated 22 Oct 2026 · Checked 24 Oct 2026Official page
UK Foreign Office says
Advises against all travel
Source: GOV.UK
Updated 31 Jul 2026 · Checked 24 Oct 2026Official page
Updated 31 Jul 2026 · Checked 24 Oct 2026Official page
Countrywise is a summary. The official page is authoritative.
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Health
Routine shots, hepatitis A and B and typhoid advised. Malaria in some regions; altitude sickness in parts.
Vaccinations
Hepatitis A, hepatitis B and typhoid shots are advised, routine vaccines including measles should be current, adults may need a polio booster, and cholera and rabies shots are worth discussing with a doctor.
Malaria
In some regionsAltitude
Parts of the country are high enough to cause altitude sickness.
Talk to a travel clinic 4–8 weeks before you go.
Source: CDC
Checked 24 Oct 2026Official page
Checked 24 Oct 2026Official page
Summarised from the CDC’s Travelers’ Health pages. Using them does not mean the CDC endorses Countrywise.
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Deep facts
| GDP | ≈ $21.6 billionSource: World Bank · 2018 figures · Checked 23 Oct 2026 ↗ |
|---|---|
| Per person | ≈ $634Source: World Bank · 2018 figures · Checked 23 Oct 2026 ↗ |
| Top exports | gold, fish, scrap iron, shellfish, industrial acids/oils/alcohols (2023)Source: The World Factbook (archive) · as of 2025/26 · Checked 23 Oct 2026 ↗ |
| Population | 41.8 millionSource: World Bank · 2025 figures · Checked 23 Oct 2026 ↗ |
|---|---|
| Median age | 20.5 yearsSource: The World Factbook (archive) · 2025 figures · Checked 23 Oct 2026 ↗ |
| Life expectancy | 68.2 yearsSource: The World Factbook (archive) · 2024 figures · Checked 23 Oct 2026 ↗ |
| Religions | Muslim 99.1% (official; virtually all are citizens, an estimated 65% are Sunni and 35% are Shia), other 0.9% (includes Jewish, Baha'i, Hindu, and Christian; many are refugees or temporary foreign residents) (2020 est.)Source: The World Factbook (archive) · 2020 figures · Checked 23 Oct 2026 ↗ |
| Area | 527,968 km²Source: The World Factbook (archive) · as of 2025/26 · Checked 23 Oct 2026 ↗ |
|---|---|
| Climate | mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in eastSource: The World Factbook (archive) · as of 2025/26 · Checked 23 Oct 2026 ↗ |
| Terrain | narrow coastal plain backed by flat-topped hills and rugged mountains; dissected upland desert plains in center slope into the desert interior of the Arabian PeninsulaSource: The World Factbook (archive) · as of 2025/26 · Checked 23 Oct 2026 ↗ |
| Type of government | in transitionSource: The World Factbook (archive) · as of 2025/26 · Checked 23 Oct 2026 ↗ |
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| Calling code | +967Source: libphonenumber · Checked 24 Oct 2026 ↗ |
About the data
Written from the sources we link, and checked against them before each release. Countrywise summarises public sources. We are not an official source. For safety and entry rules, always follow the official page we link to.
From your foreign ministry when it publishes its advice openly (Germany, the US, the UK). Otherwise we show those three side by side. Checked daily, with the date next to every entry.
CDC · 24 Oct 2026 ↗GOV.UK · 24 Oct 2026 ↗IANA Time Zone Database · 23 Oct 2026 ↗libphonenumber · 24 Oct 2026 ↗Nager.Date · 23 Oct 2026 ↗The World Factbook (archive) · 23 Oct 2026 ↗U.S. Department of State · 25 Oct 2026 ↗Umm al-Qura calendar (computed with ICU) · 24 Oct 2026 ↗Unicode CLDR · 24 Oct 2026 ↗Wikidata · 24 Oct 2026 ↗Wikivoyage · 24 Oct 2026 ↗World Bank · 23 Oct 2026 ↗
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