Yemen, Rep.
Capital: Sana'a · Low income · Pop. 40.6 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT)
Sanitation tracks closely: 43.12% use safely managed sanitation services and 63.08% have at least a basic service (2024).
Yemen, Rep. has about 55 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year — below the ~1,000 m³ threshold widely used to define water scarcity. It withdraws the equivalent of 170% of those internal resources annually (extreme (over-extraction) water stress), meaning it relies on rivers from outside its borders, desalination, or drawing down stored reserves.
Agriculture accounts for about 91% of Yemen, Rep.'s water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Yemen, Rep. have safe drinking water?
Comprehensive safely-managed drinking-water data is not available for Yemen, Rep.; basic-service estimates may exist.
Does Yemen, Rep. have enough freshwater?
Yemen, Rep. has roughly 55 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 170% of it annually (extreme (over-extraction) stress).