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Yemen

A nation of 41.8 million at the southern tip of Arabia, where seven in ten people are food insecure and the World Bank launched a new partnership with $285 million in June 2026.

Perfect Nations values what Yemen owns and raises capital against it, through innovative financing for development (FfD) and super intelligence (SI).

Yemen at a glance

  • 41.8mPeopleWorld Bank
  • Furthest from reach · Education94.7%of children in Yemen cannot read a simple text by the end of primary school, on 2011 dataWorld Bank, 2011
  • 2Instruments and investments on recordCapital already committed
Work with usRead the Letter to Yemen

What we do for Yemen

Assets. Capital. Solutions.

Perfect Nations is a new-age sovereign advisory firm, and its clients are nations.

  1. 01AssetsThe cupFive sovereign assets, valued, from The People to The Land.
  2. 02CapitalThe laurels2 instruments and investments on record, every one sourced.
  3. 03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Education is furthest from reach today.

The whole logo: a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance.

01Assets · The cup · Sovereign Assets

Five assets no balance sheet counts.

Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry Yemen toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen.

  • 41.8mCitizens, 2025

    The People

    41% are under fifteen: one of the youngest nations on earth.

  • 12%Of GDP sent home by citizens abroad, 2016

    The Diaspora

    Yemenis working abroad send home an eighth of the economy: the lifeline of millions of families.

  • 44.4%Of the land in agriculture, 2023

    The Farmland

    Terraced highlands of coffee, grain and qat, farmed for three thousand years.

  • 12.4%Of export earnings from visitors, 2016

    The Visitors

    Sana’a’s old city, Shibam and Socotra: wonders the world will one day return to see.

  • 527,970 km²Land area, 2023

    The Land

    Territory to farm, power and protect.

Every figure, with its sourceThe Sovereign Assets ledger

02Capital · The laurels · Capital Architecture

Grants that keep a nation fed, and a partnership to build again.

Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what Yemen owns, every line sourced.

Capital Architecture

The record in figures

Capital already committed

  • MultilateralApprovedCountry Partnership Framework and projects$285M

    World Bank · June 2026

    Projects for better livelihoods and more jobs amid fragility.

    World Bank

    Source
  • MultilateralApprovedFinancial inclusion and education$30M

    World Bank · June 2025

    Access to finance and schooling.

    World Bank

    Source

Already working in Yemen.

Independent firms and social enterprises already at work in Yemen, highlighted by Perfect Nations. None is a partner of Perfect Nations.

Suggest an enterprise

  • The first firms and social enterprises at work in Yemen are being gathered.

    Name one already at work there: it may be highlighted here, with its source.

03Solutions · The seven stars · Perfect Capita

Perfect Yemen, star by star.

Perfect Capita is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with Yemen in its own prices.

How Perfect Capita works
Yemen: the seven stars of the logo, one for each basic standard of living, rising from the cup; Food is the larger centre star. Each star carries the figure for Yemen.WATER75%SHELTER43.1%ENERGY12.9FOOD27%EDUCATION5.3HEALTH43LIVELIHOOD51.4%
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Education · furthest from reach5.3% of children read a simple text by the end of primary school; 2011, datedWorld Bank, 2011

Tap a star for its figure and source.

The price of Perfect Yemen

To be set with Yemen, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect Capita times the people of Yemen, each year.

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  • Food27%Not food insecure; 73% are moderately or severely food insecureFAO, 2023
  • Water75%Basic drinking water; safely managed water is not measured (lenient)WHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Shelter43.1%Safely managed sanitation; 44.2% of city dwellers live in slumsWHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Energy12.9About 129 kWh of electricity a person a year, against the Living Line of 1,000; 47% cook with clean fuels (2024)Ember, 2024
  • Education5.35.3% of children read a simple text by the end of primary school; 2011, datedWorld Bank, 2011
  • Health43WHO service coverage indexWHO, 2023
  • Livelihood51.4%Above the national poverty line; 48.6% live below it, datedWorld Bank, 2014

Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with Yemen. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. The strict measures

Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking; where electricity per person is not published, clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group (US$8.30 a day for high-income nations). Each figure links to its source.

Solutions for Perfect Yemen

All Solutions

  • The Solution for YemenEducation

    Finance learning, not only classrooms.

    • 01The challenge94.7% Of children in Yemen cannot read a simple text by the end of primary school, on 2011 data. World Bank, 2011
    • 02The dealAt work in Yemen: Financial inclusion and education, $30M. Source
    • 03What Perfect Nations advisesNations where education is furthest from reach should borrow on a Program-for-Results basis, releasing each tranche only when pupils reach an agreed learning level, verified independently. With super intelligence, reading levels can be tracked school by school, so that every child who falls behind is reached in time.
    Co-design it inThe ReDesign StudioThe three mandates
Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsYemen

Dear Yemen,

You are one of the youngest nations on earth, and your families are fed by the work of Yemenis abroad and by the grants of your partners.

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Seven in ten of you do not have enough to eat, and on the latest data almost no child could read a simple text by the end of primary school. When peace allows, let the first capital go to food and schools.

“Food and schools first: the youngest nation deserves both.”

Yours in design,Preeti SinhaPresident and CEO, Perfect Nations

Work with us · The ReDesign Studio

The Perfect Yemen ReDesign Studio

One mission, three depths: the same four moves for Yemen, taken as far toward market as you choose.

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For the internationally recognised Government of Yemen, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins.

  1. 01Identify the assets
  2. 02Estimate Perfect Capita
  3. 03Co-design the capital architecture
  4. 04Launch the instruments

  1. Mandate 013 hours

    The Nation Briefing

    A private session for the people who decide.

    You leave withThe gap, named and sized

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    1. 01The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through.
    2. 02Education, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained.
    3. 03The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted.
    4. 04The path to market, outlined.
    Request a Nation Briefing

  2. Mandate 023 days

    The Blueprint Lab

    Your team and ours, working the blueprint together.

    You leave withThe structure, drawn

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    1. 01The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data.
    2. 02Each of the seven standards costed in local prices.
    3. 03One financing structure, drawn with your team.
    4. 04A term sheet and the partners to approach.
    Plan a Blueprint Lab

  3. Mandate 03End to end

    The Sovereign Mandate

    Led personally by the President and CEO.

    You leave withA structure ready for market

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    1. 01A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified.
    2. 02Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan.
    3. 03The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing.
    4. 04Taken to investors and development partners, through to close.
    Discuss a Sovereign Mandate

Co-design it with us

Where Yemenis and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in.

  • Writings

    Write Perfect Yemen into being.

    Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect Yemen, published with your name.

    Submit your writing

  • Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon

    The local leaders already building Perfect Yemen.

    Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does Yemen already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?”

    Nominate yourselfSuggest a guest

  • Co-designers

    Join the community.

    Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a Co-designer of Perfect Yemen.

    Become a Co-designer

The Yemen ReDesign Studio is open

Design Perfect Yemen with us.

Share your vision, suggest a guest, or write to us: every message receives a personal reply.

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Sources
  1. World Bank, World Development Indicators (API), accessed 10 November 2026: population and ages 0 to 14, 2025; land area and agricultural and forest land; renewable fresh water per person, 2022; natural resource, oil, gas and mineral rents, 2021; renewable electricity output, 2021; tourism receipts; personal remittances; electricity access and clean cooking.
  2. The seven standards: FAO food insecurity, WHO/UNICEF JMP water and sanitation, UN-Habitat urban slums, World Bank clean cooking, learning poverty and lower-secondary completion, and poverty headcounts (all via the World Bank); WHO UHC service coverage index, 2023.
  3. IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026 (DataMapper, accessed 10 November 2026): general government gross debt, 2025, and real GDP growth projected for 2026.
  4. World Bank press releases of 17 June 2025, 17 November 2025, 4 and 30 June 2026.
  5. Electricity used per person: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data (2026 release), accessed 12 November 2026.
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