# Yemen - Link: https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/yemen/ - Published: 2026-05-22T22:16:25-05:00 - Author: Preeti Sinha National Blueprint · One of 195 # 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 * **41.8m**PeopleWorld Bank * _Furthest from reach · Education_**94.7%**of children in Yemen cannot read a simple text by the end of primary school, on 2011 data[World Bank, 2011](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.LPV.PRIM?locations=YE) * **2**Instruments and investments on record[Capital already committed](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/yemen/#bp-register) [Work with us](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/yemen/#bp-studio)[Read the Letter to Yemen](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/yemen/#bp-letter) 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.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/yemen/#bp-assets) 2. [02CapitalThe laurels2 instruments and investments on record, every one sourced.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/yemen/#bp-capital) 3. [03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Education is furthest from reach today.](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/yemen/#bp-pc) **The whole logo:** a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance. [01](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/yemen/#bp-do)**Assets** · 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. * **41.8m**Citizens, 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 km²**Land area, 2023 * ### The Land * Territory to farm, power and protect. [Every figure, with its source](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/yemen/#bp-sources) [The Sovereign Assets ledger](https://perfectnations.com/sovereign-assets/) [02](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/yemen/#bp-do)**Capital** · 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](https://perfectnations.com/capital-architecture/) The record in figures * **$285M**New Country Partnership Framework and projects for livelihoods and jobs, June 2026[World Bank, 2026](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/06/04/yemen-world-bank-group-launches-new-country-partnership-framework-and-projects-to-support-better-livelihoods-and-more-jo) * **$30M**Financial inclusion and education, approved June 2025[World Bank, 2025](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2025/06/17/world-bank-approves-us-30-million-to-support-financial-inclusion-and-education-in-yemen) * **12%**Remittances received from citizens abroad, share of GDP, 2016[World Bank, 2016](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS?locations=YE) * **−1.5%**Real GDP growth projected for 2026[IMF, WEO Oct 2026](https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDP_RPCH@WEO/YEM) 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](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/06/04/yemen-world-bank-group-launches-new-country-partnership-framework-and-projects-to-support-better-livelihoods-and-more-jo) * MultilateralApprovedFinancial inclusion and education$30M * World Bank · June 2025 * Access to finance and schooling. * World Bank * [Source](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2025/06/17/world-bank-approves-us-30-million-to-support-financial-inclusion-and-education-in-yemen) ### The Yemen Newswire [The Solutions Wire](https://perfectnations.com/state-of-nations/#sn-wire) ![Amal Al-Sharabi, Nation Steward of Yemen](https://perfectnations.com/wp-content/ uploads/2026/11/Amal-Al-Sharabi-Nation-Steward-of-Yemen-150x150.png) **Amal Al-Sharabi**Nation Steward of Yemen · SI ResearcherLast updated 12 November 2026 * 30 Jun 2026[**Improving Human Capital and Building Livelihoods for Vulnerable families in Yemen**](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/06/30/improving-human-capital-and-building-livelihoods-for-vulnerable-families-in-yemen) World Bank * 4 Jun 2026[**Yemen: World Bank Group Launches New Country Partnership Framework and Projects to Support Better Livelihoods and More Jobs Amid Fragility**](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/06/04/yemen-world-bank-group-launches-new-country-partnership-framework-and-projects-to-support-better-livelihoods-and-more-jo) World Bank * 17 Nov 2025[**Economic Hardship Deepens in Yemen**](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2025/11/17/economic-hardship-deepens-in-yemen) World Bank ## 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](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/yemen/contact@perfectnations.com?subject=An%20enterprise%20already%20at%20work%20in%20Yemen) * ### 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. [03](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/yemen/#bp-do)**Solutions** · 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](https://perfectnations.com/perfect-capita/) **5.3** Education · furthest from reach5.3% of children read a simple text by the end of primary school; 2011, dated[World Bank, 2011](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.LPV.PRIM?locations=YE) 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. Read more * Food**27%**Not food insecure; 73% are moderately or severely food insecure[FAO, 2023](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SN.ITK.MSFI.ZS?locations=YE) * Water**75%**Basic drinking water; safely managed water is not measured (lenient) [WHO/UNICEF, 2024](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.H2O.BASW.ZS?locations=YE) * Shelter**43.1%**Safely managed sanitation; 44.2% of city dwellers live in slums [WHO/UNICEF, 2024](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.SMSS.ZS?locations=YE) * Energy**12.9**About 129 kWh of electricity a person a year, against the Living Line of 1,000; 47% cook with clean fuels (2024)[Ember, 2024](https://ember-energy.org/data/yearly-electricity-data/) * Education**5.3**5.3% of children read a simple text by the end of primary school; 2011, dated[World Bank, 2011](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.LPV.PRIM?locations=YE) * Health**43**WHO service coverage index[WHO, 2023](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/universal-health-coverage-index?country=~YEM) * Livelihood**51.4%**Above the national poverty line; 48.6% live below it, dated [World Bank, 2014](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC?locations=YE) 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](https://perfectnations.com/perfect-capita/#pq-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](https://perfectnations.com/state-of-nations/#sn-solutions) * **The Solution for Yemen**Education * ### Finance learning, not only classrooms. - **01****The challenge**94.7% Of children in Yemen cannot read a simple text by the end of primary school, on 2011 data. [World Bank, 2011](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.LPV.PRIM?locations=YE) - **02****The deal** - At work in Yemen: Financial inclusion and education, $30M. [Source](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2025/06/17/world-bank-approves-us-30-million-to-support-financial-inclusion-and-education-in-yemen) - **03****What Perfect Nations advises**Nations 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 in**The ReDesign Studio**[The three mandates](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/yemen/#bp-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. Read more 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 Sinha**President 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. Read more For the internationally recognised Government of Yemen, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins. 1. **01**Identify the assets 2. **02**Estimate Perfect Capita 3. **03**Co-design the capital architecture 4. **04**Launch the instruments 1. Mandate 013 hours 2. ### The Nation Briefing 3. A private session for the people who decide. 4. You leave withThe gap, named and sized 5. Read more 6. a. **01**The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through. b. **02**Education, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained. c. **03**The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted. d. **04**The path to market, outlined. 7. [Request a Nation Briefing](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=briefing&country=Yemen) 8. Mandate 023 days 9. ### The Blueprint Lab 10. Your team and ours, working the blueprint together. 11. You leave withThe structure, drawn 12. Read more 13. a. **01**The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data. b. **02**Each of the seven standards costed in local prices. c. **03**One financing structure, drawn with your team. d. **04**A term sheet and the partners to approach. 14. [Plan a Blueprint Lab](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=lab&country=Yemen) 15. Mandate 03End to end 16. ### The Sovereign Mandate 17. Led personally by the President and CEO. 18. You leave withA structure ready for market 19. Read more 20. a. **01**A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified. b. **02**Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan. c. **03**The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing. d. **04**Taken to investors and development partners, through to close. 21. [Discuss a Sovereign Mandate](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?about=commission&country=Yemen) ### 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](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/yemen/contact@perfectnations.com?subject=Writing%20for%20Perfect%20Yemen&body=Your%20name%2C%20or%20a%20pen%20name%3A%0D%0AWhere%20you%20live%3A%0D%0ATitle%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AYour%20vision%20of%20Perfect%20Yemen%2C%20and%20the%20economic%20solutions%20to%20achieve%20it%20%28up%20to%201%2C500%20words%29%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20confirm%20that%20this%20is%20my%20own%20original%20writing%2C%20and%20I%20give%20Perfect%20Nations%20permission%20to%20publish%20it%20with%20credit%20to%20me.%0D%0A) * 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 yourself](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?nation=yemen&topic=nominate-self) [Suggest a guest](https://perfectnations.com/contact/?nation=yemen&topic=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](https://perfectnations.com/blueprints/yemen/contact@perfectnations.com?subject=Becoming%20a%20Co-designer%20of%20Perfect%20Yemen&body=Your%20name%3A%0D%0AWhere%20you%20live%3A%0D%0AHow%20you%20would%20like%20to%20contribute%20%28writing%2C%20a%20voice%20for%20the%20podcast%2C%20an%20enterprise%2C%20your%20expertise%29%3A%0D%0A) 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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