How dependent is Yemen on Saudi Arabia?

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A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

• Saudi Arabia sells 12.9% of what the world exports of polyethylene; next come United States (19.4%), South Korea (6.7%) and Canada (5.4%). The rest of the world exported 582.2 times what Yemen buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 1.4% of what the world exports of fruit and vegetable juices; next come Brazil (19.8%), Spain (6.8%) and Netherlands (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 216 times what Yemen buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 1% of what the world exports of toilet paper and tissues; next come China (17.5%), Germany (9.1%) and Poland (6.3%). The rest of the world exported 364.8 times what Yemen buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 0.4% of what the world exports of plastic packaging; next come China (19.5%), United States (10.1%) and Germany (9.7%). The rest of the world exported 772.8 times what Yemen buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 9.1% of what the world exports of uninsulated copper cable; next come Turkey (19.4%), Germany (14.4%) and United States (14.3%). The rest of the world exported 40.3 times what Yemen buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 0.99% of what the world exports of cheese; next come Germany (14.9%), Italy (12.8%) and Netherlands (12.4%). The rest of the world exported 805 times what Yemen buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 2.4% of what the world exports of pasta; next come Italy (28.2%), South Korea (9%) and China (7.6%). The rest of the world exported 323.4 times what Yemen buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 1.9% of what the world exports of cement; next come Turkey (9.6%), Vietnam (9.5%) and Egypt (7.1%). The rest of the world exported 334.2 times what Yemen buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 2.2% of what the world exports of avocados, mangoes, pineapples and dates; next come Mexico (23.9%), Peru (10%) and Costa Rica (9.3%). The rest of the world exported 495.8 times what Yemen buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 0.29% of what the world exports of plastic pipes and hoses; next come Germany (13.9%), China (13.1%) and United States (12.3%). The rest of the world exported 1,045.6 times what Yemen buys from Saudi Arabia.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

Yemen is Saudi Arabia’s 34th-largest customer, with 0.44% of its exports.

• Trade between Yemen and Saudi Arabia
• Who does Yemen rely on?
• Who does Saudi Arabia rely on?
• Dependence of Yemen on China
• Trade profile of Yemen
• Trade profile of Saudi Arabia
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.