Yemen

YE · YEM · 887Asia-PacificYER ﷼13 methods

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Yemen's civil war since 2015 has destroyed most formal banking infrastructure and created two parallel financial systems across contested territories.

~8M
online population
~6%
banked adults

Methods in use

top 8 of 13

Checkout behaviour

The Yemeni Rial has suffered severe depreciation, compounding economic hardship and reducing trust in the formal financial system.

Mobile wallets including Jawali, Cash Wallet and Rial Mobile are among the few functioning electronic payment tools available to the population.

Facts
ISO 3166
YE · YEM · 887
Region
Asia-Pacific
Population
~34M
Currency
YER ﷼
Banked adults
~6%
Methods live
13
Sources
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