位於阿拉伯半島西南端，扼守通往亞丁灣和紅海的要道，和東非國家吉布地距離僅30公里。2014年爆發葉門內戰，全國陷入嚴重飢荒，引發人道危機，經濟學人全球和平指數將其列為全球倒數第二，僅優於阿富汗。經濟仰賴石油，但因連年戰亂，石油產量不穩，同時是亞洲和阿拉伯國家裏頭人類發展指數最低的國家。

Year Founded: 1990

Sitting on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, Yemen controls the passageway to the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea and is only 30 km away from Djibouti, an East African state. A civil war broke out in Yemen in 2014, plunging the nation into a great famine and triggered a humanitarian crisis. It ranks as the second to the last on the Global Peace Index by Economist Intelligence Unit. Yemen relies on oil for its economic development. As ongoing conflicts over the years have disrupted oil production, the state’s Human Development Index score is the lowest among Asian and Arab countries.