Yemen YEM

Regulatory maturity stage: Nascent Index: 12.6 (rank 19/19) Red Sea, Horn and Indian Ocean

Yemen is placed at the Nascent stage in the 2025 release. National AI strategy: None coded; dedicated governance bodies: 0; AI-relevant regulations: 0; data protection law: None coded.

National AI strategy: None coded
Dedicated AI governance bodies: 0
AI-relevant regulations: 0
Data protection law: None coded
International frameworks referenced: 0
OECD.AI registered initiatives: 0

Index pillars

Regulation0.0

Readiness14.5

Digital government23.2

Cybersecurityn/a

Indicators

Position among Arab League states with data

Oxford Insights AI readiness, 202514.48

UN E-Government Development Index, 2024rank 1850.2318

Human Capital Index, 20240.2670

ITU Global Cybersecurity Indexn/a

National Cyber Security Index7.79

Internet users, 2023 (% of population)n/a

AI publications, 2023n/a

Trends

AI readiness score

Human Capital Index

Typology coding

Governance type: To be defined
Regulatory approach: To be defined
Enforcement model: To be defined
Sovereignty posture: To be defined
International alignment: To be defined
Cluster label (M3): Fragile or conflict-affected context

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Cite this profile

Arab AI Governance Lab (2025). Yemen: country profile. https://arablab.ai/countries/yemen/ Data: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MOVIFA

Sources: Oxford Insights; UN DESA; World Bank WDI; ITU; e-Governance Academy; OECD.AI; Lab coding (F1, M3).

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