Yemen
Profiled in Sanaa · the Middle East
A land of tower-house cities and the dragon's blood trees of Socotra, with an old city that is among the world's architectural wonders, divided by a decade of war.
Cost of living
What a month costs
Two competing central banks and a collapsed currency make pricing unreliable. Fuel and food scarcity define daily life in much of the country.
The scores
How it rates for a moving family
See and do
Top 10 in Sanaa
- Old City of SanaaUNESCO-listed tower houses with gypsum tracery, inhabited for millennia.
- ShibamSixteenth-century mud-brick high-rise city, a UNESCO site.
- Socotra ArchipelagoUNESCO natural site where a third of plants are endemic.
- Dar al-HajarRock Palace on a sandstone pillar in Wadi Dhahr.
- ZabidHistoric Red Sea town and former centre of Islamic learning.
- Great Mosque of SanaaOne of the oldest mosques in the world.
- Aden CraterVolcanic caldera holding the old port town.
- Cisterns of TawilaAncient water system in Aden.
Where to go
Weekend escapes
- SocotraIndian Ocean island with dragon's blood trees and endemic flora.
- ShibamThe Manhattan of the Desert, mud-brick towers in Hadhramaut.
- AdenSouthern port in a volcanic crater.
- Wadi DawanCliff-side villages in the Hadhramaut valley.
- Al MahwitTerraced mountain villages west of Sanaa.
Residency
There is no functioning residence or investor route. Conflict, a divided administration and sanctions make relocation impossible for ordinary purposes.
Tax
Nominal personal rates reach 15% and the corporate rate is 20%, with a 5% sales tax. Oil and gas are taxed under separate agreements. Administration is minimal.
Curious what you would actually pay? See the Yemen tax profile: income, corporate, VAT and exit rules →
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