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Yemeni Rial
YERYemen · Issued by Central Bank of Yemen
Price (USD)
—
Inflation (2014)
+8.10%
10y M2 change
+285%
M69 Score
40.5
Conflict-fragmented
Market Cap (USD)
—
via M2 · 2013
M2 (local currency)
3.02T YER
current LCU
CPI YoY (2014)
+8.10%
World Bank · annual
Country
Yemen
ISO 4217 · YER
Last Update
2026-04-25
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
Yemeni Rial M2 money supply
Broad money in YER (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
Yemeni Rial inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for Yemen. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your Yemeni Rial be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 YER in 2001 buys today
5.91 YERworth of goods
Lost 94% of purchasing power since 2001.
To match 2001 purchasing power, you need today
1,691.31 YER
26 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2014. Source: World Bank consumer price index (annual). Daily-refreshed.
Data sources & methodology
- FX (USD):
- Frankfurter / ECB · daily
- CPI YoY:
- World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
- M2 broad money:
- World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN · annual (LCU)
- Market cap (USD):
- M2 / FX rate · daily
- 10-year M2 change:
- (M2 today / M2 10y ago) − 1
- M69 score:
- Weighted: CPI (50%), 10y M2 growth (40%), 1y FX stability (10%)
- Last fetched:
- 2026-04-25 15:54:05
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- YEM
Note: Conflict-fragmented
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/YER
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the Yemeni Rial?+
The Yemeni Rial (YER) is issued by Central Bank of Yemen. As the monetary authority for Yemen, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the Yemeni Rial?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the Yemeni Rial: 8.10% YoY (2014). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the Yemeni Rial been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. M2 has grown by approximately 285% over the past decade. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between YER as accounting unit and YER as a store of value.
Is the Yemeni Rial sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the Yemeni Rial currently scores 40.5. The score weights inflation volatility, 10-year money-supply growth, and 1-year FX stability. Higher = closer to sound. No fiat scores 100 because no fiat has zero issuance.
How does the Yemeni Rial compare to gold or the US dollar?+
Use the table on the listing page to sort all 138 tracked currencies by inflation, 10-year M2 change, or M69 score. Pegged currencies (USD-pegged dirham, riyal, etc.) inherit the dollar's debasement profile; floating currencies tell their own story.
How often is this data updated?+
We pull fresh exchange rates daily from Frankfurter (ECB-sourced) and refresh the inflation series from the World Bank. The page is statically rendered with 24-hour ISR. Source data is publicly accessible via our /api/v1/currencies endpoints.