Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, Riyadh is concurrently accredited to Yemen.
EmbassyYemen · Ambassador: Dr. Suhel Ajaz Khan
10 figures · 2 sources · built 51 minutes ago
In short
India’s embassy in Yemen records bilateral trade of $1.00bn, a reported community of 1,120, 13 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 65%. Led by Dr. Suhel Ajaz Khan, ambassador.
Total bilateral trade
$1.00bn
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 51 minutes ago
Bilateral Brief — Yemen
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Commercial and Trade” section
“The total bilateral trade between India and Yemen for FY 2024-25 is USD 1.00 billion, as per statistics of Department of Commerce, GOI.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence1,120
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Yemen"
“PIOs 420 + NRIs 700 = 1,120”
Published: undated · Read: 7 October 2026
MEA publishes no methodology for these estimates and told a Parliamentary committee it holds "no authentic data". The page also repeats some countries from an older vintage with the PIO/NRI columns swapped; the first occurrence is used here. This country appears 2× on the page.
Agreements on record
Medium confidence13
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 52 minutes ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 30 October 2002)
“AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND YEMEN FOR THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF INVESTMENTS — 30 October 2002”
Published: 30 October 2002 · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA states it cannot vouch for the accuracy or completeness of this database. It carries no status field, so "in force" cannot be derived from it — only that an agreement is on record.
UN votes matching India’s
65%
share of UNGA votes matching India’s · UNGA session 78
Source· retrieved 13 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “Yemen”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 85 votes
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
UN General Assembly Voting Data (v39), non-commercial licence. The share is the dataset’s own IndiaAgree column — roll-call votes on which this country and India voted the same way, as the dataset defines agreement — not our calculation. Independent of MEA.
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The relationship, in figures
Trade
Exports to YemenUS dollars · as stated in the brief$850.0m
Bilateral Brief — Yemen
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Commercial and Trade” section
“The total export to Yemen during FY 2024-25 is USD 0.85 billion and total import is USD 0.15 billion.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Imports from YemenUS dollars · as stated in the brief$150.0m
Bilateral Brief — Yemen
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Commercial and Trade” section
“The total export to Yemen during FY 2024-25 is USD 0.85 billion and total import is USD 0.15 billion.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Trade balance in India’s favourUS dollars · as stated in the brief · our calculation$700.0m
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in USD)
exports − imports
People
Indian community in Yemenpersons · as stated in the brief2,00,000
Bilateral Brief — Yemen
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Indian community” section
“Likewise there is a strong 200,000 (approx.) Indian origin diaspora in the provinces of Aden, Hadramout, Hodeidah, Taiz and Sana’a.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Diplomacy
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2026
Bilateral Brief — Yemen
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Visits/Meetings” section
“On May 7, 2026, Mr. Waleed Mohammed Al Qadimi, Minister of State, led the Yemeni delegation in 10th Indian Ocean Dialogue held in New Delhi.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Agreements on record (13)
MEA Treaties Database- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND YEMEN ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF HEALTH AND MEDICINEHealth09 June 2013
- MOU ON MUTUAL COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND YEMENAid and Cooperation03 April 2012
- PROTOCOL OF BILATERAL COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY BETWEEN INDIA AND YEMENAid and Cooperation03 February 2007
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND YEMEN FOR THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF INVESTMENTSBusiness and Trade30 October 2002
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF YEMENTransport20 July 1999
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND YEMEN ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED SECTORSAid and Cooperation07 December 1996
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND YEMEN ON ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL CO-OPERATIONAid and Cooperation11 July 1995
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND YEMEN FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC, TECHNICAL, CULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TRADE COOPERATIONAid and Cooperation03 May 1993
- CULTURAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND YEMENCultural Relations and Sport15 December 1983
- TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND YEMENBusiness and Trade23 April 1979
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND YEMEN REGARDING ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATIONAid and Cooperation13 December 1977
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND YEMEN REGARDING EXCHANGE OF MONEY ORDERSMiscellaneous01 April 1975
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND YEMEN RELATTING TO CULTURECultural Relations and Sport17 March 1974
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 11 sections, 10,317 characters of extractable text. Sections include: India - Yemen Bilateral Relations · Political · century, Aden, · Visits/Meetings · Voice of Global South · Recent Major Developments:.
Open the briefing (PDF)Where the sources disagree
Two public sources disagree on the size of the Indian community — 17757% apart
- Overseas Indians1,120
- Indian community in Yemen2,00,000
Both are published by the Ministry of External Affairs, with no stated methodology. Neither is averaged away or preferred — the disagreement is the honest answer.