Yemen’s poverty rate rose to 62% in 2017: ICRC

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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said that Yemen’s poverty rate rose to 62% in 2017. In a tweet on its Twitter page, the committee said that before the war on Yemen in 2015, nearly half of Yemenis were living below the poverty line.

The World Bank estimated Yemen’s poverty rate in 2017 to rise to 62%. It should be noted that the Yemeni citizen is living in tragic economic conditions as a result of the land, air and sea blockade imposed by the Saudi-led coalition forces since March 2015.