This page is the complete Zakat guide for Yemen, and is paid, in practice, in YER, at local prices, through local channels. This page translates the universal rules into that local reality: the gold and silver Nisab expressed in Yemeni rial, how giving is usually organised in Yemen, what Ramadan 2027 will look like, and the calculators that do the arithmetic for you. Yemen is one of 195 countries covered by ZakatSuite, in the Asia region, and every figure on this page is given in the currency a payer in Yemen actually faces.
The two thresholds a payer in Yemen is judged against, at this guide's reference prices, are YER 1,671,305 — the value of 87.48 grams of gold at YER 19,105 per gram — and YER 150,028, the value of 612.36 grams of silver at YER 245 per gram, with the conversion running at 250 YER per US dollar. Read them as the shape of the answer rather than its final digit: metal prices and exchange rates move every day, and the live calculator on this site fetches current prices before it tests your wealth. On the silver standard most scholars recommend for cash, a payer in Yemen whose net savings pass YER 150,028 for a full lunar year owes 2.5% of the total.
As a rule, the Zakat of most households leaves through a few familiar channels: local Zakat committees that collect and distribute within the community, mosque collections, especially around Jumu'ah and during Ramadan and charity platforms and mobile giving apps. Whichever route you choose, Zakat must actually reach people whom Quran 9:60 names as eligible, with ownership genuinely passing to them (tamlik). Many households in Yemen settle the calculation at home first — often on a fixed Ramadan date — and then distribute through two or three trusted channels rather than one. Ask distributors how the money is separated, keep the receipt beside your calculation report, and check whether administration costs come out of the Zakat itself where an organisation deducts them. Because community life in Yemen runs in Arabic, make sure family instructions are understood in that language.
Ramadan 1448 AH is planned from Monday 8 February 2027 across Yemen, always subject to moon sighting and the announcement followed locally. The closing ten nights begin at Maghrib on 27 February 2027, and Laylat al-Qadr is sought on the odd nights — 27 February, then 1, 3, 5 and 7 March — with the 27th night opening the evening of Friday 5 March 2027. The final fast should fall on 8 or 9 March 2027, followed by Eid al-Fitr on 9–10 March 2027. Sehri and Iftar times across Yemen are collected via the Ramadan 2027 timetables by city, and Fitrana must be paid before the Eid prayer.
Take a saver in Yemen with YER 300,056 across cash and savings accounts — about 2.0 times the silver Nisab — with no debts due. It clears the Nisab and completes a hawl, so the Zakat due is 2.5% × YER 300,056 = YER 7,501. Any gold, stock or foreign currency joins the same YER total before the 2.5% is applied.
On reference prices, the gold Nisab is YER 1,671,305 (87.48 grams of gold) and the silver Nisab is YER 150,028 — 612.36 grams of silver. Those conversions rest on per-gram values of YER 19,105 for gold and YER 245 for silver in Yemen at the 250 YER reference rate. Prices move daily, so the live calculator gives the binding figure on your due date; and most scholars test cash against the silver figure.
The working currency for Yemen is YER — the Yemeni rial. Money held abroad converts into YER using the rate on your Zakat date and added before the Nisab test . The rules themselves do not change with the currency: the Nisab, the hawl and the 2.5% rate are identical in Yemen to everywhere else.
Total the zakatable side in YER — cash and savings, metals priced today, stock bought for resale, investments and money owed to you. Take off the debts due now, then compare the net figure with the Nisab — start with the silver figure, YER 150,028. Once the threshold and the hawl are both met, pays one-fortieth of the net total — YER 7,501 on the YER 300,056 example worked through above.
Fitrana follows the food, not the calculator: it is the local cash value of one sa' of staple food — some 2–3 kilograms of wheat, rice, flour or dates — per person. Local scholars and councils publish the YER figure every Ramadan, and community announcements there are commonly made in Arabic. Pay it for each person in the household, children included, and must reach the poor before the Eid prayer. The Fitrana calculator multiplies Yemen's announced rate by your household size so nobody is missed.
Yemen is listed in the Asia region, with Arabic recorded as its community languages. The country code is YE, and the short version of this page is at zakatsuite.com/ye. The full set of 209 tools runs for Yemen in YER, so nothing on the platform is closed to a payer here.