Yemen fuel price hikes deepen hardship as transport costs rise
Key takeaways
- Rising fuel costs in Yemen force drivers to raise fares, as passengers struggle with worsening financial burdens.
- It attributed the increase to regional tensions, including the Iran war, disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, and a surge in transport and insurance costs for shipments to Yemen.
- In the same post, the YPC sought to ease public concern, saying the increase would be temporary and that prices would return to previous levels once regional hostilities subsided.
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Rising fuel costs in Yemen force drivers to raise fares, as passengers struggle with worsening financial burdens.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Motorcyclists queue to refuel at a petrol station in the city of Mukalla, as a new round of fuel hikes by the Yemeni government pushes up prices and further strains daily life and transport costs [Saeed Al Batati/Al Jazeera]By Saeed Al Batati Published On 8 May 20268 May 2026Mukalla, Yemen – When Abdullah Salem raised his fare by 100 Yemeni riyals ($0.06) on a routine afternoon trip from the eastern outskirts of Yemen’s port city of Mukalla to the city centre, passengers pushed back immediately. “They shouted at me,” the 55-year-old driver told Al Jazeera as he prepared for another trip. “I told them it’s not my decision; it’s the government who have hiked fuel prices.”
The Yemen Petroleum Company (YPC), controlled by the internationally recognised government, has announced a new round of fuel price hikes in areas under its administration, a move that analysts say could accelerate inflation and deepen economic hardship across the country.