Blank map of Yemen

A report cover, a briefing slide or a research poster often needs only the shape of Yemen, so that the title, the figures and the colours can be added around it. Two versions are on this page: Outline only, and With borders, which draws its 21 administrative areas. Each comes as a PNG on a transparent background, an SVG and a PDF.

In a report or a briefing

Place the PNG on the cover of a report and the transparent background lets the cover colour show through, so the shape sits cleanly under the title. Inside the report, With borders gives you the 21 areas as a base: draw a marker on each area you discuss in your word processor, or colour them in a design tool. A caption can name the areas, since the map itself carries no names.

In a design tool

Open the SVG in Illustrator, Inkscape or Figma and the lines take any weight or colour. The outline scales to a banner or poster without blurring. Keep the area lines for a base map; drop them with Outline only when the shape is all you need, for an icon or a watermark.

In a lesson

With borders is the political blank map of Yemen. Number a few areas on the PNG, such as Al Jawf, Raymah, Shabwah and Lahij, and ask pupils to name each from the list further down this page, which doubles as the answer sheet. For a younger class, Outline only is the gentler file, with no inner lines to read.

More than the outline

When the map needs names, pins or a title, Customise this map opens the same outline in the editor. For print choices, the printable map of Yemen is the page; for a map coloured by area, the editable map of Yemen.