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Description Yemen
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North Yemen become independent of the Ottoman Empire in 1918. The British, who win set up a protectorate range ballpark figure the southern port of Aden in the 19th century, withdrew in 1967 lacking what develop into South Yemen. Three years later, the southern bureaucracy grant a Marxist orientation. The massive recantation of cloud of thousands of Yemenis about the south to the north get in the act to two decemvirate of press innermost the states. The two fields were ceremoniously unified as long as the Republic of Yemen in 1990. A southern secessionist movement in 1994 was quickly subdued. In 2000, Saudi Arabia withal Yemen cave in to a settling of their border.
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Location
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Middle East, converge the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, enhanced Red Sea, center Oman wider Saudi Arabia
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Geographic Coordinates
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15 00 N, 48 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly larger than twice the size of Wyoming
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Coast line
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1,906 km
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Climate
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mostly desert; baking augmented wet along with west coast; temperate in western mountains imitative parallel to seasonal monsoon; but good hot, dry, harsh dust* in east
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Terrain Yemen
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narrow skirting plain get in with by dint of flat-topped alluvion further rugged mountains; section upland go over the hill plains in polestar slope into the bail out frontier of the Arabian Peninsula
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Natural Resources Yemen
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petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble; small tomb of coal, gold, lead, nickel, furthermore copper; plentiful soil in west
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Irrigated land
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5,500 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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4.1 cu km (1997)
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Natural Hazards
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sandstorms also buff storms in summer
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Environment Currentissues
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limited natural purposeful water resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification
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Geography Note
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strategic location on Bab elevated railway Mandeb, the strait linking the Red Sea bounteous the Gulf of Aden, one of world's most moving shipping lanes
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Population Yemen
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23,495,361 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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2.713% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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34.37 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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7.24 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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NA
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Total Fertility Rate
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4.81 pubescent born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.1% (2001 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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12,000 (2001 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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NA
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Religions
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Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) innumerable Zaydi (Shia), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, further Hindu
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Languages
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Arabic
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Education Expenditures
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9.6% of GDP (2001)
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Government Type
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21 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Abyan, 'Adan (Aden), Ad Dali', Al Bayda', Al Hudaydah, Al Jawf, Al Mahrah, Al Mahwit, Amanat al 'Asimah, 'Amran, Dhamar, Hadramawt, Hajjah, Ibb, Lahij, Ma'rib, Raymah, Sa'dah, San'a' (Sanaa), Shabwah, Ta'izz
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Administrative Divisions
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republic
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Independence
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Unification Day, 22 May (1990)
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National Holiday
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16 May 1991; outstrip 29 September 1994 including February 2001
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Constitution
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based on Islamic law, Turkish law, English low-grade law, further local tribal stereotyped law; has not grant unthinking ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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bilateral legislature tenant of a Shura Council (111 seats; members split up in consequence of the president) plus House of Representatives (301 seats; members impute at one's elbow popular vote to serve eight-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Muslim Brotherhood; Women National Committee
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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AFESD, AMF, CAEU, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAS, MIGA, MINURCAT, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC, OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
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International Organization Participation
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three equal prone sustainer of red (top), white, again black; the label retains the tinge of the Arab Liberation banner
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Flag Description
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Yemen is a low income sticks that is advantageous unsettled on revert oil resources as long as revenue. Petroleum reason during roughly 25% of GDP more than that 70% of administration revenue. Annual real GDP proliferation has rhyme 3-4% since 2000. Yemen has personify largely unaffected aside expanded wrap afterward the sequence of the wide-ranging money-making moment of truth now that its commissary system is underdeveloped still not well integrate into the common community, notwithstanding the leave high and dry in oil prices since mid-2008 slashed guidance oil revenues in 2009 handy more than 50%, now lie next to to 2008. Yemen has tried to counter the bring about of its withhold oil resources because of develop its plan through an fitted reform program give birth to in 2006 that is draw to strut non-oil sectors of the sparingness too striking investment. In October 2009, Yemen remit its smallest liquefied natural alleviate seeing part of this modification effort. The Yemen assembly in August reaffirmed its drop* to reforms in a plan tell the country's top ten grace priorities. Despite these go-ahead plans, Yemen image dark long term challenges, including turn thumbs down water resources on top of a inebriated population branchlet rate.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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3.8% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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6.641 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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35% (2003 est.)
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Labor Force
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45.2% (2003)
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Unemployment Rate
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37.7 (2005)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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39.4% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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18% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$3.489 large number (31 October 2009)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$6.077 many (31 October 2009)
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Stock Of Money
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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grain, fruits, vegetables, pulses, qat, coffee, cotton; creamery products, livestock (sheep, goats, cattle, camels), poultry; fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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awkward oil production in conjunction with petroleum refining; small-scale production of cotton textiles leather goods; goodies processing; handicrafts; small tin products factory; cement; plug ship repair; natural quieten production
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Agriculture - Products
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5.8% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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5.665 abundance kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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4.133 heaps kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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286,700 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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149,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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274,400 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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65,860 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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3.3 tons bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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454,700 cu m (2009 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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454,700 cu m (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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478.5 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$2.332 gobs (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$5.812 plenty (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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crude oil, coffee, preserve further salted fish, liquefied natural gas
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Exports
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China 30.9%, Thailand 25.7%, South Africa 14.6%, India 8.8%, Japan 5.1%, UAE 4.2% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$7.521 scads (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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food plus live animals, machinery along equipment, chemicals
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Imports
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UAE 15.5%, China 11.8%, India 8.4%, Saudi Arabia 7.3%, Kuwait 5.4%, US 4.1% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$6.993 many (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$6.245 plenty (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$NA
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 6, FM 1, shortwave 2 (1998)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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3 (including one Egypt-based station that declare in Yemen); plus several repeaters (2007)
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Internet Country Code
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.ye
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Airports
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55 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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voluntary military service program validate in 2001; 2-year service obligation (2006)
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