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Yemen

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Background :

North Yemen became independent of the Ottoman Empire in 1918. The British, who had set up a protectorate area around the southern port of Aden in the 19th century, withdrew in 1967 from what became South Yemen. Three years later, the southern government adopted a Marxist orientation. The massive exodus of hundreds of thousands of Yemenis from the south to the north contributed to two decades of hostility between the states. The two countries were formally unified as the Republic of Yemen in 1990. A southern secessionist movement in 1994 was quickly subdued. In 2000, Saudi Arabia and Yemen agreed to a delimitation of their border. 

Location :

Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia 

Geographic Coordinates Center :

15 00 N, 48 00 E  (Latitude, Longtitude)

Geographic Coordinates Rectangle :

West 42.53
North 19.00
East 54.53
South 12.11

Map references :

Middle East 

Area :

total 527 968 square km
land 527 968 square km
water 0 square km

Land boundaries :

total 1 746 km
Oman (om) 288 km
Saudi Arabia (sa) 1 458 km

Coastline :

1906.00 km

Climate :

mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east 

Terrain :

narrow coastal plain backed by flat-topped hills and rugged mountains; dissected upland desert plains in center slope into the desert interior of the Arabian Peninsula 

Elevation extremes :

lowest point 0 metres
highest point 3 667 metres

Natural resources :

fish marble
petroleum rock salt

Land use :

arable land 2.91 %
permanent crops 0.25 %
other 96.84 %

Irrigated land :

5 500 square km

Natural hazards :

dust storms torms

current issues :

limited natural fresh water resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification 

international agreements :

Biodiversity Climate Change
Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol Desertification
Endangered Species Environmental Modification
Hazardous Wastes Law of the Sea
Ozone Layer Protection

Population :

22 858 238 

Indicators :

Growth rate 2.79 %
Birth rate 35.32 births/1,000 population
Total fertility rate 5.00 children born/woman
Death rate 7.46 deaths/1,000 population

Age structure :

0-14 years 43.90 %
15-64 years 53.50 %
65 years and over 2.60 %

Median age :

total 16.80 years
male 16.70 years
female 16.80 years

Sex ratio :

at birth 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over 0.92 male(s)/female
total population 1.03 male(s)/female

Health :

Infant mortality rate 58.40 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth - total population 63.00 years
Life expectancy at birth - male 61.01 years
Life expectancy at birth - female 65.08 years
HIV-AIDS adult prevalence rate 0.10 %
HIV-AIDS people living with HIV-AIDS 12 000

Religions :

Muslim  

Languages :

Arabic  

Literacy :

total population 50.20 %
male 70.50 %
female 30.00 %

Country name :

conventional long form Republic of Yemen
conventional short form Yemen
local long form Al Jumhuriyah al Yamaniyah
local short form Al Yaman
former Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen or South Yemen]

Country Codes :

ISO 3166 YE
ISO Numeric 887
ISO3 YEM
FIPS YM
ccTLD ye
English Yemen

Administrative divisions :

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 

Capital :

name Sanaa
geographic coordinates 15 21 N, 44 12 E
time difference 3.00

International organization participation :

AFESD AMF
CAEU FAO
G-77 IAEA
IBRD ICAO
ICCt (signatory) ICRM
IDA IDB
IFAD IFC
IFRCS ILO
IMF IMO
IOC IOM
IPU ISO (correspondent)
ITSO ITU
ITUC Interpol
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)

Independence :

1990-05-22 

National holiday :

Unification Day

1990-05-22

Executive branch :

President Ali Abdallah SALIH Prime Minister Ali Muhammad MUJAWWAR

GDP - Gross Domestic product :

PPP - Purchasing Power Parity 58 200 000 000 $
Official Exchange Rate 26 240 000 000
RGR - Real Growth rate 3.80 %
PPP - per capita 2 500 $

GDP Composition by sector :

agriculture 9.70 %
industry 39.30 %
services 51.10 %

Other Indicators :

Labor force 6 641 000 people
Unemployment rate 35.00 %
Population below poverty line 45.20 %
Distribution of family income - Gini index 37.70
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 3.60 %
Investment (gross fixed) 19.90 % of GDP
Current account balance - 2 627 000 000 $
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 6 307 000 000 $
Debt external 6 245 000 000 $
Military expenditures 6.60 % of GDP
Public debt 39.60 % of GDP

Household income or consumption by percentage share :

lowest 10% 2.90 %
highest 10% 30.80 %

Budget :

revenues 6 202 000 000 $
expenditures 9 355 000 000 $

Agriculture - products :

coffee cotton
dairy fish
fruits grain
livestock poultry
pulses qat
vegetables

Industries :

aluminum products factory cement
commercial ship repair crude oil production and petroleum refining
food processing handicrafts
natural gas production production of cotton textiles and leather goods

Energy :

Electricity Production 5 665 000 000 kWh
Electricity Consumption 4 133 000 000 kWh
Oil Production 300 100 bbl/day
Oil Consumption 149 000 bbl/day
Oil Exports 274 400 bbl/day
Oil Imports 65 860 bbl/day
Oil Proved reserves 3 000 000 000 bbl
Natural gas Production 454 700 cubic metres
Natural gas Exports 454 700 cubic metres
Electricity Exports 478 500 000 000 cubic metres

Value :

5 550 000 000 $

Partners :

China (cn) 30.90 %
Thailand (th) 25.70 %
South Africa (za) 14.60 %
India (in) 8.80 %
Japan (jp) 5.10 %
UAE 4.20 %

Commodities :

coffee crude oil
dried and salted fish liquefied natural gas (LNG)

Value :

7 120 000 000 $

Partners :

UAE 15.50 %
China (cn) 11.80 %
India (in) 8.40 %
Saudi Arabia (sa) 7.30 %
Kuwait (kw) 5.40 %
United States (us) 4.10 %

Commodities :

chemicals food and live animals
machinery and equipment

Currency-name :

Yemeni rial 

Communications :

Telephons Main lines in use 1 117 000
Telephons Mobile, Cellular 3 700 000
FM Radio broadcast stations 1
Television broadcast stations 3
Internet Country code (ccTLD) ye
Internet Hosts 242
Internet Users 370 000

Transportation :

Airports with paved runways 18
Pipelines - gas 423 km
Pipelines - oil 1 367 km
Pipelines - liquid petroleum gas 22 km
Roadways - total 71 300 km
Roadways - paved 6 200 km
Roadways - unpaved 65 100 km

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