Economy - overview:
Yemen is a low income country that is highly dependent on declining oil resources for revenue. Petroleum accounts for roughly 25% of GDP and 70% of government revenue. Yemen has tried to counter the effects of its declining oil resources by diversifying its economy through an economic reform program initiated in 2006 that is designed to bolster non-oil sectors of the economy and foreign investment. In October 2009, Yemen exported its first liquefied natural gas as part of this diversification effort. In January 2010, the international community established the Friends of Yemen group that aims to support Yemen's efforts toward economic and political reform, and in August 2010 the IMF approved a three-year $370 million program to further this effort. Despite these ambitious endeavors, Yemen continues to face difficult long term challenges, including declining water resources and a high population growth rate.
GDP (purchasing power parity): GDP (official exchange rate): GDP - real growth rate: GDP - per capita (PPP): GDP - composition by sector: Labor force: Labor force - by occupation: Unemployment rate: Population below poverty line: Household income or consumption by percentage share: Distribution of family income - Gini index: Investment (gross fixed): Budget: Taxes and other revenues: Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-): Public debt: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Central bank discount rate: Commercial bank prime lending rate: Stock of narrow money: Stock of broad money: Stock of domestic credit: Market value of publicly traded shares: Agriculture - products: Industries: Industrial production growth rate: Electricity - production: Electricity - consumption: Electricity - exports: Electricity - imports: Oil - production: Oil - consumption: Oil - exports: Oil - imports: Natural gas - production: Natural gas - consumption: Natural gas - exports: Natural gas - imports: Natural gas - proved reserves: Current account balance: Exports: Exports - commodities: Exports - partners: Imports: Imports - commodities: Imports - partners: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Debt - external: Stock of direct foreign investment - at home: Exchange rates:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Yemen on this page is re-published from the 2012 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Yemen Economy 2012 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Yemen Economy 2012 should be addressed to the CIA.
$63.24 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 86
note: data are in 2011 US dollars
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$36.7 billion (2011 est.)
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-2.5% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 210
[see also: GDP - real growth rate country ranks ]
$2,500 (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 177
note: data are in 2011 US dollars
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agriculture: 8.3%
[see also: GDP - composition by sector - agriculture country ranks ]
industry: 41.6%
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services: 50.1% (2011 est.)
[see also: GDP - composition by sector - services country ranks ]
7.03 million (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 62
[see also: Labor force country ranks ]
note: most people are employed in agriculture and herding; services, construction, industry, and commerce account for less than one-fourth of the labor force
35% (2003 est.)
country comparison to the world: 181
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45.2% (2003)
[see also: Population below poverty line country ranks ]
lowest 10%: 2.9%
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highest 10%: 30.8% (2005)
[see also: Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% country ranks ]
37.7 (2005)
country comparison to the world: 76
[see also: Distribution of family income - Gini index country ranks ]
18.7% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 140
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revenues: $5.507 billion
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expenditures: $9.003 billion (2011 est.)
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15% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 189
[see also: Taxes and other revenues country ranks ]
-9.5% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 192
[see also: Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) country ranks ]
37.2% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 81
[see also: Public debt country ranks ]
20% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 217
[see also: Inflation rate (consumer prices) country ranks ]
NA%
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27% (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 8
[see also: Commercial bank prime lending rate country ranks ]
$3.599 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 109
[see also: Stock of narrow money country ranks ]
$9.502 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 106
[see also: Stock of broad money country ranks ]
$6.637 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 107
[see also: Stock of domestic credit country ranks ]
$NA
[see also: Market value of publicly traded shares country ranks ]
grain, fruits, vegetables, pulses, qat, coffee, cotton; dairy products, livestock (sheep, goats, cattle, camels), poultry; fish
crude oil production and petroleum refining; small-scale production of cotton textiles and leather goods; food processing; handicrafts; small aluminum products factory; cement; commercial ship repair; natural gas production
9% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 13
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6.153 billion kWh (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 107
[see also: Electricity - production country ranks ]
4.646 billion kWh (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 115
[see also: Electricity - consumption country ranks ]
0 kWh (2009 est.)
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0 kWh (2009 est.)
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258,800 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 38
[see also: Oil - production country ranks ]
157,000 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 65
[see also: Oil - consumption country ranks ]
207,700 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 55
[see also: Oil - exports country ranks ]
64,610 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 82
[see also: Oil - imports country ranks ]
520 million cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 70
[see also: Natural gas - production country ranks ]
100 million cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 104
[see also: Natural gas - consumption country ranks ]
420 million cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 41
[see also: Natural gas - exports country ranks ]
0 cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 79
[see also: Natural gas - imports country ranks ]
478.5 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 31
[see also: Natural gas - proved reserves country ranks ]
-$3.12 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 167
[see also: Current account balance country ranks ]
$7.127 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 105
[see also: Exports country ranks ]
crude oil, coffee, dried and salted fish, liquefied natural gas
China 34.4%, India 23%, Thailand 6.6%, South Africa 5.7%, Japan 5.3%, UAE 4.8% (2010)
$9.183 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 98
[see also: Imports country ranks ]
food and live animals, machinery and equipment, chemicals
UAE 13.5%, China 12.2%, India 8.9%, Saudi Arabia 6.4%, Kuwait 4.7%, France 4.3%, Brazil 4.1% (2010)
$4.311 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 92
[see also: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold country ranks ]
$6.636 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 104
[see also: Debt - external country ranks ]
$NA
[see also: Stock of direct foreign investment - at home country ranks ]
Yemeni rials (YER) per US dollar -
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may habe the following issues:
a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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