Yemen
| Country summary | |
|---|---|
|
Capital |
Sanaa |
|
Borders |
Oman 288 km, Saudi Arabia 1,458 km |
|
Government type |
republic |
|
Population |
22,858,238 (July 2010 est.)[1] |
|
Population growth |
2.786% (2010 est.)[1] |
|
Life expectancy |
63 years[1] |
|
Unemployment |
35% (2003 est.)[1] |
|
121[2] | |
|
154[3] | |
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.[1]
Economical characteristics
- Currency: Yemeni rial (ISO code: YER)
- Central bank discount rate: NA%[1]
- Commercial banks lending rate: 18% (31 December 2008)[1]
- Stock of money (M1): $3.489 billion (31 October 2009)[1]
- Quasi money (with M1 makes M2): $6.077 billion (31 October 2009)[1]
Notable events:
- Banking crisis: 1996-?[4]
Statistics
| Statistic / Year | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
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| GDP (USD)[5] | ||||||||||
| Govt. debt (% of GDP)[6] | ||||||||||
| Govt. revenue (% of GDP)[7] | ||||||||||
| Govt. expenses (% of GDP)[8] | ||||||||||
| Debt to revenue (years) |
References
Note: statistical data was rounded. Different sources may use different methodologies for their estimates. Debt to revenue is calculated by dividing the two variables from their original ('unrounded') values. It represents how long it would a government take to repay its entire debt if it used its whole revenue for this purpose.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 CIA - The World Factbook. "Yemen", from The World Factbook. Referenced 2010-09-30.
- ↑ Heritage Foundation. "Yemen", Economic Freedom Score. A lower ranking is better; but please be careful when comparing between different countries or years. Referenced 2010-09-30.
- ↑ Transparency International. "Yemen", Corruption Perceptions Index 2009. A lower ranking is better; but please note that the numbers cannot be compared between countries or years due to different methodology. Referenced 2010-09-30.
- ↑ Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff. "This Time is Different", Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-691-14216-6, p. 392. (The list does not claim to be complete.) Referenced 2011-07-21.
- ↑ World Bank. "Yemen: GDP", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-30.
- ↑ World Bank. "Yemen: government debt", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-30.
- ↑ World Bank. "Yemen: government revenue", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-30.
- ↑ World Bank. "Yemen: government expenses", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-30.
Links
- Yemen on Wikipedia
- Central bank of Yemen
- Country profile (pdf) from the Enterprise Studies page (part of the The World Bank Group)
- BBC country profile
- Chaos in Yemen Drives Economy to Edge of Ruin by Robert F. Worth and Laura Kasinof, June 2011
