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Last reviewed: 08-09-2009

Yemen

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Capital:	Sanaa
Area size (Land only):	527970 sq. km Slightly smaller than France
Time zone:	GMT +3
Currency:	Rial
Area code:	(+) 967
Driving:	Right
Climate description:	The mountainous region has moderate to plentiful rainfall between March and September and mild winters and warm, moist but usually sunny summers. In the lowland areas along the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden the weather is hot and humid throughout the year with little rainfall.

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
Arabic is the official language.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2009	23.6 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007	21.7 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	21.4 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	21.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	20.5 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	19.9 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	19.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	18.7 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	18.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
53.7 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
Predominantly Arab, with a small Persian minority along the coast.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Islam is the official religion (47 percent Sunni, 53 percent Shi'ite).
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	28.1 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	27.7 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	27.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	26.9 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	26.5 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	26.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	25.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	25.4 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1967 1970
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
No data available (2006)

Percentage of population under 15

2005	45.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	46.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	47.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	48.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	48.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	50.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Average life expectancy

2005	61.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	61.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	60.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	59.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	59.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	60.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male

2005	60.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	59.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	59.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	58.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	58.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	59.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female

2005	63.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	62.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	61.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	60.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	60.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	61.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality

2007	55 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	75 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	76 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	82 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	82 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	79 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	79 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	85 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2007	73 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	100 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	102 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	111 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	113 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	107 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	117 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	27 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004	27 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2003	22 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	22 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001	22 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	22 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Maternal mortality

2005	430 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000	570 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	153	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	150	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	151	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	149	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	148	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	144	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)

2000-2007	46 percent	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2000-2006	46 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
1996-2005	46 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
1996-2004	46 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
1995-2003	46 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	46 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001	46 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	46 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of undernourished population

2003-2005	32 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2008
2002-2004average	38 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	37 percent	FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water

2006	66 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	67 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	69 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	69 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation

2006	46 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	43 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	30 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	38 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Literacy - average

2004	No data available percent
2003	49.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	49.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	47.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	46.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male

2004	No data available percent
2003	69.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	69.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	68.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	67.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female

2004	No data available percent
2003	28.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	28.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	26.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	25.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones

2007	45 per 1,000 people	International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2008
2006	45 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2005	43 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2004	39 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2003	35 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2002	28 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2001	23 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2000	19 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008

Cellular telephone subscribers

2007	138 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2006	138 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2005	109 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2004	73 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2003	34 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2002	26 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2001	8 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2000	2 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008

Internet users

2007	14 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	13 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	11 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	9 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	6 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	5 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	0.9 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	0.8 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)

2008	141 (joint)	Transparency International 2008
2007	131 (joint)	Transparency International 2007
2006	111 (joint)	Transparency International
2005	103 (joint)	Transparency International
2004	112 (joint)	Transparency International
2003	88 (joint)	Transparency International
2002	Not ranked
2001	Not ranked	Transparency International
2000	Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day

1990-2005	15.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004	15.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	15.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1990-2002	15.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2001	15.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2007	870 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	770 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	660 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	560 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	480 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	470 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	440 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	400 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2007	22.5 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	19.1 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	16.8 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	13.9 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	11.0 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	9.9 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	9.5 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	9.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Annual GDP growth

2006	3.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	4.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	4.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	3.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	3.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	4.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	4.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2007	15.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	13.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	18.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	22.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	12.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	4.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	-0.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	25.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
3.0 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
25.9 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Physicians

2000-2004	33 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004	33 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	22 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	22 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
No data available percent

Malaria
Risk from P.falciparum throughout the year, but mainly in September through February, in the whole country below 2000 metres. No risk in Sana'a city. Resistance to chloroquine reported.
Source: WHO

TB cases

2007	76 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2006	79 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2005	82 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2004	85 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2003	89 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2002	93 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2001	96 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2000	100 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here

2008	1776	UNHCR
2007	1631	UNHCR
2006	1362	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	1325	UNHCR
2004	1605	UNHCR
2003	1597	UNHCR
2002	1600	UNHCR
2001	1985	UNHCR
2000	2113	UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here

2008	140169	UNHCR
2007	117363	UNHCR
2006	95794	UNHCR
2005	81937	UNHCR
2004	66384	UNHCR
2003	61881	UNHCR
2002	82803	UNHCR
2001	69468	UNHCR
2000	60545	UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

2009	100000	Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2009
2007	25000 - 35000	Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2008

Landmine casualties per year

2007	26	Landmine Monitor Report 2008
2006	17	Landmine Monitor Report 2008
2004	17	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	18	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military

2005	7.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	6.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	7.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	No data available percent
2002-2004	No data available percent
2000-2002	9.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001	10.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000	10.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	1.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	2.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	1.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	1.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	No data available percent

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