am designed to modernize and streamline
the economy, which has led to substantial foreign debt relief and
restructuring. International donors, meeting in Paris in October
2002, agreed on a further $2.3 billion economic support package.
Yemen has worked to maintain tight control over spending and to
implement additional components of the IMF program. A markedly high
population growth rate and internal political dissension complicate
the government's task. Plans include a diversification of the
economy, encouragement of tourism, and more efficient use of scarce
water resources.

GDP:
purchasing power parity - $15.09 billion (2003 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
2.8% (2003 est.)

GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $800 (2003 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 15.2%
industry: 45%
services: 39.7% (2003)

Investment (gross fixed):
29.1% of GDP (2003)

Population below poverty line:
15.7% (2001)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 25.9% (2003)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
33.4 (1998)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
10.8% (2003 est.)

Labor force:
5.79 million (2003 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
most people are employed in agriculture and herding; services,
construction, industry, and commerce account for less than
one-fourth of the labor force

Unemployment rate:
35% (2003 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $3.729 billion
expenditures: $4.107 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2003 est.)

Public debt:
39.5% of GDP (2003)

Agriculture - products:
grain, fruits, vegetables, pulses, qat (mildly narcotic shrub),
coffee, cotton; dairy products, livestock (sheep, goats, cattle,
camels), poultry; fish

Industries:
crude oil production and petroleum refining; small-scale production
of cotton textiles and leather goods; food processing; handicrafts;
small aluminum products factory; cement

Industrial production growth rate:
3% (2003 est.)

Electricity - production:
3.01 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
2.8 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2001)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2001)

Oil - production:
438,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
74,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA (2001)

Oil - proved reserves:
3.2 billion bb