ding and rampant corruption. Yemen is dependent on
foreign aid to finance its budget deficits and development projects.
In November, Yemen secured $4.7 billion in assistance from Arabian
Gulf and Western donors.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$20.38 billion (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):
$15.16 billion (2006 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
3.2% (2006 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$900 (2006 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 12.5%
industry: 43.8%
services: 43.7% (2006 est.)

Labor force:
5.759 million (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
note: 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.)

Population below poverty line:
45.2% (2003)

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):
14.8% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
15.7% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $7.314 billion
expenditures: $6.984 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2006 est.)

Public debt:
30% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
grain, fruits, vegetables, pulses, qat, 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; commercial ship repair

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

Electricity - production:
4.077 billion kWh (2004 est.)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
3.792 billion kWh (2004 est.)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
387,500 bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption:
85,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
370,300 bbl/day (2003)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - proved reserves:
3.72 billion bbl (2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - i