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GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $15.09 billion (2003 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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2.8% (2003 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $800 (2003 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 15.2%
industry: 45%
services: 39.7% (2003)
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Investment (gross fixed):
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29.1% of GDP (2003)
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Population below poverty line:
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15.7% (2001)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 25.9% (2003)
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Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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33.4 (1998)
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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10.8% (2003 est.)
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Labor force:
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5.79 million (2003 est.)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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most people are employed in agriculture and herding; services, construction, industry, and commerce account for less than one-fourth of the labor force
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Unemployment rate:
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35% (2003 est.)
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Budget:
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revenues: $3.729 billion
expenditures: $4.107 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)
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Public debt:
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39.5% of GDP (2003)
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Industries:
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crude oil production and petroleum refining; small-scale production of cotton textiles and leather goods; food processing; handicrafts; small aluminum products factory; cement
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Industrial production growth rate:
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3% (2003 est.)
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Electricity - production:
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3.01 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
other: 0% (2001)
nuclear: 0%
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Electricity - consumption:
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2.8 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - exports:
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0 kWh (2001)
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Electricity - imports:
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0 kWh (2001)
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Oil - production:
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438,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - consumption:
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74,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - exports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - imports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - proved reserves:
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3.2 billion bbl (1 January 2002)
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Natural gas - production:
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0 cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - consumption:
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0 cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - exports:
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0 cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - imports:
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0 cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - proved reserves:
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480 billion cu m (1 January 2002)
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Agriculture - products:
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grain, fruits, vegetables, pulses, qat (mildly narcotic shrub), coffee, cotton; dairy products, livestock (sheep, goats, cattle, camels), poultry; fish
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Current account balance:
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$157 million (2003)
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Exports:
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$3.92 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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crude oil, coffee, dried and salted fish
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Exports - partners:
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China 28.5%, Thailand 18.3%, India 14%, South Korea 10.5%, Malaysia 5.1% (2003 est.)
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Imports:
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$3.042 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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food and live animals, machinery and equipment, chemicals
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Imports - partners:
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UAE 13.5%, Saudi Arabia 10.8%, China 9.4%, US 5.2%, Kuwait 4.7%, France 4.3% (2003 est.)
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Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
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$5.009 billion (2003)
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Debt - external:
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$6.044 billion (2003)
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Economic aid - recipient:
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$2.3 billion (2003-07 disbursements)
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Currency code:
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YER
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