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Statistics

• Total population (2006): 21,7 million
• Gross national income per capita (2007- Atlas method current US$): 950
• Income share held by lowest 20% (2005): 7.2%
• Life expectancy at birth (years): 62 (2007)
• Rural population (% of total population) (2006): 72,3%
• Agriculture, value added (% of GDP) (20036): 14.3%
• Probability of dying under five (per 1 000 live births): 100.4 (2006)
• Total expenditure on health as % of GDP (2005): 5.1%
• Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$ million): 1,121 (2006)

(Source: WHO, UNICEF, IFAD, World Bank)

Information from HLTF agencies

IMF

• Use IMF data mapper to get an insight into Yemen’s economic outlook, including key facts on demography, economy and balance of payments. Read more at: http://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/index.php
• To know more about most recent Yemen’s transactions with the IMF, read: http://www.imf.org/external/np/fin/tad/extrans1.aspx?memberKey1=1069&end...

UN

• See how UN Country Team is organized by Theme Groups in Yemen and what these groups have focussed on recently: http://www.undg.org/unct.cfm?module=ThemeGroup

OECD

• Aid by sector at a glance in Yemen. Read more at: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/12/56/1883388.gif
• And read also country chapter on aid for trade at glance: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/3/12/43196626.pdf
• Donor coordination in Yemen: read more of the OECD 2006 survey to monitor Paris declaration. Yemen country chapter at: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/25/9/38792461.pdf
  and http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/47/60/42224622.pdf
• Gender in Yemen: http://genderindex.org/country/yemen

DESA

• Population ageing statistics from DESA: http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/worldageing19502050/pdf/21...
• See wall chart on Rural Population, Development and the Environment that displays country-based information on various aspects of population, including changes in rural populations and their relationship with development and the environment
  http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/2007_PopDevt/Rural_2007.pdf
• Yemen and gender: women carry the bucket of food security … http://www.unifem.org/progress/2008/media/POWW08_fig_chapter3.pdf

WHO

• More statistics on health, child mortality, water access and sanitation at WHO:
  http://www.who.int/countries/yem/en/
  and read latest updates from regional office at: http://www.emro.who.int/emrinfo/index.asp?Ctry=yem#Socioeconomic_Concluded
• Yemen is one of the priority countries for WHO in response to the food crisis. Food security and food safety are among the axes of collaboration between WHO and Yemen Government. See both: http://www.who.int/countryfocus/cooperation_strategy/ccs_yem_en.pdf
  And http://www.who.int/hac/crises/yem/en/

UNDP

• Yemen MDGs progress report at:
  http://www.mpic-yemen.org/new1/strategies.asp?contantmain=6&key=10
• Latest Human Development Fact Sheet for Yemen by UNDP at: http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/country_fact_sheets/cty_fs_YEM.html
• UNDP work and projects in Yemen can be accessed via: http://www.undp.org.ye/project_database.php
• Read about Yemen poverty assessment report (2007) produced jointly by the World Bank, UNDP and Yemen Government: http://www.undp.org.ye/poverty_report.php

UN special adviser on MDGs

• MDG Monitor tracks Yemen’s performance on achieving the MDGs. What about eradication of poverty and hunger? Read more at: http://www.mdgmonitor.org/factsheets_00.cfm?c=YEM&cd=

UNOHRLLS

• Country profile at http://www.unohrlls.org/en/orphan/154/

UNCTAD

• UNCTAD country fact sheets contain the most relevant indicators about FDI in Yemen. Read 2008 update at http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=3198&lang=1
• Commodity price statistics provide monthly free-market prices and price indices starting in January 1960 for selected commodities that concern commodity-dependent countries. Restricted area at: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=1889&lang=1

WTO

• Yemen and WTO at: http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/acc_e/a1_yemen_e.htm
• See also Yemen tariffs as at 2008: http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/tariffs_e/tariff_profiles_2008_e/yem...

IFAD

• Country profile on rural poverty and food insecurity in Yemen. Who are the rural poor in Yemen and why are they poor? Read more at: http://www.ruralpovertyportal.org/web/guest/country/home/tags/yemen
• IFAD’s work in support of smallholder agriculture and livestock in Yemen: http://operations.ifad.org/web/ifad/operations/country/home/tags/yemen

ILO

• Read on equal employment opportunities in Yemen through ILO website at: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/gems/eeo/cover/yemmain.htm

WB

• Get more agriculture-related data and statistics on Yemen at http://www.worldbank.org/ye
• And read World Bank country brief at: http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/MENAEXT/YEMENEXTN/0,,...
• Read more on food crisis in MENA region and World Bank response at (see also related links on bottom right for further info/analysis): http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/MENAEXT/0,,contentMDK...
• To look at Bank’s response to the Food Crisis in Yemen, please follow the link: http://www.worldbank.org/foodprices/bankinitiatives.htm
• Or use the following to get an update on project status in Yemen: http://www.worldbank.org/foodprices/pdf/GFRPProjectStatus.pdf

FAO

• FAO food outlooks provide both an analyses of the latest developments of food markets and their prices around the world per commodity line. Read more at: http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/ai482e/ai482e00.htm and browse FAO data and analysis tool by country at http://www.fao.org/giews/pricetool/
• FAO response to food crisis in Yemen, also based on an Inter-Agency Mission at: http://www.fao.org/isfp/country-information/yemen/en/

WFP

• Read more on WFP work in support of populations affected by soaring food prices in Yemen at http://www.wfp.org/content/targeted-food-support-vulnerable-groups-affec... and read about the Impact of Rising Food Prices on Household Food Security at: http://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/ena/wfp192161.pdf
• Read Secondary Data Analysis on Food Security and Vulnerability in Yemen at: http://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/ena/wfp207839.pdf
• To have a quick glimpse at hunger hotspots in the country and WFP response to soaring food prices, have a look at Yemen country page http://www.wfp.org/countries/yemen

UNHCR

• Refugees, asylum-seeking people and IDPs in Yemen. Have a look at the most recent statistical yearbook from UNCHR at: http://www.unhcr.org/4a375c426.html
• For more info on Yemen needs assessment and follow-up strategy by UNCHR pls visit: http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/page?page=49e486ba6

OHCHR

• Read more on human rights in Yemen at: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/countries/MENARegion/Pages/YEIndex.aspx

OCHA

• Read 2008 appeal and response plan to floods in the country: http://ochaonline.un.org/humanitarianappeal/webpage.asp?MenuID=12180&Pag... and read 2009 Flash Appeal resulting from increasing violence in the North of Yemen at: http://ochaonline.un.org/humanitarianappeal/webpage.asp?Page=1808
• See also how CERF rapid response fund is being used by various UN agencies to contribute face current and most recent emergencies in teh country. See both http://ochaonline.un.org/CERFaroundtheWorld/Yemen2009/tabid/5538/languag... for 2009 and browse 2008 situation at http://ochaonline.un.org/Default.aspx?tabid=4070
• And see how OCHA tracks funding requirements and contributions through the Financial Tracking Service (FTS) on http://ocha.unog.ch/fts/pageloader.aspx?page=emerg-emergencyDetails&appe...

UNICEF

• Nutritional facts and basic statistics on Yemen with a focus on issues facing children in the country http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/yemen.html
• Use UNICEF dataset for statistics and monitoring to generate your own charts on variables of your interest in child malnutrition in Yemen (stats can be compared with regional trends) by using: http://www.unicef.org/statistics/index_step2.php?
• UNICEF most recent interventions in the country focus in conflict affected in the north through food/supplies distribution. Read more at: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/yemen_50994.html and at http://www.unicef.org/emerg/index_50930.html