Nationality :  noun:  Yemeni(s) adjective:  Yemeni

Population :  18,078,035 (July 2001 est.) Population growth rate:  3.38% (2001 est.)

Ethnic groups :  predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab, South Asians, Europeans

Religions : Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu.

Languages :  Arabic

Unemployment rate : 30% (1995 est.)

Budget & revenues : $3 billion expenditures:  $3.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)

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

Exports :  $4.2 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.) Exports - commodities:  crude oil, coffee, dried and salted fish Exports - partners:  Thailand 34%, China 26%, South Korea 14%, Japan 3% (1999) Imports:  $2.7 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.) Imports - commodities:  food and live animals, machinery and equipment Imports - partners:  Saudi Arabia 10%, UAE 8%, US 7%, France 7%, Italy 6% (1999) Debt - external:  $4.4 billion (2000) Economic aid - recipient:  $176.1 million (1995) Currency:  Yemeni rial (YER) Currency code:  YER Exchange rates:  Yemeni rials per US dollar - 164.590 (October 2000), 160.683 (2000), 155.718 (1999), 135.882 (1998), 129.281 (1997), 94.157 (1996).

Fiscal year :  calendar year.