Yemen, Republic of Middle East and North Africa
LOWER MIDDLE INCOME
Population (millions, 2009) Population growth (avg. annual %, 2000–09) Population density (people per km2, 2008) Labor force (millions, 2008) Unemployment rate (% of labor force, 2008) Urban population (% of pop., 2009) Surface area (1,000 km2, 2008) GNI (US$ billions, 2009) GNI per capita, Atlas method (US$, 2009) GDP growth (avg. annual %, 2005–09) Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of pop., 2005) Age dependency ratio (2009)
23.6 2.9 43.7 5.4 — 31.2 528.0 24.9 1,060 3.9 17.5 85.7
Migration EMIGRATION, 2010 ■ ■ ■
Stock of emigrants: 1,134.7 thousands Stock of emigrants as percentage of population: 4.7% Top destination countries: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Israel, Jordan, the United Kingdom, West Bank and Gaza, Sudan, Germany, France
SKILLED EMIGRATION, 2000 ■ ■
Emigration rate of tertiary-educated population: 6.0% Emigration of physicians: 47 or 1.3% of physicians trained in the country (Source: Bhargava, Docquier, and Moullan 2010)
IMMIGRATION, 2010 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Stock of immigrants: 517.9 thousands Stock of immigrants as percentage of population: 2.1% Females as percentage of immigrants: 38.3% Refugees as percentage of immigrants: 20.6% Top source countries: Sudan, Somalia, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Iraq, West Bank and Gaza, the Syrian Arab Republic
Remittances US$ millions
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010e
Inward remittance flowsa of which Workers’ remittances Compensation of employees Migrants’ transfers
1,270
1,283
1,283
1,283
1,322
1,411
1,378
1,471
1,270 — —
1,283 — —
1,283 — —
1,283 — —
1,322 — —
1,411 — —
— — —
— — —
Outward remittance flows of which Workers’ remittances Compensation of employees Migrants’ transfers
60
108
109
120
319
337
337
—
60 — —
36 72 —
37 72 —
41 80 —
41 278 —
48 289 —
— — —
— — —
a. For comparison: net FDI inflows US$1.6 bn, net ODA received US$0.3 bn, total international reserves US$8.2 bn in 2008.
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