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Yemen

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Key facts

  • currency: Yemeni rial
  • capital city: Sana'a
  • region: Western Asia
  • continent: Asia
  • land area: 527,970 km²
  • population: 34,449,825 people
  • political leader: Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (President)
Classified as: place

Summary

Yemen is a country. The capital city is Sana'a, located in the Western Asia region of Asia. It has a land area of 527,970 km², a population of 34,449,825 people and uses the currency Yemeni rial. The President is Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi.

Location on a map: [15°0′N, 48°0′E]

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Environment

Yemen is one of the countries in Asia, countries in Western Asia and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 234,520.00 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 0.00 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 12.26 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Access to electricity: 76.00 % of population
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 39.80 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 60.20 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.00 % of total
  • Net energy imports: -120.63 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 3.72 births per woman
  • Forest area: 5,490 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 98.49 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 38.01 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 15.00
  • Methane emissions: 16.26 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 3.88 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 17,053,363 people
  • Male population: 17,396,462 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 3.70 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 452,881.31 km²
  • Rural population: 20,728,115 people
  • Urban land area: 1,795.36 km²
  • Urban population: 13,721,710 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 1.01 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Yemen by population

Cities in Yemen

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Yemen

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Yemen

Relationship between fertility rate and median age in Yemen

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Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Yemen

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Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Yemen

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Yemen

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Yemen

Evolution of historical land area in Yemen

Evolution of historical median age in Yemen

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Yemen

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Yemen

Relationship between methane emissions and population in Yemen

Relationship between methane emissions and rural population in Yemen

Relationship between methane emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Yemen

Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in Yemen

Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in Yemen

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Yemen

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Yemen

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions in Yemen

Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions in Yemen

Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in Yemen

Evolution of historical population in Yemen

Relationship between urban land area and population in Yemen

Evolution of historical female population in Yemen

Evolution of historical male population in Yemen

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Yemen

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Evolution of historical rural population in Yemen

Relationship between rural population and urban land area in Yemen

Evolution of historical urban land area in Yemen

Relationship between urban land area and urban population in Yemen

Evolution of historical urban population in Yemen

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Yemen

Relationship between population and date in Yemen

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Yemen

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Yemen

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Yemen

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Yemen

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Yemen

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Yemen

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Yemen

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Yemen

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Yemen

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Yemen

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in Yemen

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Yemen

Relationship between access to electricity and birth rate in Yemen

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Yemen

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Yemen

Distribution of sites in Yemen by inscription year

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Yemen

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Yemen

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Yemen

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Yemen

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Yemen

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Yemen

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Yemen

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Yemen

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Yemen

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Yemen

Geographical distribution of sites in Yemen by area

Sites in Yemen

Proportion of transboundary sites in Yemen

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Yemen by mean width

Wildfires in Yemen

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Yemen

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 40,000 people
  • Democracy score: 1.95
  • Democracy type: Authoritarian
  • Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 4,516,000 people
  • Individuals using the internet: 17.69 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 3.97 % of GDP
  • Net migration: -29,914 people
  • Press freedom: 1.27
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 0.00 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Yemen

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in Yemen

Relationship between armed forces personnel and nitrous oxide emissions in Yemen

Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in Yemen

Relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel in Yemen

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Yemen

Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in Yemen

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Yemen

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Yemen

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Yemen

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Yemen

Evolution of historical net migration in Yemen

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Yemen

Political parties in Yemen

Distribution of politicians from Yemen by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Yemen

Politicians from Yemen

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Health

  • Birth rate: 29.92 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 6.82 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 63.30 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 4.25 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.03 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 0.71 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 64
  • Suicide mortality rate: 5.80 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical death rate in Yemen

Evolution of historical birth rate in Yemen

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Yemen

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Yemen

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Yemen

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Yemen

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Yemen

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Yemen

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Yemen

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Yemen

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Yemen

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Yemen

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Yemen

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Yemen

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Yemen

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Yemen

Diseases in Yemen

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Yemen

Proportion of diseases in Yemen by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Yemen by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Yemen

Evolution of historical deaths in Yemen

Relationship between cases and deaths in Yemen

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Business

  • Gdp: 21,606,160,663.03 current US$
  • Inflation: 8.10 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 54.48 % of total employment
  • Unemployment: 17.21 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 47.81 % of total employment

Proportion of revenue types by company in Yemen

Distribution of companies founded in Yemen by year

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Yemen

Companies from Yemen

Proportion of employee types in companies from Yemen

Evolution of historical central government debt in Yemen

Evolution of historical expense in Yemen

Evolution of historical GDP in Yemen

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Yemen

Evolution of historical inflation in Yemen

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Yemen

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Yemen

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Yemen

Evolution of historical unemployment in Yemen

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Yemen

Exchanges in Yemen

Proportion of shops per country in Yemen

Shops in Yemen

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Yemen by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Yemen

Athletes from Yemen

Proportion of competitions per city in Yemen

Competitions in Yemen

Proportion of competitions per country in Yemen

Distribution of competitions in Yemen by start date

Proportion of medals won by Yemen in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from Yemen

Distribution of artists from Yemen by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Yemen

Geographical distribution of museums in Yemen by visitors

Museums in Yemen

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Yemen by total students

Distribution of universities in Yemen per foundation year

Universities in Yemen

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In literature

There are 80 books written about Yemen in the database

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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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