Yemen's Democratic Republic of (South Yemen) Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GNP: $792 million (1978 est.), $430 per capita (1980)

Natural resources: fish

Agriculture: cotton is main cash crop; cereals, dates, qat (a mild narcotic), coffee, and livestock are raised, and there is a growing fishing industry; large amount of food must be imported (particularly for Aden); cotton, hides, skins, dried and salted fish are exported

Major industries: petroleum refinery at Little Aden operates on imported crude

Electric power: 235,200 kW capacity (1985); 446 million kWh produced (1985), 200 kWh per capita

Exports-$800 million (1982)

Imports: $670 million (f.o.b., 1980)

Major trade partners: North Yemen, East Africa, but some cement and sugar imported from Communist countries; crude oil imported from Persian Gulf, exports mainly to UK and Japan

Budget: (1983) total receipts $452 million, current expenditures $455 million, development expenditures $402 million

Monetary conversion rate: 0.3425 dinar=US$l (October 1985)

Fiscal year: calendar year

NOTE: The information regarding Yemen's Democratic Republic of (South Yemen) on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Yemen's Democratic Republic of (South Yemen) 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Yemen's Democratic Republic of (South Yemen) 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.