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0 groups tours with set departures
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World Heritage Sites | country, regions and cities |
| Time zone: | GMT +3 (Yemen standard time) | Daylight savings: None |
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| Main languages: | Arabic |
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| Currency: |
Yemeni rials (YER) €1 = YER0.00, $1 = YER250, £1 = YER333 (rates as of Sep 2016) |
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| Internet Domain: | .ye | International Dialling Code: 967 |
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For help planning your trip to Yemen including visas, vaccinations, currency exchange, flights, accomodation and insurance, see our Yemen trip planning page.
Further information on Yemen
Discover more about Yemen - the country's geogrpahy and natural features, an assessment of its status on freedom and rights and data on the country's population and economy.
Geography & Natural Features
Total area: 527,970 sq km (0 sq km under water)
Coastline: 1,906 km (Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, Red Sea)
Neighbours (border lengths): Oman (288km), Saudi Arabia (1,458km)
Climate: Mostly desert climate - hot and humid along west coast, temperate in western mountains with seasonal monsoon and very hot and dry in the eastern desert.
Highest mountain: Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb (3,760m)
Freedom & Rights
Summary status and rankings for Yemen from classifications of different organisations measuring political and economic freedom, democracy and civil rights. See more details of these rankings.
| Index | Status | Rank | |
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 | Freedom in the World | Not Free | - |
 | Democracy Index | Authoritarian regime | 149/167 |
 | Economic Freedom | Mostly Unfree | 133/179 |
 | Press Freedom | Very serious situation | 166/179 |
 | ILGA LGBT rights | Extreme discrimination | - |
 | Corruption Perceptions | High corruption | 161/174 |
| Overall Ranking: | 187/195 | ||
Other Data & Links
Full name: Republic of Yemen Status: Independent Country
Population: 26,052,966 (rank: 47/196) Density: 49.3 people/sq km (rank: 127/196)
Ethnic groups: predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab, South Asians, Europeans
Religions: Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shia), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu
GDP (PPP): $61.63 billion GDP per capita: $2,500 (rank: 155/195)
Information derived from the CIA World Factbook. Other country profiles: BBC News.