Description: 19. Yemen Misery index score: 46.4 Inflation: 11.4% Unemployment: 35% Heavily dependent on declining oil resources, 25 per cent of the country's GDP comes from petroleum. Yemeni GDP fell by more than 10 per cent in 2011, but this decline slowed to 1.9 per cent in 2012. The government is trying to diversify the economy, but has to deal with declining water resources, high unemployment, and a high population growth rate. |
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