Chapter
4:
Context
and
contextual
changes
Figure
4.2:
GNP
per
capita
PPP
in
current
international
dollars
Source:
World
Bank
4.2.2
Population
and
health
The
Yemeni
population
has
been
growing
at
an
annual
rate
of
3
percent
from
almost
20
million
in
2005
to
24.5
million
in
2012
(see
Figure
4.3).
Several
social
development
indicators
show
a
steady
trend
of
improvement
over
the
period
of
1994
and
2012
(the
period
during
which
data
are
available
on
all
mentioned
indicators,
example
of
data
at
three
points
in
time
are
show
in
Table
4.1).
Table
4.1:
Social
indicators
Social
indicator
1994
2004
2012
Death
rate,
crude
(per
1,000
people)
11
8
7
Birth
rate,
crude
(per
1,000
people)
47
36
31
Life
expectancy
at
birth,
male
(years)
58
60
62
Life
expectancy
at
birth,
female
(years)
60
63
64
Fertility
rate,
total
(births
per
woman)
7.8
5.6
4.2
Immunization,
DPT
(%
of
children
aged
12-‐23
33
months)
78
82
Maternal
mortality
ratio
(modelled
estimate,
per
420
(1995)
100,000
live
births)
330
(2005)
270
(2013)
Literacy
rate,
adult
total
(%
of
people
aged
15
and
37
above)
55
66
Source:
World
Bank
Despite
the
improvement
in
the
abovementioned
areas,
we
would
like
to
highlight
a
few
discrepancies
in
other
equally
important
socio-‐economic
indicators.