Yemen’s total gross domestic product (GDP) increased 6,5 percent in 2000, reaching 124 million dollars, reported the weekly Yemen Times newspaper on Tuesday.
The paper quoted a report by the central bank as saying that trade balance reached $126 million during the same period.
“The Central Bank reserves and gross income of the hard currency reached to $282 million by the end of 2000 in comparison to $135 million in 1999.”
Foreign debt had also decreased by 1 percent in 2000 in comparison to 4,8 percent in 1999, said the report – Albawaba.com
