Yemen is located in the Middle East, which is rich in oil. Why did Yemen become the poorest country in the world?

Yemen, a country located in the Middle East, has a superior geographical position. It stands to reason that the country is rich in resources, but it is very scarce. Due to the lack of oil resources, Yemen's economic development is too dependent on oil exports, so that there are not many countries. Due to the lack of cultivated land resources, land desertification in Yemen is serious. Because of overgrazing, cultivated land resources account for less than 3% of the country's land area, and most of Yemen's food needs to be imported from abroad.

Second, frequent wars.

Through news reports, we can know that wars often break out in Yemen, which is also a factor affecting the country's development. The reasons for the continuous development of the Yemen war are external influences and internal contradictions. After five wars in the Middle East, the inter-religious conflict between Islam believed by Arab countries and Judaism believed by Jews who immigrated to Palestine gradually emerged. Yemen is one of the victims of the conflict between Sunni and Shia Islam. There are also contradictions within Yemen. Yemen has two governments, one is the Hadi government, and the other is the Southern Transitional Council supported by the Saudi-led Coalition forces. Political turmoil, endless wars and diseases have caused hundreds of thousands of casualties in Yemen, millions of people have been displaced and tens of millions of people have fallen into famine.

Third, the whole people "take drugs"

In Yemen, one thing is popular all over the country, and that is Carter. More than 50% adult women and more than 80% adult men in Yemen often chew Carter and get together after meals every day for four or five hours to seven or eight hours. Carter's planting not only consumes a lot of agricultural resources such as water and cultivated land, but also impacts Yemen's cash crops and food crops, which not only takes up a lot of people's time, but also brings many hidden dangers to people's health and affects work efficiency. So there is a reason why Yemen will become the poorest country in the world.