Afghanistan vs Yemen
Afghanistan vs Yemen: Military spending
Military spending: 1.83% of GDP in Afghanistan in 2021 and 3.97% of GDP in Yemen in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in Yemen, by 2.67 percentage points, or 3.06 times that in Afghanistan.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Yemen has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2004.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Afghanistan | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1.83 | – |
| 2020 | 1.36 | – |
| 2019 | 1.17 | – |
| 2018 | 1.01 | – |
| 2017 | 0.95 | – |
| 2016 | 0.96 | – |
| 2015 | 0.99 | – |
| 2014 | 1.3 | 3.97 |
| 2013 | 1.08 | 4.08 |
| 2012 | 1.18 | 4.57 |
| 2011 | 1.82 | 4.93 |
| 2010 | 1.95 | 4.69 |
| 2009 | 2.09 | 5.65 |
| 2008 | 2.34 | 4.45 |
| 2007 | 2.57 | 4.85 |
| 2006 | 1.9 | 4.31 |
| 2005 | 1.99 | 4.87 |
| 2004 | 2.43 | 5.3 |
| 2003 | – | 6.86 |
| 2002 | – | 6.9 |
| 2001 | – | 5.48 |
| 2000 | – | 4.92 |
| 1999 | – | 5.17 |
| 1998 | – | 6.08 |
| 1997 | – | 5.81 |
| 1996 | – | 5.28 |
| 1995 | – | 6.35 |
| 1994 | – | 8.4 |
| 1993 | – | 7.06 |
| 1992 | – | 7.28 |
| 1991 | – | 7.01 |
| 1990 | – | 6.55 |
| 1977 | 2.01 | – |
| 1976 | 2.05 | – |
| 1975 | 1.72 | – |
| 1974 | 1.61 | – |
| 1973 | 1.87 | – |
| 1970 | 1.63 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Afghanistan vs Yemen
Health
- Life expectancyAfghanistan: 66 years in 2023Yemen: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAfghanistan: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024Yemen: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAfghanistan: 44 per 1,000 live births in 2023Yemen: 32.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAfghanistan: 4.14% in 2017Yemen: 4.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateAfghanistan: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Yemen: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAfghanistan: 41.5 million people in 2023Yemen: 39.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthAfghanistan: 2.85% a year in 2023Yemen: 3.03% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAfghanistan: 4.84 births per woman in 2023Yemen: 4.59 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAfghanistan: 25.9% in 2025Yemen: 37% in 2025
- Median ageAfghanistan: 16.9 years in 2023Yemen: 18.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAfghanistan: 2.4% in 2023Yemen: 2.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateAfghanistan: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Yemen: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsAfghanistan: $8.55M in 1977Yemen: $12.3B in 2014
- Military spending per personAfghanistan: $7 in 2021Yemen: $58 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingAfghanistan: 5% of government spending in 2020Yemen: 14.3% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelAfghanistan: 165,000 people in 2020Yemen: 40,000 people in 2020
- National powerAfghanistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Yemen: 0.24% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAfghanistan: 1.82% of the labour force in 2020Yemen: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAfghanistan: 65 million TIV in 2021Yemen: 1 million TIV in 2022
- Arms exportsAfghanistan: 1 million TIV in 1992Yemen: 51 million TIV in 1986