Algeria vs Yemen: Military spending
Military spending: 8.83% of GDP in Algeria in 2025 and 3.97% of GDP in Yemen in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in Algeria, by 1 percentage points, or 1.25 times that in Yemen.
AlgeriaYemen
Watch it change on the map% of GDP · SIPRI · log scale
Latest figures
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 8.83 2025 | 5.55 | 2 of 151 |
| Yemen | 3.97 2014 | 5.3 | — |
What the numbers say
- Algeria has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Yemen.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Algeria | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.83 | – |
| 2024 | 7.97 | – |
| 2023 | 7.39 | – |
| 2022 | 4.06 | – |
| 2021 | 4.89 | – |
| 2020 | 5.89 | – |
| 2019 | 5.33 | – |
| 2018 | 4.93 | – |
| 2017 | 5.31 | – |
| 2016 | 5.65 | – |
| 2015 | 5.55 | – |
| 2014 | 4.97 | 3.97 |
| 2013 | 4.42 | 4.08 |
| 2012 | 4.11 | 4.57 |
| 2011 | 3.96 | 4.93 |
| 2010 | 3.19 | 4.69 |
| 2009 | 3.51 | 5.65 |
| 2008 | 2.87 | 4.45 |
| 2007 | 2.77 | 4.85 |
| 2006 | 2.51 | 4.31 |
| 2005 | 2.73 | 4.87 |
| 2004 | 3.05 | 5.3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 6.86 |
| 2002 | 3.42 | 6.9 |
| 2001 | 3.52 | 5.48 |
| 2000 | 3.43 | 4.92 |
| 1999 | 3.76 | 5.17 |
| 1998 | 3.97 | 6.08 |
| 1997 | 3.64 | 5.81 |
| 1996 | 3.09 | 5.28 |
| 1995 | 2.94 | 6.35 |
| 1994 | 3.15 | 8.4 |
| 1993 | 2.51 | 7.06 |
| 1992 | 2.14 | 7.28 |
| 1991 | 1.21 | 7.01 |
| 1990 | 1.46 | 6.55 |
| 1989 | 1.54 | – |
| 1988 | 1.75 | – |
| 1987 | 1.86 | – |
| 1986 | 1.79 | – |
| 1985 | 1.64 | – |
| 1984 | 1.76 | – |
| 1983 | 1.95 | – |
| 1982 | 2.06 | – |
| 1981 | 1.82 | – |
| 1980 | 2.1 | – |
| 1979 | 2.14 | – |
| 1978 | 2.38 | – |
| 1977 | 2.24 | – |
| 1976 | 2.7 | – |
| 1975 | 2.13 | – |
| 1974 | 1.96 | – |
| 1973 | 1.69 | – |
| 1972 | 1.8 | – |
| 1971 | 2.09 | – |
| 1970 | 2.13 | – |
| 1969 | 2.39 | – |
| 1968 | 2.62 | – |
| 1967 | 3.02 | – |
| 1966 | 3.51 | – |
| 1965 | 3.42 | – |
| 1964 | 3.5 | – |
| 1963 | 2.51 | – |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
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.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time