Iraq vs Yemen
Iraq vs Yemen: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $6.4B in Iraq in 2025 and $12.3B in Yemen in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in Yemen, by $5.81B, or 1.89 times that in Iraq.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Yemen has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2004.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Iraq | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $6.4B | – |
| 2024 | $6.34B | – |
| 2023 | $5.07B | – |
| 2022 | $4.82B | – |
| 2021 | $5.11B | – |
| 2020 | $5.3B | – |
| 2019 | $7.14B | – |
| 2018 | $5.89B | – |
| 2017 | $6.93B | – |
| 2016 | $5.58B | – |
| 2015 | $8.92B | – |
| 2014 | $6.51B | $12.3B |
| 2013 | $7.48B | $12.8B |
| 2012 | $4.06B | $13.9B |
| 2011 | $4.46B | $15.2B |
| 2010 | $4.14B | $16.8B |
| 2009 | $3.68B | $16.9B |
| 2008 | $3.86B | $14.5B |
| 2007 | $2.92B | $15.1B |
| 2006 | $1.91B | $12.6B |
| 2005 | $2.66B | $13.5B |
| 2004 | $1.97B | $12.9B |
| 2003 | – | $15.8B |
| 2002 | – | $15.3B |
| 2001 | – | $12.1B |
| 2000 | – | $11.4B |
| 1999 | – | $10.2B |
| 1998 | – | $9.31B |
| 1997 | – | $10.2B |
| 1996 | – | $8.14B |
| 1995 | – | $9.5B |
| 1994 | – | $12.7B |
| 1993 | – | $12.3B |
| 1992 | – | $14.2B |
| 1991 | – | $14.5B |
| 1990 | – | $15.5B |
| 1978 | $1.99B | – |
| 1977 | $2.1B | – |
| 1976 | $2.01B | – |
| 1975 | $2.05B | – |
| 1974 | $2.02B | – |
| 1973 | $1.03B | – |
| 1972 | $828M | – |
| 1971 | $856M | – |
| 1970 | $843M | – |
| 1969 | $824M | – |
| 1968 | $676M | – |
| 1967 | $556M | – |
| 1966 | $575M | – |
| 1965 | $563M | – |
| 1964 | $460M | – |
| 1963 | $405M | – |
| 1962 | $349M | – |
| 1961 | $328M | – |
| 1960 | $313M | – |
| 1959 | $273M | – |
| 1958 | $233M | – |
| 1957 | $217M | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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
Iraq vs Yemen
Health
- Life expectancyIraq: 72.3 years in 2023Yemen: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIraq: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Yemen: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIraq: 19 per 1,000 live births in 2023Yemen: 32.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIraq: 3.89% in 2017Yemen: 4.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateIraq: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Yemen: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIraq: 45.1 million people in 2023Yemen: 39.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthIraq: 2.15% a year in 2023Yemen: 3.03% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIraq: 3.25 births per woman in 2023Yemen: 4.59 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIraq: 69.9% in 2025Yemen: 37% in 2025
- Median ageIraq: 20.4 years in 2023Yemen: 18.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIraq: 3.4% in 2023Yemen: 2.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateIraq: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Yemen: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIraq: 2.45% of GDP in 2025Yemen: 3.97% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending per personIraq: $139 in 2025Yemen: $58 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingIraq: 5.5% of government spending in 2025Yemen: 14.3% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelIraq: 459,000 people in 2020Yemen: 40,000 people in 2020
- National powerIraq: 0.54% of world capability in 2022Yemen: 0.24% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIraq: 4.4% of the labour force in 2020Yemen: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIraq: 55 million TIV in 2025Yemen: 1 million TIV in 2022
- Arms exportsIraq: 20 million TIV in 1989Yemen: 51 million TIV in 1986