Iraq vs Yemen
Iraq vs Yemen: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $139 in Iraq in 2025 and $58 in Yemen in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in Iraq, by $135, or 3.34 times that in Yemen.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Iraq has been higher since 2005, when it overtook Yemen.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Iraq | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $139 | – |
| 2024 | $139 | – |
| 2023 | $128 | – |
| 2022 | $109 | – |
| 2021 | $112 | – |
| 2020 | $136 | – |
| 2019 | $188 | – |
| 2018 | $159 | – |
| 2017 | $191 | – |
| 2016 | $157 | – |
| 2015 | $259 | – |
| 2014 | $192 | $58 |
| 2013 | $225 | $57 |
| 2012 | $126 | $58 |
| 2011 | $136 | $59 |
| 2010 | $123 | $55 |
| 2009 | $110 | $56 |
| 2008 | $110 | $48 |
| 2007 | $70 | $44 |
| 2006 | $43 | $36 |
| 2005 | $40 | $36 |
| 2004 | $23 | $34 |
| 2003 | – | $38 |
| 2002 | – | $36 |
| 2001 | – | $27 |
| 2000 | – | $25 |
| 1999 | – | $21 |
| 1998 | – | $21 |
| 1997 | – | $23 |
| 1996 | – | $24 |
| 1995 | – | $49 |
| 1994 | – | $148 |
| 1993 | – | $101 |
| 1992 | – | $89 |
| 1991 | – | $73 |
| 1990 | – | $59 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 in US dollarsIraq: $6.4B in 2025Yemen: $12.3B 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