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Israel vs Yemen
How Israel and Yemen compare on 36 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Israel was higher: 82.4 years against 69.3 years
- GDP per person · In 2018, Israel was higher: $38,700 against $1,079
- Population · In 2023, Yemen was higher: 39.4 million people against 9.26 million people
- Military spending · In 2014, Israel was higher: 5.46% of GDP against 3.97% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Israel was higher: 5.77 tonnes against 0.26 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Yemen: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Yemen: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Yemen: 32.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Yemen: 4.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Yemen: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Yemen: 39.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Yemen: 3.03% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Yemen: 4.59 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Yemen: 37% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Yemen: 18.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Yemen: 2.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Yemen: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Yemen: 3.97% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Yemen: $12.3B in 2014
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Yemen: $58 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Yemen: 14.3% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Yemen: 40,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Yemen: 0.24% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Yemen: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIsrael: 537 million TIV in 2025Yemen: 1 million TIV in 2022
- Arms exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025Yemen: 51 million TIV in 1986
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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