Israel vs Yemen
Israel vs Yemen: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 100% in Israel and 86.3% in Yemen, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Israel, by 13.7 percentage points, or 1.16 times that in Yemen.
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
- The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Israel | Yemen | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 100 | 86.3 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 100 | 83.6 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 100 | 76 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 100 | 74.9 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 100 | 73.9 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 100 | 72.8 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 100 | 62 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 100 | 79.2 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 100 | 68.9 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 100 | 67.4 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 100 | 66.1 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 100 | 75.6 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 100 | 52.4 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 100 | 62 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 100 | 60.8 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 100 | 59.6 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 100 | 58.4 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 100 | 57.2 | 82 |
| 2006 | 100 | 55.8 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 100 | 54.8 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 100 | 49.6 | 80 |
| 2003 | 100 | 52.6 | 80 |
| 2002 | 100 | 51.5 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 100 | 50.4 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 100 | 49.2 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 100 | 48 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 100 | 46.8 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 100 | 42.6 | – |
| 1996 | 100 | 44.4 | – |
| 1995 | 100 | 43.2 | – |
| 1994 | 100 | 42 | – |
| 1993 | 100 | 40.8 | – |
| 1992 | 100 | 44.1 | – |
| 1991 | 100 | – | – |
| 1990 | 100 | – | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Israel vs Yemen
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