Israel vs Yemen
Israel vs Yemen: GDP per person
GDP per person: $42,600 in Israel in 2025 and $1,079 in Yemen in 2018, by World Bank estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Israel, by $37,621, or 36 times that in Yemen.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- The world as a whole: $10,820 in 2018.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Israel | Yemen | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $42,600 | – | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $41,880 | – | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $42,130 | – | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $42,540 | – | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $40,790 | – | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $37,940 | – | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $39,320 | – | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $38,700 | $1,079 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $37,910 | $1,103 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $37,040 | $1,198 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $36,140 | $1,362 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $36,060 | $1,950 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $35,440 | $2,015 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $34,690 | $1,981 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $34,500 | $1,995 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $33,310 | $2,356 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $32,140 | $2,257 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $32,520 | $2,244 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $32,070 | $2,236 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $30,710 | $2,235 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $29,600 | $2,238 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $28,870 | $2,186 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $28,080 | $2,165 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $28,190 | $2,149 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $28,800 | $2,130 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $29,410 | $2,115 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $27,810 | $2,054 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $27,620 | $2,042 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $27,140 | $1,988 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $26,860 | $1,950 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $26,050 | $1,927 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $25,100 | $1,891 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $23,980 | $1,838 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $23,650 | $1,835 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $22,720 | $1,762 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $22,400 | $1,722 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $21,530 | – | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $21,770 | – | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $21,510 | – | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $20,400 | – | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $19,890 | – | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $19,450 | – | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $19,530 | – | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $19,240 | – | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $19,200 | – | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $18,600 | – | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $18,740 | – | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $18,100 | – | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $17,510 | – | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $17,730 | – | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $18,070 | – | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $17,900 | – | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $17,320 | – | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $17,080 | – | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $15,630 | – | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $14,530 | – | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $14,000 | – | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $12,650 | – | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $11,120 | – | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $11,270 | – | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $11,570 | – | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $10,990 | – | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $10,590 | – | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $9,929 | – | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $9,459 | – | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $8,791 | – | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, 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