Jordan vs Yemen
Jordan vs Yemen: GDP per person
GDP per person: $4,579 in Jordan in 2025 and $1,079 in Yemen in 2018, by World Bank estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Jordan, by $3,241, or 4 times that in Yemen.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Jordan 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 | Jordan | Yemen | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,579 | – | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $4,441 | – | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $4,373 | – | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $4,310 | – | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $4,266 | – | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $4,188 | – | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $4,314 | – | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $4,320 | $1,079 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $4,336 | $1,103 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $4,326 | $1,198 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $4,442 | $1,362 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $4,703 | $1,950 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $5,008 | $2,015 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $5,135 | $1,981 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $5,086 | $1,995 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $5,066 | $2,356 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $5,044 | $2,257 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $4,902 | $2,244 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $4,681 | $2,236 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $4,597 | $2,235 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $4,533 | $2,238 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $4,297 | $2,186 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $4,054 | $2,165 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $3,979 | $2,149 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $3,842 | $2,130 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $3,725 | $2,115 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $3,649 | $2,054 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $3,606 | $2,042 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $3,582 | $1,988 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $3,562 | $1,950 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $3,607 | $1,927 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $3,538 | $1,891 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $3,536 | $1,838 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $3,565 | $1,835 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $3,287 | $1,762 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $3,496 | $1,722 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $3,791 | – | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $4,455 | – | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $4,600 | – | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $4,709 | – | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $4,674 | – | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $5,028 | – | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $5,044 | – | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $5,394 | – | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $5,259 | – | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $4,672 | – | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $4,358 | – | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $3,730 | – | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $3,356 | – | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $3,195 | – | $5,591 |
| 1975 | – | – | $5,410 |
| 1974 | – | – | $5,467 |
| 1973 | – | – | $5,465 |
| 1972 | – | – | $5,236 |
| 1971 | – | – | $5,061 |
| 1970 | – | – | $4,964 |
| 1969 | – | – | $4,885 |
| 1968 | – | – | $4,707 |
| 1967 | – | – | $4,535 |
| 1966 | – | – | $4,461 |
| 1965 | – | – | $4,321 |
| 1964 | – | – | $4,176 |
| 1963 | – | – | $3,999 |
| 1962 | – | – | $3,889 |
| 1961 | – | – | $3,759 |
| 1960 | – | – | $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
Jordan vs Yemen
Health
- Life expectancyJordan: 77.8 years in 2023Yemen: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityJordan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Yemen: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityJordan: 11.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Yemen: 32.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionJordan: 3.56% in 2017Yemen: 4.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateJordan: 3.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Yemen: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationJordan: 11.4 million people in 2023Yemen: 39.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthJordan: 1.6% a year in 2023Yemen: 3.03% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateJordan: 2.64 births per woman in 2023Yemen: 4.59 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationJordan: 93.2% in 2025Yemen: 37% in 2025
- Median ageJordan: 24.3 years in 2023Yemen: 18.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overJordan: 4.3% in 2023Yemen: 2.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateJordan: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Yemen: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingJordan: 4.56% of GDP in 2025Yemen: 3.97% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsJordan: $2.5B in 2025Yemen: $12.3B in 2014
- Military spending per personJordan: $221 in 2025Yemen: $58 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingJordan: 13.5% of government spending in 2025Yemen: 14.3% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelJordan: 116,000 people in 2020Yemen: 40,000 people in 2020
- National powerJordan: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Yemen: 0.24% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersJordan: 3.98% of the labour force in 2020Yemen: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsJordan: 34 million TIV in 2024Yemen: 1 million TIV in 2022
- Arms exportsJordan: 226 million TIV in 2024Yemen: 51 million TIV in 1986