Jordan vs Yemen
Jordan vs Yemen: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $2.5B in Jordan in 2025 and $12.3B in Yemen in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in Yemen, by $10.5B, or 6.77 times that in Jordan.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Yemen has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Jordan | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2.5B | – |
| 2024 | $2.53B | – |
| 2023 | $2.5B | – |
| 2022 | $2.42B | – |
| 2021 | $2.35B | – |
| 2020 | $2.25B | – |
| 2019 | $2.23B | – |
| 2018 | $2.17B | – |
| 2017 | $2.24B | – |
| 2016 | $2.11B | – |
| 2015 | $1.92B | – |
| 2014 | $1.82B | $12.3B |
| 2013 | $1.75B | $12.8B |
| 2012 | $1.87B | $13.9B |
| 2011 | $2.11B | $15.2B |
| 2010 | $2.15B | $16.8B |
| 2009 | $2.27B | $16.9B |
| 2008 | $1.95B | $14.5B |
| 2007 | $1.69B | $15.1B |
| 2006 | $1.2B | $12.6B |
| 2005 | $1.1B | $13.5B |
| 2004 | $1.11B | $12.9B |
| 2003 | $1.19B | $15.8B |
| 2002 | $1.03B | $15.3B |
| 2001 | $1.07B | $12.1B |
| 2000 | $1.09B | $11.4B |
| 1999 | $1.06B | $10.2B |
| 1998 | $1.03B | $9.31B |
| 1997 | $951M | $10.2B |
| 1996 | $921M | $8.14B |
| 1995 | $696M | $9.5B |
| 1994 | $966M | $12.7B |
| 1993 | $951M | $12.3B |
| 1992 | $907M | $14.2B |
| 1991 | $1.11B | $14.5B |
| 1990 | $873M | $15.5B |
| 1989 | $1.04B | – |
| 1988 | $1.31B | – |
| 1987 | $1.39B | – |
| 1986 | $1.39B | – |
| 1985 | $1.26B | – |
| 1984 | $1.15B | – |
| 1983 | $1.19B | – |
| 1982 | $1.17B | – |
| 1981 | $1.11B | – |
| 1980 | $1.02B | – |
| 1979 | $1.1B | – |
| 1978 | $975M | – |
| 1977 | $967M | – |
| 1976 | $1.25B | – |
| 1975 | $826M | – |
| 1974 | $841M | – |
| 1973 | $945M | – |
| 1972 | $981M | – |
| 1971 | $887M | – |
| 1970 | $939M | – |
| 1969 | $1.14B | – |
| 1968 | $1.25B | – |
| 1967 | $1.03B | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- 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
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 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