Jordan vs Yemen
Jordan vs Yemen: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $221 in Jordan in 2025 and $58 in Yemen in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in Jordan, by $127, or 3.21 times that in Yemen.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Jordan has been higher since 1995, when it overtook Yemen.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Jordan | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $221 | – |
| 2024 | $220 | – |
| 2023 | $217 | – |
| 2022 | $209 | – |
| 2021 | $199 | – |
| 2020 | $191 | – |
| 2019 | $192 | – |
| 2018 | $189 | – |
| 2017 | $192 | – |
| 2016 | $179 | – |
| 2015 | $176 | – |
| 2014 | $185 | $58 |
| 2013 | $190 | $57 |
| 2012 | $195 | $58 |
| 2011 | $216 | $59 |
| 2010 | $216 | $55 |
| 2009 | $222 | $56 |
| 2008 | $197 | $48 |
| 2007 | $153 | $44 |
| 2006 | $115 | $36 |
| 2005 | $101 | $36 |
| 2004 | $101 | $34 |
| 2003 | $108 | $38 |
| 2002 | $94 | $36 |
| 2001 | $97 | $27 |
| 2000 | $99 | $25 |
| 1999 | $98 | $21 |
| 1998 | $97 | $21 |
| 1997 | $89 | $23 |
| 1996 | $86 | $24 |
| 1995 | $64 | $49 |
| 1994 | $91 | $148 |
| 1993 | $92 | $101 |
| 1992 | $92 | $89 |
| 1991 | $114 | $73 |
| 1990 | $94 | $59 |
| 1989 | $117 | – |
| 1988 | $189 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 in US dollarsJordan: $2.5B in 2025Yemen: $12.3B 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