Oman vs Yemen

Oman vs Yemen: Military share of state spending

Military share of state spending: 20% of government spending in Oman in 2025 and 14.3% of government spending in Yemen in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in Oman, by 7.1 percentage points, or 1.5 times that in Yemen.

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% of government spending · SIPRI

Oman vs Yemen: Military share of state spendingMilitary share of state spending: 20% of government spending in Oman in 2025 and 14.3% of government spending in Yemen in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in Oman, by 7.1 percentage points, or 1.5 times that in Yemen.
OmanYemenSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Oman has been higher since 1996, when it overtook Yemen.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearOmanYemen
202520–
202419.5–
202320.1–
202217–
202118.2–
202018–
201919.2–
201821.6–
201721.3–
201623.7–
201521.5–
201421.414.3
201324.813.3
201227.412.6
201118.716.5
201018.515.5
200918.216.1
200819.410.8
200721.912
200623.611.5
200525.213.2
200423.115.5
200323.519.4
200223.722.4
200124.618
200022.715.5
19992218.3
199822.717.8
199725.417
199624.517.2
19952526.3
199425.833.4
199325.127.4
199226.529.6
199125.828.3
199029.624.6
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Good to know

  • The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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