Oman vs Yemen
Oman vs Yemen: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $1,109 in Oman in 2025 and $58 in Yemen in 2014, by SIPRI estimates. In 2014 the value was higher in Oman, by $2,034, or 36 times that in Yemen.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Oman has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Oman | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,109 | – |
| 2024 | $1,159 | – |
| 2023 | $1,186 | – |
| 2022 | $1,278 | – |
| 2021 | $1,293 | – |
| 2020 | $1,334 | – |
| 2019 | $1,421 | – |
| 2018 | $1,650 | – |
| 2017 | $1,515 | – |
| 2016 | $1,849 | – |
| 2015 | $1,847 | – |
| 2014 | $2,092 | $58 |
| 2013 | $2,343 | $57 |
| 2012 | $2,759 | $58 |
| 2011 | $1,786 | $59 |
| 2010 | $1,353 | $55 |
| 2009 | $1,268 | $56 |
| 2008 | $1,333 | $48 |
| 2007 | $1,276 | $44 |
| 2006 | $1,215 | $36 |
| 2005 | $1,126 | $36 |
| 2004 | $938 | $34 |
| 2003 | $838 | $38 |
| 2002 | $804 | $36 |
| 2001 | $793 | $27 |
| 2000 | $696 | $25 |
| 1999 | $599 | $21 |
| 1998 | $597 | $21 |
| 1997 | $682 | $23 |
| 1996 | $672 | $24 |
| 1995 | $720 | $49 |
| 1994 | $737 | $148 |
| 1993 | $727 | $101 |
| 1992 | $801 | $89 |
| 1991 | $694 | $73 |
| 1990 | $842 | $59 |
| 1989 | $718 | – |
| 1988 | $744 | – |
- 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
Oman vs Yemen
Health
- Life expectancyOman: 80 years in 2023Yemen: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityOman: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Yemen: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityOman: 8.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Yemen: 32.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionOman: 3.43% in 2017Yemen: 4.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateOman: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Yemen: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationOman: 5.05 million people in 2023Yemen: 39.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthOman: 4.59% a year in 2023Yemen: 3.03% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateOman: 2.53 births per woman in 2023Yemen: 4.59 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationOman: 79.5% in 2025Yemen: 37% in 2025
- Median ageOman: 29.3 years in 2023Yemen: 18.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overOman: 2.7% in 2023Yemen: 2.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateOman: 31 per 1,000 people in 2023Yemen: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingOman: 5.68% of GDP in 2025Yemen: 3.97% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsOman: $5.94B in 2025Yemen: $12.3B in 2014
- Military share of state spendingOman: 20% of government spending in 2025Yemen: 14.3% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelOman: 47,000 people in 2020Yemen: 40,000 people in 2020
- National powerOman: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Yemen: 0.24% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersOman: 2.12% of the labour force in 2020Yemen: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsOman: 4 million TIV in 2023Yemen: 1 million TIV in 2022
- Arms exportsOman: 7 million TIV in 2017Yemen: 51 million TIV in 1986