Pakistan vs Yemen
Pakistan vs Yemen: Arms imports
Arms imports: 706 million TIV in Pakistan in 2025 and 1 million TIV in Yemen in 2022, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 1.53 billion TIV, or 1,500 times that in Yemen.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Pakistan has been higher since 2003, when it overtook Yemen.
- The world as a whole: 33 billion TIV in 2022.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Pakistan | Yemen | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 706 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 1.07 billion | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 2.2 billion | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1.53 billion | 1 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 984 million | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 624 million | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 654 million | – | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 893 million | 9 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 870 million | 6 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 872 million | 7 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 771 million | 33 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 877 million | 6 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 1.11 billion | 23 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 1.02 billion | 38 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 1.18 billion | 47 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 2.23 billion | 261 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 1.2 billion | 5 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 1.07 billion | 41 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 693 million | 66 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 324 million | 38 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 427 million | 316 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 471 million | 253 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 645 million | 58 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 566 million | 585 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 412 million | 70 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 175 million | 158 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 867 million | 52 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 699 million | 1 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 691 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 506 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 368 million | 167 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 862 million | 4 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 992 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 352 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 511 million | 113 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 635 million | 78 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 974 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 412 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 617 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 280 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 751 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 863 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 784 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 544 million | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 491 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 900 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 697 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 655 million | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 271 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 276 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 223 million | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 225 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 177 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 664 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 553 million | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 422 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 542 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 415 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 151 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 592 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 222 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 96 million | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 225 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 84 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 41 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 46 million | – | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 110 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
Pakistan vs Yemen
Health
- Life expectancyPakistan: 67.7 years in 2023Yemen: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024Yemen: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Yemen: 32.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionPakistan: 3.33% in 2017Yemen: 4.01% in 2017
- Suicide ratePakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Yemen: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPakistan: 248 million people in 2023Yemen: 39.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthPakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023Yemen: 3.03% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023Yemen: 4.59 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPakistan: 39.5% in 2025Yemen: 37% in 2025
- Median agePakistan: 20.3 years in 2023Yemen: 18.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPakistan: 4.2% in 2023Yemen: 2.5% in 2023
- Net migration ratePakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Yemen: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025Yemen: 3.97% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsPakistan: $11.5B in 2025Yemen: $12.3B in 2014
- Military spending per personPakistan: $47 in 2025Yemen: $58 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingPakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025Yemen: 14.3% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelPakistan: 943,000 people in 2020Yemen: 40,000 people in 2020
- National powerPakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022Yemen: 0.24% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020Yemen: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsPakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025Yemen: 51 million TIV in 1986