Pakistan vs Yemen
Pakistan vs Yemen: GDP growth
GDP growth in 2024: 2.6% a year in Pakistan and -1.5% a year in Yemen, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 4.1 percentage points.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Pakistan has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Yemen.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Pakistan at 4.5% a year and Yemen at 2.5% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Pakistan | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.6 | -1.5 |
| 2023 | -0.2 | -9.3 |
| 2022 | 6.2 | -0.5 |
| 2021 | 5.8 | 6 |
| 2020 | -0.9 | 0.3 |
| 2019 | 3.1 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 6.1 | 8.5 |
| 2017 | 4.6 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4.1 | -4.4 |
| 2015 | 3.8 | -32 |
| 2014 | 3.6 | – |
| 2013 | 3.9 | – |
| 2012 | 3.2 | – |
| 2011 | 3.2 | – |
| 2010 | 2.3 | – |
| 2009 | 1.1 | – |
| 2008 | 4.4 | – |
| 2007 | 5.1 | – |
| 2006 | 5.7 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | – |
| 2004 | 7.7 | – |
| 2003 | 5.2 | – |
| 2002 | 2.6 | – |
| 2001 | 3.6 | – |
| 2000 | 3.9 | – |
| 1999 | 4.2 | – |
| 1998 | 3.5 | – |
| 1997 | 1.7 | – |
| 1996 | 6.6 | – |
| 1995 | 5.1 | – |
| 1994 | 4.4 | – |
| 1993 | 2.1 | – |
| 1992 | 7.6 | – |
| 1991 | 5.1 | – |
| 1990 | 4.6 | – |
| 1989 | 4.8 | – |
| 1988 | 6.4 | – |
| 1987 | 5.8 | – |
| 1986 | 6.4 | – |
| 1985 | 8.7 | – |
| 1984 | 4 | – |
| 1983 | 6.8 | – |
| 1982 | 7.6 | – |
| 1981 | 6.2 | – |
| 1980 | 6.9 | – |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
| Year | Pakistan | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.2 | -0.5 |
| 2026 | 3.6 | -1.5 |
| 2027 | 3.5 | – |
| 2028 | 4.3 | 1 |
| 2029 | 4.5 | 1.5 |
| 2030 | 4.5 | 2 |
| 2031 | 4.5 | 2.5 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
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 importsPakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025Yemen: 1 million TIV in 2022
- Arms exportsPakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025Yemen: 51 million TIV in 1986