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Syria vs Yemen
How Syria and Yemen compare on 35 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Syria was higher: 72.1 years against 69.3 years
- GDP per person · In 2018, Yemen was higher: $1,079 against $792
- Population · In 2023, Yemen was higher: 39.4 million people against 23.6 million people
- Military spending · In 2010, Yemen was higher: 4.69% of GDP against 4.06% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Syria was higher: 1.28 tonnes against 0.26 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancySyria: 72.1 years in 2023Yemen: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySyria: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Yemen: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySyria: 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Yemen: 32.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSyria: 3.58% in 2017Yemen: 4.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateSyria: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Yemen: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSyria: 23.6 million people in 2023Yemen: 39.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthSyria: 4.92% a year in 2023Yemen: 3.03% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSyria: 2.71 births per woman in 2023Yemen: 4.59 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSyria: 72.1% in 2025Yemen: 37% in 2025
- Median ageSyria: 22.3 years in 2023Yemen: 18.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSyria: 4.7% in 2023Yemen: 2.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateSyria: 32.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Yemen: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSyria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010Yemen: 3.97% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending per personSyria: $110 in 2011Yemen: $58 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingSyria: 13.6% of government spending in 2010Yemen: 14.3% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelSyria: 269,000 people in 2020Yemen: 40,000 people in 2020
- National powerSyria: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Yemen: 0.24% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSyria: 5.44% of the labour force in 2020Yemen: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSyria: 2 million TIV in 2025Yemen: 1 million TIV in 2022
- Arms exportsSyria: 30 million TIV in 2010Yemen: 51 million TIV in 1986
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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