Syria vs Yemen
Syria vs Yemen: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 89.3% in Syria and 86.3% in Yemen, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Syria, by 3 percentage points, or 1.03 times that in Yemen.
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Syria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
- The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Syria | Yemen | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 89.3 | 86.3 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 88.4 | 83.6 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 89 | 76 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 88.8 | 74.9 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 89 | 73.9 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 89.2 | 72.8 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 86 | 62 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 89.6 | 79.2 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 89.8 | 68.9 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 90 | 67.4 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 90.2 | 66.1 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 90.4 | 75.6 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 90.7 | 52.4 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 91.5 | 62 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 92.7 | 60.8 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 91.1 | 59.6 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 91.3 | 58.4 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 91.5 | 57.2 | 82 |
| 2006 | 99.5 | 55.8 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 92 | 54.8 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 92.3 | 49.6 | 80 |
| 2003 | 92.6 | 52.6 | 80 |
| 2002 | 86.6 | 51.5 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 93.1 | 50.4 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 93.4 | 49.2 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | – | 48 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | 46.8 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | – | 42.6 | – |
| 1996 | – | 44.4 | – |
| 1995 | – | 43.2 | – |
| 1994 | – | 42 | – |
| 1993 | – | 40.8 | – |
| 1992 | – | 44.1 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, 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
Syria vs Yemen
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