Syria vs Yemen
Syria vs Yemen: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 2.9% in Syria and 1% in Yemen, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Syria, by 1.8 percentage points, or 2.76 times that in Yemen.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Syria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Syria ranked 185 and Yemen ranked 195 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Syria | Yemen | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.9 | 1 | – |
| 2023 | 2.9 | 1 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 2.9 | 1 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 2.9 | 1 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 2.9 | 1 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 2.9 | 1 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 2.9 | 1 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 2.9 | 1 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 2.9 | 1 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 2.9 | 1 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 2.9 | 1 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 2.8 | 1 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 2.8 | 1 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 2.8 | 1 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 2.8 | 1 | 32 |
| 2009 | 2.8 | 1 | 32 |
| 2008 | 2.7 | 1 | 32 |
| 2007 | 2.7 | 1 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 2.7 | 1 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 2.7 | 1 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 2.6 | 1 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 2.6 | 1 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 2.6 | 1 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 2.5 | 1 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 2.5 | 1 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 2.5 | 1 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 2.5 | 1 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 2.5 | 1 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 2.5 | 1 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 2.5 | 1 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 2.5 | 1 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 2.5 | 1 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 2.5 | 1 | 33 |
| 1991 | 2.5 | 1 | – |
| 1990 | 2.5 | 1 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 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